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03/30 22:17 CDT Fortes' tiebreaking double in 9th gives Rays 3-2 win over
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Fortes' tiebreaking double in 9th gives Rays 3-2 win over Brewers
By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Nick Fortes hit a tiebreaking two-out double off Trevor
Megill in the ninth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays edged the Milwaukee Brewers
3-2 on Monday night.
Milwaukee took its first loss after opening the season with a three-game sweep
of the Chicago White Sox.
Megill (0-1) retired the first two batters he faced and had a 1-2 count on
Jonny DeLuca before walking him. Fortes sent a first-pitch fastball into the
gap in right-center to bring home DeLuca.
Ian Seymour hit Sal Frelick with a pitch to start the bottom of the ninth
before retiring the next two batters. Kevin Kelly picked up his first save by
getting Blake Perkins to ground out.
All the runs before the ninth came on homers.
Yandy Daz continued his blistering start by leading off the game by sending a
1-2 pitch from Kyle Harrison over the left-field wall. Daz, who also singled
in the second, is 11 for 20 this season.
William Contreras put Milwaukee ahead with a 415-foot drive over the
center-field wall in the sixth.
The Rays tied it in the seventh when DeLuca delivered a 438-foot blast over the
wall in left-center.
Milwaukee wasted a chance to break the tie in the eighth as Garrett Cleavinger
(1-1) struck out Gary Snchez to strand runners on first and second.
Both starting pitchers were making their debut with new teams.
Harrison came to Milwaukee as part of a six-player trade with Boston that sent
third baseman Caleb Durbin to the Red Sox. Nick Martinez joined the Rays on a
one-year, $13 million deal.
Martinez struck out three and allowed six hits, two runs and no walks in six
innings. Harrison struck out eight and gave up one run, four hits and one walk
in five innings.
Up next
After recovering from Tommy John surgery and a triceps injury, Shane McClanahan
is scheduled to make his first major league start since August 2023 for Tampa
Bay on Tuesday. Brandon Woodruff (7-2, 3.20 ERA in 2025) pitches for Milwaukee.
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