Record: 57-45
Attendance: 14,587
The Rays have won another game, 4-2 over the White Sox, but it took Travis d'Arnaud's heroics once again, to win the day. He hit a grand slam HR, his 10th four-bagger of the year, in the second, and then the Rays had to hang on to squeeze out their 57th win of the year. They managed a grand total of three hits for the afternoon. The White Sox, however, managed two runs in the seventh and must have been looking forward to their last two innings against the Rays very generous bullpen.
Blake Snell's six-inning stint was impressive--three hits, two walks, 10 Ks, and 109 pitches. He improved his record to 6-7. Andrew Kittredge gave up two runs in the seventh, but Emilio Pagan and Adam Kolarek (who got his first save) shut the White Sox down the rest of the way--and the Rays finally won their 57th game after losing five in a row.
Kiermaier Blacks Out
Kevin Kiermaier jammed his thumb on a head-first slide Saturday (when will he learn?) and was put on the 10-day IL on Sunday. Maybe someone should tell the 29-year-old center fielder that for the good of the team he should dial it back now and then. He's been out too long and too often to justify his play as aggressive and 100%, going "above and beyond," as he puts it. It's just as important to stay off the IL as it is to run out ground balls.
In his own defense, Kiermaier told the Tampa Bay Times that on his way to first, "I wasn't thinking about sliding at all." But once he got up around the bag, "I just blacked out for a second and I just did it. . . .I didn't want to do it. I did it. I regret it." See how far that lame excuse gets you in court some day.
Tomorrow the Red Sox.
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