Baz’s 5 2/3 Scoreless Innings Helps Rays Sweep Marlins 3-2

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rookie Shane Baz pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings to triumph his 2nd consecutive commencement and the AL East champion Tampa Bay Rays bushed the Miami Marlins 3-2 Sunday for their team-record 14th bid sweep.

Baz (2-0), a 22-year-old right-hander who was connected the U.S. Olympic team, allowed 3 hits, struck retired 9 and walked one. He gave up 2 runs and 2 hits — some homers — implicit 5 innings to bushed Toronto successful his large league debut connected Sept. 20 pursuing his call-up from Triple-A Durham.

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Nelson Cruz had 2 RBIs for the Rays, who connected Saturday nighttime clinched their 2nd consecutive part rubric and 4th since 2008. The defending AL champions astatine 97-59 are besides closing connected securing the champion grounds successful the league.

Rays rookie Wander Franco doubled successful the archetypal disconnected Jesús Luzardo to widen his on-base streak to 41 games, 2 from tying Frank Robinson successful 1956 for the longest agelong by a subordinate nether 21.

Nick Anderson, the 3rd Tampa Bay reliever, got his archetypal prevention this play contempt allowing Lewin Díaz’s leadoff homer successful the ninth. The Rays person had a large league-record 14 pitchers earning prevention this season.

Miami got an run-scoring treble from Eddy Alvarez, Baz’s Olympic teammate. The Marlins are 3-17 successful interleague play aft entering the play with 212 interleague victories, fourth-most successful the majors.

Baz retired his archetypal 9 batters, six connected strikeouts, earlier Jazz Chisholm Jr. opened the 4th with a crushed shot azygous to center. Chisholm besides doubled successful the sixth.

Franco scored connected Yandy Díaz’s sacrifice alert during a two-run first. He tripled against Zach Pop successful 5th and scored to marque it 3-0 connected Cruz’s single. Cruz besides had a first-inning sacrifice fly.

Alvarez made it 3-1 connected his treble successful the seventh disconnected JT Chargois. Josh Fleming, recalled from Durham connected Saturday aft being sent down successful precocious August to covert from starting to relieving, entered with 2 connected and 2 outs and got a first-pitch grounder from Chisholm.

Luzardo (5-9) gave up 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 walks with 5 strikeouts implicit 4 innings.

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REUNION

Alvarez struck retired connected a 3-2 transportation successful the 3rd and deed a fifth-inning opposite-field alert shot connected the informing way successful near against Baz.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Marlins: SS Miguel Rojas (toe) didn’t play. … RHP Pablo López (right rotator cuff) had a 21-pitch bullpen session.

Rays: LHP Cody Reed (thoracic outlet syndrome surgery) struck retired 2 successful a scoreless inning Saturday nighttime for Triple-A Durham. He has fixed 2 hits and fanned 7 implicit 4 shutout innings successful 4 rehab games. … RHP Matt Wisler (right mediate digit inflammation) threw disconnected a bullpen mound.

UP NEXT

Marlins: LHP Trevor Rogers (7-8) volition commencement 1 crippled of a doubleheader Tuesday astatine the New York Mets.

Rays: RHP Michael Wacha (3-5) volition look Houston connected Tuesday night.

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