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Rays find ways to score with Forsythe on DL
- Updated: May 14, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — Brad Miller glanced over the right-center-field wall, relief and a roar building around him. His 416-foot two-run home run off A’s right-hander Kendall Graveman in the third inning of the Rays’ 6-0 victory Saturday was a vision of what Tampa Bay needs after steady-hitting second baseman Logan Forsythe was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a hairline fracture of his left shoulder blade.
With Forsythe likely to miss at least a month, the Rays will search for others to fill the void left by his absence. The task won’t be simple for an offense that began Saturday with 116 runs, the second-lowest run total in the Majors.
Still, Tampa Bay showed an ability to find offensive sparks from other sources. For the Rays to survive without Forsythe, they must replicate Saturday’s success at the plate time and time again.
“We all know what Logan did for us the first five, six weeks,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “We’re probably not going to find one guy who’s going to go in and fill that void. It’s going to be a …
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