The Rays took the field on Sunday looking for their fourth-consecutive series win, a win that would bring them to back to .500 as they head into the second half of the season.
To do so they needed to beat Patrick Corbin, which hasn’t been too difficult in recent years. One of Washington’s World Series heroes has had a 5.60 ERA in the five seasons since that championship run, and he’s in the last year of a six-year, $140 million contract. He’s the fifth-highest paid starting pitcher in baseball, and he is carrying the second-worst ERA among qualified pitchers.