Rasmussen pitches Rays to 6‑0 shutout of Marlins
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — Drew Rasmussen pitched seven innings of one-hit shutout ball, striking out nine, as the Tampa Bay Rays blanked the Miami Marlins 6-0 on Friday at loanDepot Park.
Rasmussen (5-2) allowed only a single and walked none, rebounding from a rough outing his previous start. He retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced. Cam Booser, Cole Sulser and Tyler Zuber each tossed a scoreless inning to complete the two-hitter.
Tampa Bay scored three times in the first inning. Richie Palacios tripled in Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz, then scored on a single by Ryan Vilade. The Rays added a run in the fifth on Jonathan Aranda’s single that scored Caminero. Cedric Mullins led off the sixth with a solo home run, and Vilade’s second RBI single in the seventh plated Caminero again.
Caminero went 3-for-3 with three runs. Vilade had two hits and two RBIs. Palacios drove in two.
Ryan Gusto (0-1) took the loss, allowing seven hits and three earned runs over 4 2/3 innings.
Miami managed just two hits and struck out 15 times. Attendance was 10,312. The game lasted 2 hours, 24 minutes.
The Rays improved to 37-23; the Marlins fell to 29-35.