After losing a one run game in walk off fashion Monday night, the Rays flipped the script tonight, beating the Astros 2-1.
Man, this team.
So often games that are advertised as pitchers’ duels end up disappointing, but tonight was a real battle between Blake Snell and Justin Verlander, and then and in the end between back end bullpen pitchers, and the Rays came out ahead by a hair.
The first inning did not give Rays fans reasons for optimism. The Rays at least got the dreaded no-hitter threat out of the way with a Matt Duffy single.