Rays 1 Dodgers 3: I thought it would be worse

The Dodgers have the best record in baseball.

The Rays are treading water and, for good measure, had a last minute scratch of their starter today.

So I thought the Rays would be uncompetitive in this series and this game. But they weren’t!

With Shane Baz suffering from the flu, the Rays called up Jacob Lopez to make a spot start against the Dodgers today. Lopez has pitched a few major league innings with mixed results. Even his work in Durham...