Arozarena has four RBIs, McClanahan dominates as Rays beat Padres

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Shane McClanahan pitched into the seven inning to get his main league-leading eleventh win, Randy Arozarena homered and drove in 4 runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Diego Padres 6-2 on Friday evening.

Tampa Bay is now 51-22 (.699 profitable proportion) — simply the very best document in baseball, seven wins greater than the Atlanta Braves. The Rays have received 11 of their final 14 video games and are 15-7 in interleague play.

McClanahan (11-1) got here into the sport with the majors’ second-lowest ERA at 2.18. After permitting only one run and three hits with 5 strike outs in 6 2/3 innings, he lowered that to 2.12. The Padres’ solely injury towards him was a solo residence run by Nelson Cruz within the seventh when the Rays had a 6-0 lead.

Tampa Bay reliever Pete Fairbanks got here in to work out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam within the ninth to earn his seventh save by getting Fernando Tatis Jr. to hit right into a 4-6-3 double play to finish the sport.

The Rays teed off on San Diego starter Yu Darvish (5-5), who gave up six runs, eight hits — together with two residence runs — in 5 innings. He struck out 5.

With Tampa Bay main 3-0 within the fifth, Arozarena hit Darvish’s 94 mph sinker 402 ft into the left-field bleachers for a 6-0 benefit.

Isaac Paredes hit a solo homer to left off Darvish within the first inning to place the Rays forward 1-0.

Tampa Bay added a run within the fourth earlier than scoring 4 within the fifth. In the fourth, Luke Raley doubled and scored on Arozarena’s single to make it 2-0. Taylor Walls doubled to steer off the fifth and scored on Jose Siri’s RBI single. Raley doubled once more with two outs earlier than Arozarena’s three-run homer.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Padres: LHP Ryan Weathers was optioned to Triple-A El Paso after he allowed 12 runs throughout solely 6-1/3 innings in his previous three begins. Weathers will proceed to get common begins with El Paso. … LHP Tom Cosgrove (left hamstring pressure) was positioned on 15-day IL. Cosgrove felt his hamstring flare up whereas dealing with the Guardians on Thursday, although he was capable of end his outing. Over his first month-plus within the majors, Cosgrove posted a 0.53 ERA in 16 outings — together with a franchise-record 14 straight scoreless appearances to begin his profession. … RHP Nabil Crismatt (left hip pressure) was reinstated from 15-day IL. … LHP Ray Kerr was recalled from Triple-A El Paso, after registering a 3.63 ERA with 28 strike outs in 22 1/3 innings.

UP NEXT

Rays: RHP Zach Eflin (8-2, 3.28) goes for his ninth win Saturday.

Padres: LHP Blake Snell (2-6, 3.78) takes the mound within the second sport of the collection.