Heading into Saturday's matchup winners of four games in a row, the Tampa Bay Rays were looking to make it five straight. Saturday was especially meaningful for the team, as franchise icon Evan Longoria officially retired as a Ray. He also threw out the first pitch in front of a packed house. Unfortunately, the team lost an 11-10 slugfest to the Miami Marlins. Despite the loss, OptaStats reported that the team broke an MLB record involving their starting 7-8-9 hitters on X, formerly Twitter. Expand Tweet

“Today @RaysBaseball became the first team in MLB history to have their starting 7-8-9 hitters each have multiple extra-base hits including a home run in the same game: Christopher Morel: 2B, 2 HR Danny Jansen: 2B, HR Taylor Walls: 2B, HR,” posted the sports statistics account on the

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