ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays needed something to get over their hot and miserable weekend in Baltimore, getting walked off twice in extra innings, while looking bad in doing so.
Worse, they had to live with it until taking the field again Tuesday night against the Marlins.
But Kevin Kiermaier got them off to an exciting start, with an inside-the-park home run (on the first pitch) leading off the home first inning. Harold Ramirez and Ji-Man Choi provided support later with homers that left the park.
