⁍ The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 to complete a three-game sweep.
⁍ Tampa Bay finishes the regular season with a franchise-high .667 winning percentage.
⁍ The Rays will face the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wild Card playoffs on Tuesday.
– The Philadelphia Phillies are out of playoff contention after losing 5-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. The Phillies needed to win and have Milwaukee and San Francisco lose in order to nab a wild-card spot, but the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 and the Phillies lost to the Rays. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, wrapped up a three-game sweep and will face the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wild Card Game on Tuesday. Tampa Bay’s Kevan Smith came off the bench to go 2-for-4 with a double, run, and an RBI. Rookie Josh Fleming spun six scoreless innings as the Tampa Bay Rays put an end to Philadelphia’s playoff hopes Sunday, finishing their three-game sweep of the Phillies. In a career-long start, Fleming (5-0) recorded five strikeouts and allowed four hits and a walk. Relievers Oliver Drake, Aaron Loup, and Ryan Sherriff each tossed a scoreless frame in the six-hit shutout for Tampa Bay, which finished the regular season by winning nine of its last 11 games. Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola (5-5) turned in a poor start by working just 3 2/3 innings and allowing six hits and three runs in his second-shortest stint this season. Bryce Harper produced two hits. On a day when the Phillies needed help—they would have earned a wild-card berth by winning and having Milwaukee and San Francisco lose—the club could not help itself, losing for the seventh time in eight games.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/baseball-mlb-tb-phi/rays-shut-out-phillies-to-finish-three-game-sweep-idUSMTZXEG9RC8QHMP