Rays’ Pete Fairbanks has blunt assessment of blown save

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Pete Fairbanks had a rough outing on Wednesday night, and no one seemed more disgusted about it than him.

Fairbanks came on in the top of the ninth inning with the Rays leading 4-3 in their game against the Los Angeles Angels at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. After getting Luis Rengifo to ground out, Fairbanks surrendered a single to Nolan Schanuel and then walked Zach Neto. The runners advanced to second and third on a double-steal before Anthony Rendon’s single tied the game at 4-4.

The Angels then intentionally walked Mike Trout. Taylor Ward followed with an RBI single to drive in Rendon and give L.A. a 5-4 lead before Fairbanks got out of the inning. The Rays were unable to orchestrate a comeback in the bottom of the ninth.

After blowing the save, Fairbanks was asked in the clubhouse if there was anything specific he felt he did wrong. The right-hander said he “generally sucked.”

“I thought it generally sucked. I didn’t think it was a specific suck, I thought it was like an all-encompassing type of suck,” Fairbanks said. “So, we’re gonna try and rectify that, but right now I’m gonna be pretty pissed about it.”