Zach Eflin allowed one run and six hits in seven innings as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 for their fifth consecutive win. Eflin lost the shutout when Paul DeJong homered with two outs in the seventh. The right-hander worked out of a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the fifth by getting a flyball from Gavin Sheets on a 3-0 pitch.
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Zach Eflin delivers to the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Tampa Bay Rays ’ Randy Arozarena connects for a two-run home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Michael Soroka during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
“Really good stuff, really good command,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “He was really sharp. He made some big pitches when he had to.” The right-hander worked out of a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the fifth by getting a flyball from Gavin Sheets on a 3-0 pitch. Eflin also retired Sheets on a grounder with two on and two outs in the seventh.
“I was kind of surprised he swung at it, but I’ll take it any day,” Eflin said of Sheets’ at-bat in the fifth. “Threw a pretty good sinker and he hit a flyball to right that got me out of the jam.”The AL-worst White Sox have dropped the first two games of the series to fall 20 games under .500, equaling a season high. Chicago swept a three-game series from the Rays at home April 26-28.“One thing this game teaches you is short-term memory,” manager Pedro Grifol said.
Arozarena put the Rays up 4-0 on a two-run homer off Michael Soroka in the third. The 2023 AL All-Star has three homers in his last five games and has raised his batting average from .143 to .152 during the series with Chicago.Harold Ramírez had an RBI single in a two-run second.Rays: RHP Ryan Pepiot, hit on the left calf by a 107.5 mph liner off the bat of Mets outfielder Starling Marte on Sunday, is expected to go on the injured list.
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