Taj Bradley tied a career high with 11 strikeouts over seven innings and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Thursday night.
“That was amazing," he said."I felt great. I was happy let me run out there for the seventh.”
The seven innings matched Bradley's most in the majors. He threw 104 pitches, nine more than his previous career high.“We just needed to take their starting pitcher out of there, and I think we'll be able to take advantage of that,” Díaz said through a translator. Tampa Bay took two of three in the series and is 8-14 over the last 22 games. The Cubs have lost 14 of 20.“It's going to help us in the long run,” Steele said. “It’s a long season, and I feel like we’re really going to learn from this and we're going to come out better.”
Tampa Bay avoided falling five games under .500, which would have matched a season worst, with its 13th win in 18 one-run games.’s sacrifice moved runners to second and third. One run came home when catcher Alex Jackson was charged with an error for dropping a throw from third basemansaid. “We had three singles and three walks, so that’s a tough way to put a bunch of runs on the board.”Steele allowed three hits, walked one and struck out five. The lefty has a 3.
The 28-year-old Steele went 16-5 with a 3.06 ERA in 30 starts last season and made the NL All-Star team for the first time. was back in the starting lineup after being limited to pinch-hitting duty the previous two games. He went 0 for 4.
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