Tampa Bay RaysvsLos Angeles Angels
TB 3/LAA 4
Things to say
Angels beat the Rays 4-3 at Angel Stadium.
01
opener
Angels squeaked one out against Tampa, 4-3. Felt like a game the Rays should've put away early. Halos just hung around and stole it.
02
key player
Nobody on the Angels has been carrying them, but tonight the bottom of the order finally did some damage instead of waiting on Trout.
03
hot take
Tampa's bullpen is starting to look human. They've been running on fumes for two weeks and tonight it caught up to them.
04
deep cut
Rays are 40-26 and they're losing to a 28-42 team on a getaway day. That's the kind of loss that lingers on a flight home.
05
exit
Anyway, we'll see if Tampa bounces back tomorrow or if this is the start of something ugly.
The recap
Angels squeaked one out 4-3 over the Rays at home, which is the kind of upset that makes a getaway day fun — Tampa came in 40-26 and walked out scratching their heads. Without a scoring summary it's hard to pin the turning point, but a one-run game at Angel Stadium usually means somebody in the Halos bullpen slammed the door late.
The Rays' bats just couldn't string anything together against a team sitting fourteen games under .500. Quietly a brutal loss for a club that's supposed to be cruising in the AL East race.