Paul Skenes will be opposed by Ryan Pepiot for Tampa Bay. Last night, Tampa blanked the Bucs, 7-0. Brandon Lowe went yard and drove in three as Tampa rolled to their fourth win in five games. Shane Baz gave up seven hits but pitched six scoreless innings to get his first win of the season.

Jake Mangum collected three more hits and Shane Baz struck out a career-high 10 in six innings, helping the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-0.

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The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 7-0 to secure their second consecutive series win ahead of the series finale tomorrow afternoon.

Manager Kevin Cash, who called his starters' performance "pretty incredible," will watch the rotation return to the top, meaning right-hander Ryan Pepiot (0-0, 1.50 ERA) will square off against Skenes in a matchup of fireballers.

Archer, who fizzled out quickly with the Pirates, is now retired. Austin Meadows, who had an .826 OPS with Tampa Bay, is all but retired even if he hasn’t announced it. And Tyler Glasnow has moved on to Los Angeles with a $136 million contract. The only player directly involved in the trade who is still hanging around is Shane Baz.

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