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Art Deco · 12-13-2020, 09:42 AM

Game 1: After two days off (and eight days of rest for starter Alec Sachais), the Rays got off to a slow start on the mound and at the plate, but managed to find their bearings to eventually blow out Toronto 9-2. Sachais gave up a single and a triple to start the game and put the Rays in an immediate hole, but did well in stranding the runner at 3rd to keep it 1-0. He gave up a 1-out double in the 2nd, and then went 5 2/3 no-hit innings to end it a very Sachais-like 7 3 1 1 0 9 and go to 4-0, 2.70. The bats were slumbering through 4 innings against Jays starter Chris Ellis, who came into the game with an ERA over 6. But they came to life in a 6-run 5th that consisted of a 2-run Bobby Witt Jr single, a Nate Clark sac fly, and a 3-run blast by Yordan Alvarez (#11 and finally heating up?). They added 3 more in the 8th on back-to-back doubles by Jhon Diaz and Jasson Dominguez and Ricky Widmar's 2-run triple. Christian Chamberlain gave up an Edmundo Sosa HR in the 8th in his inning of work while Jack Filby had a 1-2-3 2K 9th to close it out.

Game 2: Jack Leiter just didn't have it today as the Jays proceeded to Leit him up for 8 runs in an 8-4 win over the Rays, snapping a 6-game win streak. Skyler Messinger hit the first of his 2 HRs off Leiter in the 1st inning, a 3-run shot before he could retire anyone, and it just snowballed from there as he went 4 10 8 8 1 5 and saw his ERA balloon to 4.14. Aaron Ashby and Christian Chamberlain combined for 5 innings of 2-hit relief but that just kept the Jays from double digits. The offense was sluggish, scoring twice in the bottom of the first to make it look like it might be a game on an Nate Clark RBI and a Judson Fabian RBI single (Fabes was 4-4 and is now hitting .343, tops in the AL), but all they could manage after that were solo HRs from Gavin Lux (#13, a massive shot to dead center) and Ryan Jeffers, his first as a Ray.

Team record: 41-19. Next up: 4 at home vs Boston.

12-13-2020, 09:42 AM	#474
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,623	June 6-7, 2028: vs Toronto (2) Game 1: After two days off (and eight days of rest for starter Alec Sachais), the Rays got off to a slow start on the mound and at the plate, but managed to find their bearings to eventually blow out Toronto 9-2. Sachais gave up a single and a triple to start the game and put the Rays in an immediate hole, but did well in stranding the runner at 3rd to keep it 1-0. He gave up a 1-out double in the 2nd, and then went 5 2/3 no-hit innings to end it a very Sachais-like 7 3 1 1 0 9 and go to 4-0, 2.70. The bats were slumbering through 4 innings against Jays starter Chris Ellis, who came into the game with an ERA over 6. But they came to life in a 6-run 5th that consisted of a 2-run Bobby Witt Jr single, a Nate Clark sac fly, and a 3-run blast by Yordan Alvarez (#11 and finally heating up?). They added 3 more in the 8th on back-to-back doubles by Jhon Diaz and Jasson Dominguez and Ricky Widmar's 2-run triple. Christian Chamberlain gave up an Edmundo Sosa HR in the 8th in his inning of work while Jack Filby had a 1-2-3 2K 9th to close it out. Game 2: Jack Leiter just didn't have it today as the Jays proceeded to Leit him up for 8 runs in an 8-4 win over the Rays, snapping a 6-game win streak. Skyler Messinger hit the first of his 2 HRs off Leiter in the 1st inning, a 3-run shot before he could retire anyone, and it just snowballed from there as he went 4 10 8 8 1 5 and saw his ERA balloon to 4.14. Aaron Ashby and Christian Chamberlain combined for 5 innings of 2-hit relief but that just kept the Jays from double digits. The offense was sluggish, scoring twice in the bottom of the first to make it look like it might be a game on an Nate Clark RBI and a Judson Fabian RBI single (Fabes was 4-4 and is now hitting .343, tops in the AL), but all they could manage after that were solo HRs from Gavin Lux (#13, a massive shot to dead center) and Ryan Jeffers, his first as a Ray. Team record: 41-19. Next up: 4 at home vs Boston. Last edited by Art Deco; 12-13-2020 at 10:44 AM.