The Rays offense has been pretty sleepy for far too much of this short season. It didn’t perk up tonight, but in a well pitched game with tight defense the one run they scratched out in the eighth inning was all they needed.
Blake Snell was the starter; he went three innings, throwing 59 pitches. He didn’t give up any hits but he did walk two, and had a ton of deep counts. He also struck out five. It looked like his fastball was occasionally wild - when he missed with it he missed badly. But his curve was amazing, and he was mixing his pitches well enough to take full advantage - batters seemed to be looking for the fastball on several occasions and whiffed on the unexpected curve ball.