Brandon Lowe’s eighth-inning sacrifice fly capped a comeback for the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, as they beat the visiting Miami Marlins 3-2.
Yandy Diaz had a hand in every of the runs for the Rays because the designated hitter went 3-for-4 with a house run and two runs batted in. His eighth-inning double chased reliever Valente Bellozo (1-3). Pinch-runner Jose Caballero stole third off Calvin Faucher, permitting him to attain on Lowe’s fly ball to shallow middle.
Edwin Uceta (5-1) pitched an ideal eighth and ninth with three strikeouts for the Rays, who’ve received 5 of their final six video games.
Rookie Heriberto Hernandez loved the primary three-hit day of his main league profession, nevertheless it was not sufficient for the Marlins as they fell for the sixth time of their final seven contests.
Sooner or later after an 11-10 Marlins win in 10 innings, Sunday’s rubber match of the three-game sequence was a pitchers’ duel between Miami’s bullpen and Tampa Bay starter Drew Rasmussen, who entered with a 23-inning shutout streak, and three relievers.
It took simply three Marlins batters, aided by a Rays fielding blunder, to finish that streak. Edwards led off with a single, and he managed to get to 3rd on Jesus Sanchez’s bouncer up the center.
Shortstop Taylor Partitions fielded the ball on the fitting discipline facet of second base and couldn’t tag Edwards, opting to get Sanchez at first. Nevertheless, with a shift in place on the left-handed hitter, third baseman Junior Caminero coated second. That allowed Edwards to achieve third. He scored on Otto Lopez’s single.
Sanchez made it 2-0 within the prime of the fifth when his two-out single introduced Hernandez house from second.
Diaz tied it a half-inning later along with his two-out, two-run blast, an opposite-field shot to proper off Bellozo, the fourth of 5 Marlins pitchers for the day.
Bellozo allowed all three runs on two hits and a stroll over 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts.
Ramussen surrendered the 2 runs throughout six innings, scattering six hits whereas strolling one and hanging out three. Sunday’s no-decision was the righty’s first since April 24.
–Area Degree Media