<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rays-news-devastating-drew-rasmussen-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rays handed devastating Drew Rasmussen injury update');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Rays-news-Tampa-Bay-handed-devastating-Drew-Rasmussen-injury-update.jpg"></figure><h1>Rays handed devastating Drew Rasmussen injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-08T16:12:39-07:00">July 8th, 4:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-08T17:57:32-07:00">July 8th, 5:57pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It initially felt like the Tampa Bay Rays were merely falling victim to the law of averages, but after a brutal injury update, fans can only conclude that is instead Murphy’s Law currently wreaking havoc within the clubhouse.</p><p>Trusted right-handed pitcher Drew Rasmussen, who has been on the injured list since May with a flexor strain in his elbow, <a href="https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1677789078236831746" rel="noopener">requires surgery</a> and is expected to be out until the middle of next season, per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. It is an absolute punch to the gut for Rasmussen and the fan base that was hopeful he could return this year. He recorded a 2.62 ERA in eight starts in 2023.</p><p>Manager Kevin Cash conveyed the bad news and expressed that the tough decision is the <a href="https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1677794575916597250" rel="noopener">best option</a> for the 2017 first-round pick. “Cash said Rasmussen is frustrated but that Dr. {Keith} Meister ‘just felt like this was probably the best course of action to get him back on the field as quick as possible, and as healthy as possible,”’ Topkin also tweeted.</p><p>This will be third procedure Drew Rasmussen has had done on his UCL, so there is hope that installing a brace will prevent any more severe damage in the future. In the meanwhile, Tampa Bay is fiercely stagnating after losing six games in a row. Its lead in the American League East has shockingly shrunk to just two-and-a-half  games over the Baltimore Orioles.</p><p>Injuries to the pitching staff has made it extremely difficult for the Rays to maintain the blistering pace they started with through the first two months of the season. Back in April, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-news-jeffrey-springs-miss-2-months-injury" rel="noopener">Jeffrey Springs was lost</a> for the year to Tommy John surgery. Though, they got back closer Pete Fairbanks in June and are aiming for a mid-July <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-news-shane-mcclanahan-injury-update-kevin-cash" rel="noopener">return for ace Shane McClanahan</a>.</p><p>Preserving the health of the staff is the top priority, but this recent run of futility no longer gives Cash or the organization the luxury of being patient. The needed reinforcements might have to come from another team. Formerly a franchsie with little to worry about, Tampa is now feeling the heat with the trade deadline coming up fast.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rays handed devastating Drew Rasmussen injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rays-news-tampa-bay-drew-rasmussen-elbow-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rays suffer crushing injury blow to Drew Rasmussen');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rays-news-tampa-bay-suffers-crushing-injury-blow-to-drew-rasmussen.jpg"></figure><h1>Rays suffer crushing injury blow to Drew Rasmussen</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-12T13:45:40-07:00">May 12th, 1:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-12T13:45:40-07:00">May 12th, 1:45pm</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Drew <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-news-drew-rasmussen-makes-history-as-perfect-game-bid-snatched-away-in-9th" rel="noopener">Rasmussen has been lights out</a> for the Tampa Bay Rays during their strong start to the season. However, the Rays are now poised to continue their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-news-twitter-reacts-to-drew-rasmussen-losing-perfect-game-in-9th-inning" rel="noopener">hot streak without Rasmussen</a>.</p><p>Tampa Bay <a href="https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1657113403159195648" rel="noopener">has placed</a> Rasmussen on the 60-day injured list with a flexor strain in his elbow, via Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. Rasmussen is <a href="https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1657115236833415185" rel="noopener">looking to avoid</a> surgery, but will be on the shelf regardless for the foreseeable future.</p><p>Rasmussen led the Rays to an 8-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday. He pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits while striking out seven.</p><p>However, the day after, Rasmussen has now been forced to the injured list. The fact Tampa Bay immediately put him on the 60-day IL is telling news. The RHP’s elbow injury stops Rasmussen’s strong season in the tracks and puts the Rays down another vital pitcher.</p><p>Drew Rasmussen had appeared in eight games for the Rays this season, pitching to a 4-2 record. He holds a 2.62 ERA and a 47/11 K/BB ratio. Rasmussen is third on the team in ERA among players with 20+ innings pitched. Furthermore, his strikeouts sit behind just Shane McClanahan.</p><p>The Rays might be 30-9 on the season, but losing Rasmussen will be a huge blow. His loss takes away one of the more dominant starting pitchers Tampa Bay has. While they have pitching depth to work with, it’ll be hard to match what Rasmussen brings.</p><p>Now on the 60-day IL, the Rays and Rasmussen will have time to think about his next steps. But it’s time spent recovering from an injury rather than helping Tampa Bay win a World Series title.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rays suffer crushing injury blow to Drew Rasmussen

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Drew Rasmussen’s perfect game jinxed? 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Twitter blames Bob Nightengale for ill-timed tweet</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-14T19:44:41-07:00">August 14th, 7:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-14T19:44:41-07:00">August 14th, 7:44pm</time><address><a>Kendall Capps</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Rays hosted the Baltimore Orioles with the lead for the final wild card spot on the line. Drew Rasmussen got the start for Tampa Bay and certainly made the most of it. He tossed the best game of his big league career, taking a perfect game into the 9th inning.</p><p>Rasmussen would allow a leadoff double to Jorge Mateo, ending his bid for perfection. However, in between innings, baseball columnist Bob Nightengale brought attention to the perfect game in motion.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tampa Bay <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Rays</a> pitcher Drew Rasmussen just three outs away from making history</p><p>— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href="https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1558905602499158016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It is well known in baseball circles that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, to leave him alone. You don’t talk about it, you don’t write about it. You just let it happen. Nightengale is learning that the rule goes for those who cover sports as well. Baseball <a href="https://twitter.com/frasermurray78/status/1558908319171072002">fans</a> went on a tirade blaming Nightengale for Rasmussen’s double allowed.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">You couldn’t shut up for 5 minutes Bob, really???</p><p>— birdie🐥 (@baseballbirdie) <a href="https://twitter.com/baseballbirdie/status/1558908636021149697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">SHUT UP BOOB</p><p>— move the rays to tampa (@SznFranco) <a href="https://twitter.com/SznFranco/status/1558905773748633600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="qme"> <a href="https://t.co/MMgItehJ6S">pic.twitter.com/MMgItehJ6S</a></p><p>— Aaron (@_ayyDubs) <a href="https://twitter.com/_ayyDubs/status/1558909202382430223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="qme"> <a href="https://t.co/gGCziziYA1">pic.twitter.com/gGCziziYA1</a></p><p>— bag (@mookiebag) <a href="https://twitter.com/mookiebag/status/1558910348878438400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Drew Rasmussen: Tossing a perfect game</p><p>Bob Nightengale: <a href="https://t.co/fjuQzoGQtV">pic.twitter.com/fjuQzoGQtV</a></p><p>— Baseball Today (@dailymlbtweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/dailymlbtweets/status/1558908698231296002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Rasmussen, despite giving up the hit, still made history Sunday. He became <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-news-drew-rasmussen-makes-history-as-perfect-game-bid-snatched-away-in-9th/" rel="noopener">the first pitcher in the last 20 years</a> to toss seven perfect innings while needing nine or fewer pitches per inning.</p><p>The Rays would go on to win, 4-1. They are not 1.5 games ahead of the Orioles for the final wild card. However, there are still a number of teams in the mix. The Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins are two games back each, with the Boston Red Sox 4.5 games back.</p><p>Drew Rasmussen is having a fantastic year for the Rays. He is 7-4 with a 2.80 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP. There are still a little over six weeks remaining in the regular season. But if the Rays continue to pitch the way they have this season, it’s going to be hard to catch them.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Drew Rasmussen’s perfect game jinxed? Twitter blames Bob Nightengale for ill-timed tweet

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The Rays entered Sunday’s contest against the Baltimore Orioles just a half game up for the final wild card. Baltimore shockingly was the team on the Rays tail, making Sunday’s game crucial. Well, apparently Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen got the message.</p><p>He had the best performance of his young career. Rasmussen had a perfect game going into the 9th inning. Ultimately, Jorge Mateo broke up the perfect game bid with a leadoff double. Rasmussen would of course leave to a standing ovation. Despite not achieving the ultimate prize, Rasmussen still <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1558910016039559171">made history.</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Drew Rasmussen is the first pitcher to be perfect through 7 innings while averaging 9.0 or fewer pitches per inning in the last 20 seasons (63 pitches through 7 perfect innings) <a href="https://t.co/OR8gYq5VjN">pic.twitter.com/OR8gYq5VjN</a></p><p>— ESPN Stats &amp; Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1558910016039559171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>According to ESPN Stats &amp; Info, he became the first pitcher to be perfect through seven innings while averaging nine or fewer pitches per inning in the last 20 years. He only needed 63 pitches to get through the first seven frames.</p><p>With the victory, Drew Rasmussen improved to 7-4 on the season. But his record does not properly reflect how well he has pitched this year. The 27-year-old has a .280 ERA to go along with a 1.08 WHIP and 82 strikeouts in 99 2/3 innings this year.</p><p>The Rays for years now have been built around pitching and defense. That is no exception this year either. Shane McClanahan is having a breakout year and would be a Cy Young contender if Justin Verlander wasn’t <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-new-justin-verlander-reveals-reason-he-feels-younger-after-demolishing-the-mariners/" rel="noopener">pitching out of his mind</a>. Corey Kluber has had a resurgent year after a couple of injury plagued seasons. But’s it’s been Rasmussen that helps fill out the depth of the rotation.</p><p>As a side note, it’s been 10 years since we saw a perfect game. Felix Hernandez was the last to accomplish the feat in 2012.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rays SP Drew Rasmussen makes history as perfect game bid snatched away in 9th

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twitter reacts to Rays’ Drew Rasmussen losing perfect game in 9th inning');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Rays_news_Twitter_reacts_to_Drew_Rasmussen_losing_perfect_game_in_9th_inning.jpeg"></figure><h1>Twitter reacts to Rays’ Drew Rasmussen losing perfect game in 9th inning</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-14T13:30:58-07:00">August 14th, 1:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-14T13:31:31-07:00">August 14th, 1:31pm</time><address><a>Karl Rasmussen</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Drew Rasmussen was just three outs away from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-clayton-kershaw-fails-in-second-bid-for-perfect-game-makes-history-anyway/">being immortalized in MLB history.</a> During his outing against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, Rasmussen managed to throw eight perfect innings before seeing his coveted perfect game broken by the first batter in the top of the ninth frame. The right-hander was automatic throughout the game, working through one of the most efficient eight innings of all time, needing just 79 pitches to retire the first 24 batters he faced in order.</p><p>It was a heartbreaking hit to give up just three outs shy of throwing MLB’s 24th-ever perfect game, and all of baseball Twitter shared in Rasmussen’s pain after Jorge Mateo managed to lace a double to left field at the start of the final frame.</p><p>Baseball Twitter was quick to point the finger at <a href="https://twitter.com/hea4lessshrimp/status/1558905709177315328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1558905709177315328%7Ctwgr%5E5c88e15f3c6cfe32cefb9deb9675cb38e9d0dc48%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">Bob Nightengale</a> after Rasmussen missed out on making history. As he often does, Nightengale couldn’t help but tweet about the perfect game during the eighth inning, prompting fans to tell him that he’d jinxed Rasmussen. Low and behold, the perfect game was broken up shortly after.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bob tweeted. Incoming Jorge Mateo base hit.</p><p>— 603jt 🍇 (@hea4lessshrimp) <a href="https://twitter.com/hea4lessshrimp/status/1558905709177315328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>A tale as old as time, really.</p><p>Even ESPN’s Jeff Passan joined in on the anti-Nightengale sentiment.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Drew Rasmussen: Tossing a perfect game</p><p>Bob Nightengale: <a href="https://t.co/fjuQzoGQtV">pic.twitter.com/fjuQzoGQtV</a></p><p>— Baseball Today (@dailymlbtweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/dailymlbtweets/status/1558908698231296002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Sorry, Drew. There won’t be a perfect game so long as Nightengale is watching.</p><p>The last perfect game in MLB history was thrown by Felix Hernandez, who is probably smiling knowing he is still the last pitcher to achieve the absurd feat.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">King Felix can breathe a sigh of relief.</p><p>He still has the last Perfect game.</p><p>Shoutout to Drew Rasmussen on challenging that.  <a href="https://t.co/VuPVv2rlz6">pic.twitter.com/VuPVv2rlz6</a></p><p>— Starting 9 (@Starting9) <a href="https://twitter.com/Starting9/status/1558908694364098560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Speaking of that perfect game, it was almost 10 years ago to the day when Hernandez threw his gem on August 15, 2012.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Drew Rasmussen Perfect Game broken up in the 9th inning</p><p>What an unbelievable performance almost 10 years TO THE DAY of the last Perfect Game thrown by Felix Hernandez on August 15th, 2012</p><p>— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenVerlander/status/1558908066610892800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>That would have been a crazy coincidence had Rasmussen finished the job.</p><p>So, what do you call Rasmussen’s eight innings of perfection, followed by an unfortunate start to the ninth that saw his perfect game, no-hitter, and shutout broken up in the span of a couple of batters? It’s not quite a perfect game, but it’s close.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Congrat’s to Drew Rasmussen on throwing a very good game</p><p>— PFT Commander (@PFTCommenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/PFTCommenter/status/1558908480139968512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>A very good game, indeed.</p><p>Rasmussen will be fuming that he missed his chance to leave his mark on MLB history. He needed just three more outs to become MLB’s 24th perfect pitcher in history but came up just short.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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