GameDay Preview: Drew Rasmussen On Mound As Rays Look to Sweep Angels
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For the first time all season, the Tampa Bay Rays have won four series in a row after taking the first three games against the Los Angeles. They'll go for the sweep in a Thursday matinee game.
Drew Rasmussen, who has been fabulous of late, will take the mound for the Rays. He's 8-4 on the year. The game starts at 1:10 p.m.
In Rasmussen's last three outings covering 17 innings, he has allowed only three hits and flirted with a perfect game against the Baltimore Orioles. Then last Saturday against Kanas City, He became the first pitcher in franchise history to carry a no-hit bid into the sixth inning in back-to-back starts. In his last three starts, has yielded seven baserunners in 17 innings pitches and opponents are 3-for-55 against him.
Patrick Sandoval (4-8) is pitching for Los Angeles.
Here's how to watch Thursday's season finale with the Angels.
How to watch Angels at Rays
- Who: Los Angeles Angels (52-72) at Tampa Bay Rays (68-55)
- When: 1:10 p.m. ET, Thursday, Aug. 25
- Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.
- TV: Bally Sports Sun
- Stream: Fubo.tv CLICK HERE
- Announcers: Dewayne Staats (play-by-play), Brian Anderson (color commentary) and Tricia Whitaker (reporter).
- Radio: WDAE 95.3 FM, SiriusXM Channel 175
- Latest line: The Rays are favored at minus-205 on the money line in according to the Fanduel.com website line as of Thursday morning. The Angels are plus-172. The over/under is 6.5.
Starting lineups
- LOS ANGELES ANGELS: David Fletcher 2B, Shohei Ohtani DH, Taylor Ward RF, Mike Ford 1B, Jo Adell LF, Magneuris Sierra CF, Kurt Suzuki C, Jose Rojas 3B, Andrew Velazquez SS, Patrick Sandoval P.
- TAMPA BAY RAYS: Yandy Diaz 3B, Manuel Margot RF, Randy Arozarena DH, Harold Ramirez 1B, Isaac Paredes 2B, Christian Bethancourt C, David Peralta LF, Yu Chang SS, Jose Siri CF, Drew Rasmussen Ryan Yarbrough P.
Tom Brew is the publisher of Inside The Rays, and has been with the Sports Illustrated/FanNation network for three years. He is an award-winning writer and editor who has spent most of his four-decade career at the Tampa Bay Times, Indianapolis Star and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has written four books.
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