Backs to the wall already...
When the Rays battled back to take a 5-4 lead in the 6th, who actually thought they'd be able to hold it, given this season's bullpen? And of course they didn't, losing 9-5 with
Mason Feole giving up a 3-run Kyle Tucker homer in the 8th to see the game go out of hand. Of course it didn't help that
Joe Marlette picked a bad time to have a lousy game as he couldn't get out of the fourth, giving up three straight run-scoring hits to put the Twins up 4-1 early.
John Swanda looked good in the 1 1/3 innings through the 5th but got into 6th-inning trouble by putting men on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and although
Alex Vesia got a big whiff of Tucker he then gave up the go-ahead 2-run single. So now
Kevin DiCostanzo is going to have to show better tomorrow or the season will be over.
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