Whatever witchcraft has caused the Rays to become helpless in the face of the Seattle Mariners, I hope it disappears before tomorrow.
At the start of today’s game I really thought the fairy dust had lifted.
Luis Patiño needed to work out of a bit of a jam in the first, but then the Rays were all over Seattle lefty Kikuchi. First pitch — Arozarena attacked it for a home run that clocked in at 109.8 mph.
Franco’s single just a few pitches later was merely 100.9. Nelson Cruz hit the ball nearly as hard, but that that turned into a very impressive double play (moral of the story: don’t hit it so hard!