Rays look to sweep series against Mets
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For the first time this season, the New York Mets were the victims of a series sweep. After entering their three-game series against the Tampa Rays on a six-game win streak and holding the best home record in all of baseball,
New York put right-handed hurler Tylor Megill (5-5, 3.95 ERA) on the 15-day IL retroactive to Sunday with a right elbow strain. It also recalled fellow right-hander Justin Garza from Triple-A Syracuse. Megill allowed six runs (three earned) on seven hits in 3.2 innings against Tampa Bay on Saturday.
Tampa Bay’s 17-6 record since May 20 is the best in baseball, and the Rays showed a lot of the reasons why Saturday.
After Sunday’s miserable 9-0 loss to the Rays marked their first time getting swept all year, the Mets are finally facing something resembling adversity.
Athlon Sports. Forget all that talk about the struggling Tampa Bay Rays. They are not even close to struggling right now, winning 18 of their last 24 games. Tampa Bay is coming off an impressive three-game sweep of the New York Mets at Citi Field.