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Rays set team record for runs scored over 3-game stretch
- Updated: August 17, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — When Evan Longoria hit his 27th home run just over the head of a retreating Christian Bethancourt in left field, all it did was extend the lead in a win that had long been inevitable.
The Rays were up 15-1 in the seventh inning, the same score that they’d eventually defeat the Padres by at Tropicana Field on Tuesday.
The home run also gave the Rays 35 runs in the past three games, the most over any three-game stretch in the 18 years of baseball for Tampa Bay.
The Rays had 10 extra-base hits, tying a club record at The Trop. The 14-run margin of victory is the third largest in club history. The Rays have now outscored opponents by 52 runs in the second half, the most in the American League.
“What an offensive show we put on tonight,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “That was fun to sit there and be a part of. Everybody played a part. Lot of home runs and a lot of good …
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