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- Updated: July 20, 2016
DENVER — Right-hander Blake Snell continued to validate his preseason hype as the Rays’ top-ranked prospect after leading Tampa Bay to a 10-1 rout of the Rockies on Tuesday at Coors Field.
A two-hour rain delay prior to the first pitch didn’t faze Snell, as he turned in six scoreless innings, giving up just one hit and striking out a career-best nine. Seven full starts into his big league career after supplanting Matt Andriese in the rotation, Snell lowered his ERA to 3.11 and helped the Rays get a much-needed win — just their fifth in their last 30 games.
“We’ve been extremely positive with everything that Blake has done since he’s been here. This justifies it, this type of outing,” manager Kevin Cash said. “It’s probably a little unfair for anybody to expect a ton out of a guy that’s making his debut in his first five or six starts, so I thought he’s done a tremendous job of holding his own, competing, giving us chances to win. Today he kind of put it together where we saw the elite pitcher that we’ve heard about for quite some …
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