ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — — Yandy Díaz, Brandon Loweand Randy Arozarenahit RBI singles in the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Josh Lowe opened the eighth with a triple against Miles Mikolas (6-8). Andre Pallante entered and retired pinch-hitter Harold Ramírez on a grounder before Díaz hit a groundball single to center that made it 2-1 — the first of four consecutive base hits. Lowe and Arozarena drove in runs with their hits.
Mikolas gave up two runs and eight hits in seven-plus innings.
Cardinals RHP Dakota Hudson (2-0) will make the start Wednesday, 4:45 with the pregame and the first pitch at 5:40 on KIRX.