The white-hot Tampa Bay Rays continued their onslaught on the unfortunate teams on their schedule and the MLB record books, crushing the visiting Oakland Athletics 11–0 on Easter Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla., for their ninth straight win to open the season.
The Rays’ 9-0 start matched that of the 2003 Kansas City Royals for the hottest streak to start a season in baseball’s wild-card era.
