Yandy Diaz hits 2 home runs off Blake Snell as Rays beat Dodgers 3-0

TAMPA Fla AP Yandy Diaz hit two home runs off Blake Snell Drew Rasmussen threw scoreless innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers - on Saturday In front of a sold-out crowd of Diaz opened the scoring in the first with a -foot shot off his former teammate Snell who was making his first major league start since April Diaz hit a two-run homer in the third inning for his th of the season He also singled off Snell in the fifth with a line drive to center Rasmussen struck out six and scattering four hits all singles The Dodgers never got a runner to second base against him They threatened with the bases loaded against Garrett Cleavinger in the sixth but he got an inning-ending double play to hold the lead Snell was charged with three runs on five hits He was activated off the injured list Saturday morning and struck out eight in just his third start for the Dodgers since signing a million deal this winter Junior Caminero added insurance in the sixth with his th home run of the season a solo shot off Jack Dreyer Key moment With one out and a runner on in the top of the sixth Cleavinger gave up back-to-back singles to Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani before he got Teoscar Hernandez to bounce into the inning-ending double play Key stat Diaz s leadoff home run in the first inning marked the th hit of his career Up next The Dodgers will send right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto ERA to the mound for the series finale Sunday Joe Boyle starts for the Rays in their final home contest before a -day road trip AP MLB https apnews com hub MLB Source