Rays shut out Blue Jays, polish off MLB-best fifth sweep of season as winners of 12 of their last 13 games

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan spun 5 2/3 innings in a 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on May 6. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) Julio Aguilar via Getty Images It looks like Shane McClanahan has rediscovered the mojo that made him a two-time All-Star before a pair of major arm surgeries sidelined the southpaw for two and a half seasons. The Tampa Bay Rays left-handed pitcher spun 5 2/3 innings of shutout ball during a 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at Tropicana Field.

With that performance, the 29-year-old McClanahan has strung together three straight scoreless starts for the first time in his career. He’s scattered 16 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings along the way and, according to StatMuse , is the only pitcher with 15 innings pitched and zero earned runs in that span. His changeup and curveball were working against the Blue Jays on Wednesday, and the Rays’ bullpen picked up where he left off to ensure that their streak of games allowing three or fewer runs increased to a franchise record 13.

That’s tied for the second longest in the wild card era, per MLB. com . Tampa needs five more games of that kind to match the 18 such games the San Francisco Giants stacked during the 2010 campaign.

That season, the Giants won the first of the three World Series titles that made up their 2010s dynasty. The Rays are on fire! - Six wins in a row!