The major-league-leading Tampa Bay Rays have won nine of their past 11 games, and on Saturday, they shattered an opponent's no-hit bid by scoring 10 runs in the seventh inning.
As the Rays try to keep the host Chicago White Sox sinking and secure a four-game sweep on Sunday afternoon, Tampa Bay players insist a mastery of the basics is what's boosting them.
The Rays have gone deep in each of their 12 road games this season, and on Sunday they will face a pitcher who has struggled by surrendering home runs lately. After allowing no homers in his first three starts, Chicago right-hander Mike Clevinger has yielded three homers in his past two. Elvis Andrus had a two-run single and Eloy Jimenez added an RBI double to give the White Sox a 3-0 lead for right-hander Lance Lynn, who lost his no-hit bid when Wander Franco opened the Rays' seventh with a home run.
"You miss over the big part of the plate in leverage counts, and damage tends to get done," Rasmussen said. "They found some holes, and they were able to exploit some bad pitches, and that's just how this game works. But it is one of those things where we just continued to attack, and unfortunately, it didn't work out."
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