Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays

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Chicago White Sox

58-52, 24-31 Away

Final
0 - 1

Tampa Bay Rays

65-45, 41-17 Home

Rasmussen, Fortes, Baker power the AL-leading Rays to a 1-0 win over the White Sox

Drew Rasmussen struck out 10 in six strong innings and Nick Fortes drove in the game's only run as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0 Saturday.

Bryan Baker recorded his American League-leading 31st save of the season, converting his 20th consecutive opportunity by retiring Chicago’s third, fourth and fifth hitters in the ninth.

Rasmussen (10-5) allowed four hits, all singles, and gave up one walk. Only two baserunners advanced past first base for Chicago, which had its three-game winning streak halted.

Noah Schultz (3-8) allowed three hits in five innings.

Five Tampa Bay pitchers combined to strike out 16 batters as the Rays recorded their 10th shutout victory this season and fourth in the past seven games. Saturday marked the third 1-0 victory of the season and second in the past week.

“We know how to pitch when the game is on the line,’’ Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “When you’re winning 1-0, every pitch is on the line. One swing can change that and our guys have really stepped up.’’

The Rays broke a scoreless tie in the fifth when Jonny DeLuca led off with a single, stole second with one out and advanced to third on a ground out to first by Ben Williamson. Fortes followed with a line drive to short left field, scoring DeLuca.

Up next Rays RHP Griffin Jax (6-8, 3.74 ERA) is scheduled to face Chicago LHP Anthony Kay (7-5, 4.25) in the series finale on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Grichuk struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	C. Montgomery grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Vargas flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Cleavinger
	9th Inning	Mullins as designated hitter.
	8th Inning	Caminero grounded out to first.

Statistics

CHW		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
3	Ground Balls	9
16	Strikeouts	8
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
5	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	106
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	5
32	Plate Appearances	30
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	0
-0.2	Runs Created	0.8
.161	Batting Average	.179
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.161	Slugging Percentage	.179
.000	Secondary Average	.036
.188	On Base Percentage	.207
.349	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.385
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.9
5.0	Batter Rating	10.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.25	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.53
.000	Isolated Power	.000
0.06	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.161	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.143
0.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
58.5	MLB Rating	64.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0