I'll let Pete Campbell describe Opening Day for the Rays:
Joe Marlette couldn't keep the ball in the park (3 homers allowed) and the offense was stifled by former Ray Michael Prosecky. Another ex-Ray also got in on the act as Jonathan Gutierrez was 3-5 with 2 RBI. The only bright spot was the first MLB homer from phenom
Joe Stack, and it came off a lefty as well.
Order was restored in the second game as the Rays took a 6-2 win over Baltimore behind a dominant performance from
Kevin DiCostanzo. The righty retired the first 12 Orioles and finished 6.1 4 2 2 1 10. He had plenty of early run support as it was 5-0 after 3 with
Wander Franco leading the charge. He tripled and scored in the first, singled in a run in the 2nd, and wasn't retired once by Baltimore pitching as he was 3-3 for 2 walks on the day.
Jake Westfall and
Orlando Tosado each had 2 hits and an RBI and
Joe Stack was on base three times with a single, walk and HBP and the one time he wasn't he delivered a sac fly.
Team record: 1-1. Next up: Another two-game quickie series as the Yankees come to town.
We have money! I pulled off this trade:
Didn't think anyone would want Scanlon with his $6.8M salary and season-ending injury but Atlanta took him off our hands. Peterson is a non-prospect but I don't care. Look at that - available money! I couldn't even pull off a waiver claim to pick up a reliever without the cash, so now I can at least do that.