The left-hander allows two short-porch home runs to Yandy Diaz in his first start since April 2 as the Dodgers manage just six hits in a 4-0 loss in Tampa.

Yandy Díaz hits a pair of home runs down the right-field line that would have stayed in most major-league ballparks, but Dodgers fail to score Saturday.

Rather, it was the Saturday activation of lefty ace and two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell . The 32-year-old Snell, whom the Dodgers inked to a $136.96 million free-agent contract this past offseason,

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The Los Angeles Dodgers (64-46) will visit the Tampa Bay Rays (54-57), Sunday at 12:10 p.m. ET, with the Rays on a four-game losing skid. The Dodgers are a favorite (-186) at the Rays (+156). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Los Angeles Dodgers looking to Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-7),