Rays outlast Diamondbacks 87 after blowing 6run lead
Aug 18, 2024
Dylan Carlson hit an RBI single in the 12th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7 to complete a three-game sweep Sunday after blowing a six-run lead.Jonny DeLuca led off with a sacrifice bunt against Justin Martinez (5-4) that moved automatic runner Alex Jackson from second to third. Taylor Walls walked before Carlson won it with his base hit to left field.Martinez worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the 11th.Edwin Uceta (1-0) struck out two in a scoreless inning to get his first major league win.Walls and Arizona's Joc Pederson each had a run-scoring single in the 10th.Tampa Bay's Drew Rasmussen and Tyler Alexander lost a combined no-hit bid in the seventh when Corbin Carroll flared a single off Alexander to shallow left that Walls, the shortstop, nearly caught barehanded.Rasmussen tossed two perfect innings as the opener before Alexander allowed three runs and five hits in 5 2/3 innings.Carroll cut Arizona's deficit to 6-3 on a two-run homer against Alexander in the eighth. Adrian Del Castillo tied it with a three-run homer off closer Pete Fairbanks in the ninth.Fairbanks, who also blew a save on Friday, left with an injury with two outs in the ninth.Arizona star Ketel Marte might have reinjured his left ankle on a check-swing as a pinch hitter in the ninth and needed assistance to walk off the field. He was the designated hitter Saturday following a three-game absence because of a sprained left ankle.Two other Arizona mainstays, first baseman Christian Walker (strained left oblique) and catcher Gabriel Moreno (strained left adductor), are on the injured list.The Diamondbacks have lost three in a row for the first time since June 26-28. They are still 30-13 since then and hold an NL wild-card spot.Brandon Lowe put the Rays up 2-0 in the third with a two-run homer off Merrill Kelly. Jos Caballero drove in two with a double during a three-run fifth that made it 5-0.Kelly gave up six runs and eight hits over five-plus innings in his second start since returning from a strained right shoulder.Rays first baseman Yandy Daz exited with a bruised left forearm after being hit by a pitch from Kelly leading off the first.Tampa Bay center fielder Jose Siri didnt start for the third straight game after not running hard on a grounder Wednesday, but entered as a pinch hitter in the ninth. Rays manager Kevin Cash said before the game that Siri will start Monday night at Oakland.Siri declined to speak with reporters before Sundays game.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: The starters for Monday nights game at Miami had not been announced.Rays: RHP Taj Bradley (6-7, 3.49 ERA) starts Monday night against Oakland RHP Joe Boyle (2-5, 7.39).