ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays don’t have anything to do backflips over.
A couple of costly mistakes by starter Shane McClanahan and a mostly quiet offense led to a 4-2 loss to the A’s on Wednesday, the second time in the past three games that the Rays came up short after their 3-0 start to the season.
Backflips were part of the pregame conversation, as the Rays had called up Dusten Knight to add a fresh arm to their bullpen. Knight, a 31-year-old who finally made it to the majors last year with Baltimore, is most known for celebrating saves in the minors by stepping off the mound and doing a backflip, a feat carried over from his childhood wrestling days.
