After getting swept by the Giants, Indians, and the Orioles, the Tampa Bay Rays found themselves in an 11-game losing streak. Things wouldn’t get any easier as they then had the top offense in all of baseball, the Boston Red Sox, coming to town for a 3-game series at home. Rookie and top pitching prospect Blake Snell was handed the rock for the opener in what would be just his fourth major league start. The young lefty held his own against a Sox team that’s batting .276 against lefties in 2016 to help his struggling Rays snap the losing streak on Monday. Let’s breakdown Blake Snell’s first victorious effort at the highest level with 10 HD GIFs.
To get an overview of how Snell’s arsenal came into play on Monday, let’s take a peek at his strikezone plot from the outing:
