ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For the Rays, it was good to get back home.
After their longest road trip of the season, they returned to Tropicana Field Friday night and back to their winning ways. Shane McClanahan dominated with seven scoreless innings and the Rays scraped together a run in the eighth to pull out 1-0 win over the Brewers in front of a crowd of 18,961.
The Rays improved to 20-3 at Tropicana Field this season and 33-13 overall. That was a relief after going 4-6 on the 10-game road trip through Baltimore (against the Orioles), the Bronx (against the Yankees) and Queens (an interleague matchup against the Mets).