|TAMPA — In the immediate aftermath of his complete game Saturday in Houston — the Rays’ first in nearly four years — Zack Littell enjoyed praise and accolades for his work against the Astros.

“Everybody around here for the next day or two kind of just kept telling me how cool it was, which it was,” Littell said Thursday. “But I was kind of ready to move on to this one pretty soon after. So, just ready to get after it this week.”

“This one” is against the Marlins, a rare Friday afternoon game resulting from a scheduling conflict with a Metallica concert that night across the street at Raymond James Stadium.

Littell said he felt no aftereffects from throwing a career-high 117 pitches against the Astros or getting all 27 outs for the first time as a big-leaguer. He got the benefit of an e

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