Rays 5, Rangers 4
Rays 5, Rangers 4
- Another day, another loss.
- Though this time the offense wasn’t terrible, I guess.
- Kumar Rocker continues to frustrate in 2025.
- Take this game. Rocker threw 66 pitches. The Rays swung at 37 of them, and missed 16 of those swings.
- 16 swings and misses in 66 pitches! A 43% whiff rate! That’s really good!
- Except when the Rays made contact, they did some damage. Brandon Lowe homered in the first off of a changeup, then doubled in the third to bring home Josh Lowe, who had doubled ahead of him. Rocker had a chance to get out of the third with just a pair of runs home in the inning, but he botched a play covering first with two outs in the inning, and the result was that a pair of runs scored, making it a 5-0 game.
- Four Rangers relievers threw 4.2 scoreless innings in relief of Rocker, which allowed the Rangers to reduce the lead and ultimately lose by just one.
- Cole Winn threw a scoreless inning, maintaining his 0.00 ERA in both the majors and minors so far this year. Weird, huh?
- So yeah, the bats managed to rally in the fifth off of Shane Baz, with Jonah Heim hitting a two out, two run homer, and Wyatt Langford singling home Josh Smith later in the inning. Josh Jung came up as the go-ahead run in the inning but struck out, alas.
- Langford had another run scoring single in the ninth, bringing up Corey Seager as the go-ahead run with two outs, but a 4-3 ended the game. It was unfortunate, it was.
- Langford hasn’t been good of late, has been slumping, but did put up a 3 for 5 with a double. It would be nice if he could get hitting again.
- Kumar Rocker’s sinker topped out at 99.1 mph. Jacob Webb touched 94.7 mph with his fastball. Hoby Milner hit 88.6 mph with his fastball. Cole Winn reached 96.5 mph with his fastball. Shawn Armstrong topped out at 95.4 mph with his sinker.
- Adolis Garcia had a 110.0 mph single and a 106.7 mph ground out. Wyatt Langford had a 104.1 mph single and a 103.1 mph double. Evan Carter had a 103.4 mph single. Corey Seager had a 102.1 mph fly out. Josh Smith reached on an error that was 101.1 mph off the bat.
- Maybe avoid a sweep? Get a win under our belts? Some positive momentum? Maybe?