ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There will be a time, as there is in every season, when the Rays bats go cold, their pitchers can’t throw strikes and their defense lets them down.
But they’ve been doing just about everything right for close to two weeks now, and as the good times keep rolling the wins keep piling up.
Tuesday’s 7-2 victory over the Red Sox was the Rays’ 11th straight to open the season, extending their franchise record and majors-best start, and matching the 1981 A’s for the second-longest such streak of the modern era (since 1901).
