A Quiet Start, Then Got Lowe’d : Rays 1, Pirates 5
All winning streaks eventually come to an end. The Rays came into Friday night looking like a team that had figured out a little something. They had won six straight games, scored at least five runs in all six of those games.
Instead, it turned into one of those games that spends six innings pretending […]
Apr 17, 2026; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero (13) loses his bat on a swing against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the sixth inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Philip G. Pavely-Imagn Images | Philip G.
Pavely-Imagn Images All winning streaks eventually come to an end. The Rays came into Friday night looking like a team that had figured out a little something. They had won six straight games, scored at least five runs in all six of those games.
Instead, it turned into one of those games that spends six innings pretending to be winnable before the bottom falls out in part thanks to a former player in their revenge debut. The first clue that this might be a long night for the Rays offense came immediately. Chandler Simpson lined out, Junior Caminero struck out, Jonathan Aranda struck out, and Bubba Chandler looked very much like a guy who knew he had premium stuff and planned to use all of it.
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