Frustrated Cash: “Back to the drawing board” to fix Rays baserunning woes

Manager Kevin Cash has seen too many baserunning mistakes and says the Rays have to do something about it.

"It's pretty frustrating," Cash said after Friday's 4-3, 13-inning loss to the Mariners. "Look, we play close games and those things are magnified. We've learned that over many discussions talking about it.

"We've got to kind of go back to the drawing board on some of the baserunning."

The Rays made four outs on the bases Friday, and it was hard to say which was worse.

Cash seemed to absolve Mallex Smith of blame for being caught stealing to end the first. Matt Duffy was caught in an odd double play in the seventh. Daniel Robertson got picked off first after drawing a two-out walk in the 11th. Joey Wendle was doubled off first to end the 13th.

"It hasn't been good," Cash said. "I visited it a couple games ago. It hasn't been good and it shows up when you're playing tight games, extra inning games. All those little mistakes prevent you from scoring runs."

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