Rookie Chandler Simpson raced home to score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning and had his first three-hit game for the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Sunday for their first sweep of the season.

The Rays lost five of six before heading west, then dropped the opener at Arizona to fall a season-high five games under .500 at 9-14. But they’ve won the last four, including back-to-back wins over the Padres, who had been 12-1 at Petco Park before the Rays showed up.

For the Friars, it was 29-year-old Michael King, who enjoyed a fine year in 2024, sinking and sweeping his way to a sub-3 earned run average in 31 games (30 starts). For the Rays it was Shane Baz, who has been stellar in three of his four starts to start 2025.