Rays hit 3 HRs in ninth, rally previous Nationals for 5-0 begin

WASHINGTON — Luke Raley, Josh Lowe and Yandy Díaz homered within the ninth inning because the undefeated Tampa Bay Rays rallied for a 10-6 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday evening.

Raley hit his third homer in two nights, a liner to left discipline main off the ninth in opposition to Washington nearer Kyle Finnegan (0-1) to tie it at 6. Lowe adopted with a shot into the second deck in right-center.

With two on and one out, Diaz capped the outburst with a three-run homer to left-center.

Jose Siri additionally went deep and Randy Arozarena had two RBI doubles for the Rays, who improved to 5-0 and prolonged the most effective begin in franchise historical past.

Ryan Thompson (1-0) pitched one inning for the win.

Lane Thomas had three hits and drove in three runs for Washington, and Alex Call added three hits and a stroll. The Nationals bought 16 hits however went 3 for 13 with runners in scoring place.

Tampa Bay beginning pitchers had allowed one run over 23 innings within the first 4 video games, however Josh Fleming was touched for 5 runs on 10 hits and was lifted after the primary three Nationals batters reached within the fourth.

Chad Kuhl pitched 5 innings in his Nationals debut. Signed to a minor league contract within the offseason, Kuhl made the staff in spring coaching. He allowed 4 runs and 4 hits, however retired 10 of the final 11 batters he confronted.

Hitters had their means early and the sport was tied 4-all after two innings.

After Victor Robles and CJ Abrams singled to begin the fourth, Thomas grounded a single to heart, scoring Robles to make it 5-4.

Pinch-hitter Luis Garcia doubled residence Call within the seventh to make it 6-4 earlier than Arozarena’s double scored Díaz to drag the Rays to 6-5 within the eighth.

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