Tampa Bay Rays at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Tampa Bay Rays

9-14, 0-4 Away

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Arizona Diamondbacks

14-9, 7-4 Home

Brandon Pfaadt wins 4th straight start and Diamondbacks beat Rays 5-1

Smith homered in the third off Zack Littell (0-5) and Tim Tawa followed with a solo shot two innings later. Josh Naylor hit a run-scoring single in the eighth for a 4-1 lead and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. added a sacrifice fly.

Pfaadt (4-1) allowed one run and four hits in six innings with five strikeouts and no walks to win four straight starts for the first time in his three-year career.

Tampa Bay started a six-game trip to Arizona and San Diego after playing 19 of its first 22 games at its temporary home, the New York Yankees’ Steinbrenner Field spring training ballpark. The Rays were swept at Texas from April 4-6 and are 0-4 on the road. They have lost six of seven overall.

Coming off a win over Miami, Pfaadt gave up Jake Mangum's run-scoring single in the second inning and little else. He induced a double play in the fourth inning and stranded a runner at third with one out in the fifth.

Littell, tied for the big league lead in losses. took the defeat in his prior start despite allowing a run on five hits in six innings against Boston — a common theme for the right-hander. The Rays had given him three runs of support through his first four starts, a majors-low 1.17 per-game average.

The right-hander left a pitch up in the zone in the third inning and Smith launched it out to right for his fourth homer of the season. Tawa made it 3-1 in the fifth with his third homer of the season.

Littell allowed three runs and six hits in six innings.

Key moment Mangum led off the fifth inning with a double, but was tagged out after being caught in a rundown on a grounder to first.

Key stat Pavin also doubled and finished 2 for 3, raising his average to .397.

Up next Tampa Bay RHP Taj Bradley (2-1, 5.24 ERA) faces Arizona LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (1-2, 4.09) in the middle game of the three-game series on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Misner struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Caminero grounded into double play, third to second to first, Aranda out at second.
	9th Inning	Aranda walked.
	9th Inning	Morillo relieved Beeks
	8th Inning	Moreno flied out to right.
	8th Inning	Gurriel Jr. hit sacrifice fly to center, Smith scored.

Statistics

TB		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
16	Ground Balls	9
6	Strikeouts	3
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
3	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
8	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
132	Pitches	129
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	15
33	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
1.4	Runs Created	4.8
.200	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.267	Slugging Percentage	.536
.167	Secondary Average	.393
.273	On Base Percentage	.333
.539	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.869
2.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
15.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.067	Isolated Power	.286
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
-.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
68.5	MLB Rating	86.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0