TORONTO — The Rays expected the strong start from likely All-Star Shane McClanahan in Saturday’s opening game of a doubleheader.
Hits coming from throughout the lineup — with 13 total, and all nine starters getting at least one — was an unexpected bonus, and the impetus for the 6-2 win that snapped the Rays’ season high-matching four-game losing streak.
Catcher Rene Pinto, who went into the game with a .167 average, had the biggest hit, a two-run run single in the three-run fifth inning that marked the Rays’ biggest outburst in a single frame in nearly a week (since the seventh inning Sunday).
