Tonight the Rays took on the defending world champion Houston Astros — presumably a “real” team by anyone’s standards. And they did it all — good pitching, great defense, timely hitting.
The only downside was the end of the “homer a day” streak.
I guess we have to settle for a mere 14 hits, five walks and eight runs.
Taj Bradley has looked great in his first two major league starts, but few young starters are going to get through their first month in the bigs without facing a bit of adversity. That came quickly in tonight’s game, as he gave up two early runs, one in the form of a Bregman solo home run.