For the Rays and their fans this game was more of the same for the 2024 season. Tryouts on the field for 2025, and a trying time for me to keep this game on the screen.
Littel was on the mound and aside from two solo shots only got into trouble once, nearly limiting the damage until a bloop with two on plated both runners. It was enough to let a competitive team put up a fight. Instead the best the Rays could do was avoid a shut out.
And I would be remiss to not mention my favorite moment of the night, Dylan Carlson’s first homerun at Tropicana Field, against one of Baltimore’s four closers.