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July 14-16, 2023: at Washington (3)
Game 1: 1-7 L. LP-Loaisiga (0-2, 4.1 8 7 7 2 5). Jonathan Loaisiga has struggled in both his starts since coming over in the Glasnow deal with a today a particular disaster. JD Martinez doubled in his first Rays at-bat, his only hit of the day.
Game 2: 4-9 L. LP-Baz (8-3, 4 6 7 7 4 4). HR-W.Franco (5). Baz gave up 3 homers in the first inning in his worst start of the year. Wander had an RBI single to go with his homer as the Rays dropped their 4th straight.
Game 3: 7-3 W. WP-Rasmussen (9-1, 5 4 3 3 2 1). HR-Vazquez (4), J.Lowe (13). In addition to J.Lowe's 2-run homer, JD Martinez was 3-4 with a pair of key RBI singles and leads the AL with 63. After Vazquez's homer, Randy Arozarena was hit by a pitch and started a brawl which resulted in a 3-game suspension when we get back from the break.
Team record: 56-34. Despite the rough series in our nation's capital the Rays gained ground in the AL East as the Yankees had an even rougher time in Atlanta being swept, so the lead is 3 games going into the ASB.
MLB News: While sweeping the Yankees, Atlanta lost starter Ian Anderson for the next 10 months with a torn rotator cuff. Meanwhile Miami swapped veteran catcher Gary Sanchez to the Cubs for pitching prospect Brailyn Marquez.
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