Chris Archer improved over his last start, but had some mental mistakes that, along with a near-silent offense, cost the Rays the opening game in the weekend series against the New York Yankees.
Chris Archer looked to exorcise his early-season demons in Friday night's series-opening game against the Evil Empire at Tropicana Field. Archer entered the contest 3-5 with a 5.16 ERA through his first ten starts of 2016. After getting raked over the coals by the Detroit Tigers his last time out, any effort beyond three innings and six earned runs would have been an improvement.