Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Handcuffed, 12-4; Smyly “Anxious” For His Return

The Texas Rangers scored in each of the first two innings against ace righty Chris Archer on Saturday night, and then blew the game open with a seven-run sixth, as the Tampa Bay Rays fell to Texas by a 12-4 margin. Tampa Bay has dropped the first two games of a ten-game road trip.