Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen lost his bid for a perfect game against the Baltimore Orioles when Jorge Mateo hit a leadoff double in the ninth inning Sunday. Mateo, who went 5 for 5 on Friday night, grounded the first pitch down the left-field line. Rasmussen received a pair of standing ovations from the announced crowd of 18,093; one after Mateo's hit and another when he was pulled with one out and the Rays up 4-1.
Drew Rasmussen took a perfect game into the ninth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays expanded their lead over Baltimore for the final AL wild card to 1 1/2 games with a 4-1 victory over the Orioles on Sunday. Rasmussen allowed his first baserunner when Jorge Mateo doubled down the left-field line on the first pitch of the ninth. Mateo, who went 5 for 5 on Friday night, later scored on a Rasmussen wild pitch.
All-Star Shane McClanahan stopped a two-start losing streak, working six solid innings as the Tampa Bay Rays moved back in front of the Baltimore Orioles in the AL wild-card race with an 8-2 victory on Saturday. The benches and bullpens briefly emptied after Rays reliever Pete Fairbanks struck out Robinson Chirinos to end the eighth. Fairbanks was unhappy earlier in the at-bat when Chirinos was granted a late timeout, and he said something to the Orioles catcher when leaving the mound.
No. | Player | Pos |
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45 | P | |
43 | P | |
74 | P | |
56 | P | |
39 | P | |
71 | P | |
60 | P | |
34 | P | |
64 | P | |
54 | P | |
28 | P | |
47 | P | |
58 | P | |
55 | P | |
51 | P | |
80 | P | |
52 | P | |
68 | P | |
50 | P |
No. | Player | Pos |
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23 | C | |
35 | C |
No. | Player | Pos |
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76 | 2B | |
3 | SS | |
41 | 1B | |
12 | 2B | |
29 | SS | |
77 | SS |
No. | Player | Pos |
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21 | CF | |
26 | CF | |
6 | LF | |
31 | CF | |
66 | CF | |
25 | RF |