Rays Smoke Giants, Aranda's Hit Sparks Win

0:00On May 3rd, Tampa Bay Rays smoked the San Francisco Giants 5-1 Saturday night at Tropicana Field. Jonathan Aranda smashed a two-run single and a big three-run fifth inning to spark the win. Cedric Mullins and Jake Frailey also knocked in runs, pushing the Rays to 20 wins the second American league team to hit that mark, right behind. The Yankees. The Rays grabbed the one-nothing lead in the fourth on Frailey's RBI single. Then loaded the bases in the fifth. Mullins walked to plate one and Aranda's clutch hit made it for nothing. Meanwhile, the Giants thought they had something early when Heliot Ramos' fly-out coroned off the catwalk, but the home run challenge failed, leading. Two ejections for their pitcher and pitching coach from the dugout. Fans saw the Rays' hostry continue. They've won eight of their last ten games. For the Giants, it's rough, zero and five on this road trip with no home runs yet. That lone run in the sixth off Luis Ariaz's double and Rafael Divers' two-out hit snapped a 16-innings scoreless streak.

1:02But they dodged a franchise record eights shutout in 32 games. Pitching sealed it for Tampa Bay with Jesse Schulton's picking up the win in relief, tossing three innings with just one run. The bullpen locked down the final three and a third innings scoreless. Landon rooped at the loss after giving up four runs on eight hits in four and a third. Aranda leased the pack with 27 RBI's and had two of the Rays' nine hits. Johnny DeLuca added two hits, a double, steel, and scored on an error. Rays keep rolling strong into the next series. I'm Corey with the story. That's your MLB News Today update. AI powered and always on.