Rays' win streak ends at 6 with wet, cold, messy loss to Guardians

Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times on Apr 29, 2026

Published in Baseball

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The Rays’ six-game winning streak ended with a messy 3-1 loss on a wet and cold Wednesday afternoon in Cleveland.

Their defense wasn’t crisp, with one costly error and several missed plays. Their bats were quiet against Guardians starter Gavin Williams, who worked strongly into the eighth. And starter Drew Rasmussen lasted only five innings, throwing 91 pitches.

The Rays dropped to 18-12 and head home for series against the Giants and Blue Jays.

The Rays put themselves in a 3-0 hole by the fifth, then had a couple of chances.

They got a run in the seventh thanks to a Cleveland error, and had a shot for more in the eighth with two two-out singles and then a double steal, but Jonathan Aranda capped a rough day by striking out.

The Guardians took advantage of the Rays’ sloppiness in the third inning to take a 1-0 lead.

Brayan Rocchio led off with a single that Drew Rasmussen tried to grab before Taylor Walls scooped it up but threw past first. Rocchio stole second, then went to third on Steven Kwan’s groundout to first. Chase DeLauter walked to put runners on the corners.

Aranda fielded Jose Ramirez’s right-side grounder and tried to nab Rocchio going back to third, but his throw left Junior Caminero unable to make the tag.

Former Rays prospect Kyle Manzardo lofted a sacrifice fly to left to score Rocchio.

The Guardians extended the lead to 3-0 in the fifth.

Rocchio rolled a grounder to the right side and reached when Aranda misplayed it.

Kwan then laced a ball toward the right-field corner for a double, putting runners on second and third. DeLauter then rolled a Rasmussen fastball up the middle for a two-run single.

Rasmussen lasted only five innings, the result of throwing 91 pitches to get the 15 outs. He allowed the three runs (two earned) with one walk.

The Rays got a run back in the seventh, as it was the Guardians’ turn to be sloppy.

Yandy Diaz reached on a one-out single, then Jake Fraley rolled a grounder to rookie second baseman Travis Bazzana that should have been an inning-ending double play.

But Bazzana threw wide of second, allowing Diaz to come all the way around to score.

Diaz singled again in the ninth, giving him 995 career hits, five shy of becoming the 20th Cuban-born player with 1,000.

The start of the game was delayed by nearly 90 minutes due to rain in the Cleveland area, and first pitch temperature was 49 degrees.