Despite entering the playoffs with the best record among Wild Card teams, the Rays offense struggled to show up vs. the Rangers. Tampa Bay was shut out in Game 1, which extended the team’s scoreless innings streak in the playoffs.
The Rays entered Wednesday’s Game 2 having not scored in the playoffs since the 6th inning of last year’s Wild Card Game 1 vs. the Guardians. Tampa Bay lost that game 2–1, then got shutout in 15 innings during Game 2, 1–0, leaving the 2022 postseason on an 18-inning scoreless streak.
The record for most consecutive scoreless innings in the playoffs is held by the Dodgers, who didn’t score in 34 straight innings between 1966 and ’74.
