A day after a pitching duel, tonight’s contest proved to be the game with the fireworks as the Rays would go on to lose their season-high fourth straight game, 8-4.
The Rays pitching staff just couldn’t hold the Phillies down tonight. Philly had traffic on the basepaths in all but two innings (1st and 4th), and scored in five of them. The end result was an offensive explosion of 17 hits resulting in eight runs in what was a Rays bullpen game.
Rays pitchers gave up 18 balls in play with an exit velocity of 95 MPH or higher.