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Rays’ play of late what they expected all year
- Updated: July 30, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — Friday night the Rays painted a portrait of how the team planned to win games in 2016: Great pitching, solid defense and just enough hitting.
“When we tried to anticipate what this year was going to look like, our starters were going to be our horses. Our defense was going to carry us and we had some power threats,” said Steven Souza Jr., who chipped in with a sacrifice fly in the 5-1 win over the Yankees at Tropicana Field.
Second baseman Logan Forsythe said Friday night’s win “was a lot closer to a complete game than we’ve had in a while.”
“And it was just all around,” Forsythe said. “Pitching was there. Defense was there. Timely hitting. Big hits. Bullpen came in and did a great job. It was a complete game all around. And I think that’s what we’ve been hoping to see, and we’ve seen bits and pieces of it, but to have it come together tonight was nice, try to get on a little roll.”
Forsythe helped get the Rays off to a good start when he homered to lead off the first. The blast gave him 10 on the season and put the Rays up 1-0. Corey Dickerson added to that lead with his own solo homer in the opening frame.
The offense did what it needed, but most of the credit for Friday night’s win belonged to starter Jake Odorizzi, who held the Yankees scoreless for …
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