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Art Deco · 01-31-2021, 10:29 AM

Game 1: Jon Hayes, who was supposed to be an upgrade to the rotation, turned in his second poor-to-mediocre start in as many outings and Kansas City dealt Tampa Bay a 5-4 loss. It was 3-0 Royals after the first inning and although two of the runs were unearned due to a Bobby Witt Jr error, Hayes did all the rest of the work, walking the leadoff man and allowing two hits including a Triston Casas RBI double. The Rays fought back to tie it by the 3rd on Witt's sac fly, a Dayle Jenkins RBI groundout and Nate Clark's 3rd HR of the season, but Hayes gave it right back in the bottom of the 3rd when he let Casas take him deep. And after the Rays once again equalized in the 4th on Jasson Dominguez's 4th HR, you guessed it: the Royals scored off Hayes again on 3 hits. Although Hayes did strike out the side in his final inning, he still ended with a mediocre 5 7 5 3 1 5 line. Three Royals relievers shut down the offense the rest of the way, while on the Rays' side, Andy Aparicio threw 2 perfect innings and Evan Godwin got through the 8th.

Game 2: The Rays bounced back from last night's loss to take a 7-3 win over Kansas City behind a solid outing from Jack Leiter and 3 more homers. The first of those homers came from the red-hot Joe Barker, who blasted a 2-run shot (#5) in the first inning. After KC got a run back the game stood 2-1 through 5 innings before the Rays started breaking it open. Bobby Witt Jr, who had a 3-hit night, doubled in a run in the 6th and Jhon Diaz brought him home with a triple to make it 4-1, and in the 7th Ricky Widmar (#1) and Dayle Jenkins (#2) went back-to-back before Witt added a run with an RBI single. Leiter meanwhile wasn't his absolute sharpest, going 6 4 1 1 4 4 with a hit batter but it was more than good enough to get him his first win of the season. Malachi Benford came on and walked two with two out in the 7th, so David Saldana came in. Saldana got him out of the inning, had a rough 8th with 2 runs allowed on 3 hits, but stayed on for the 9th and struck out the side in a 1-2-3 inning. It seems like the bullpen might be an adventure this year.

Game 3: Former Ray Triston Casas had another huge day against his old team and Blake Money was worthless today in a 10-5 loss as the Rays dropped their first series of the season. Money was hit for 6 runs in the first 3 innings and although he pulled a Jon Hayes and struck out the side in his final inning of work he still finished an atrocious 4 7 6 6 3 6, putting the Rays in a hole out of which they were never going to climb. Casas did most of the damage, with a 2-run HR in the 1st, an RBI double in the 2nd and a 2-run double in the 6th, giving him a 5-RBI day and continuing his ludicrous start to the season which sees him with 5 HR and 16 RBI in 35 AB over 8 games. The other guy acquired in that Bobby Witt Jr deal, Hunter Bishop, also drove in 3 runs with a pair of doubles. Malachi Benford came in and got the Royals 1-2-3 in his first inning, but got torched for 4 runs in his 2nd, while Evan Godwin and Mike Mooney at least acquitted themselves well with a scoreless inning apiece. The bulk of the offense came from Carlos Perez, who hit a pair of homers and drove in three against yet another former Ray, Daniel Lynch. Ricky Widmar and Dayle Jenkins had RBI singles in the 8th.

Team record: 7-3. Next up: An off-day then we travel to Cincinnati for 3.

01-31-2021, 10:29 AM	#624
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,593	April 8-10, 2030: at Kansas City (3) Game 1: Jon Hayes, who was supposed to be an upgrade to the rotation, turned in his second poor-to-mediocre start in as many outings and Kansas City dealt Tampa Bay a 5-4 loss. It was 3-0 Royals after the first inning and although two of the runs were unearned due to a Bobby Witt Jr error, Hayes did all the rest of the work, walking the leadoff man and allowing two hits including a Triston Casas RBI double. The Rays fought back to tie it by the 3rd on Witt's sac fly, a Dayle Jenkins RBI groundout and Nate Clark's 3rd HR of the season, but Hayes gave it right back in the bottom of the 3rd when he let Casas take him deep. And after the Rays once again equalized in the 4th on Jasson Dominguez's 4th HR, you guessed it: the Royals scored off Hayes again on 3 hits. Although Hayes did strike out the side in his final inning, he still ended with a mediocre 5 7 5 3 1 5 line. Three Royals relievers shut down the offense the rest of the way, while on the Rays' side, Andy Aparicio threw 2 perfect innings and Evan Godwin got through the 8th. Game 2: The Rays bounced back from last night's loss to take a 7-3 win over Kansas City behind a solid outing from Jack Leiter and 3 more homers. The first of those homers came from the red-hot Joe Barker, who blasted a 2-run shot (#5) in the first inning. After KC got a run back the game stood 2-1 through 5 innings before the Rays started breaking it open. Bobby Witt Jr, who had a 3-hit night, doubled in a run in the 6th and Jhon Diaz brought him home with a triple to make it 4-1, and in the 7th Ricky Widmar (#1) and Dayle Jenkins (#2) went back-to-back before Witt added a run with an RBI single. Leiter meanwhile wasn't his absolute sharpest, going 6 4 1 1 4 4 with a hit batter but it was more than good enough to get him his first win of the season. Malachi Benford came on and walked two with two out in the 7th, so David Saldana came in. Saldana got him out of the inning, had a rough 8th with 2 runs allowed on 3 hits, but stayed on for the 9th and struck out the side in a 1-2-3 inning. It seems like the bullpen might be an adventure this year. Game 3: Former Ray Triston Casas had another huge day against his old team and Blake Money was worthless today in a 10-5 loss as the Rays dropped their first series of the season. Money was hit for 6 runs in the first 3 innings and although he pulled a Jon Hayes and struck out the side in his final inning of work he still finished an atrocious 4 7 6 6 3 6, putting the Rays in a hole out of which they were never going to climb. Casas did most of the damage, with a 2-run HR in the 1st, an RBI double in the 2nd and a 2-run double in the 6th, giving him a 5-RBI day and continuing his ludicrous start to the season which sees him with 5 HR and 16 RBI in 35 AB over 8 games. The other guy acquired in that Bobby Witt Jr deal, Hunter Bishop, also drove in 3 runs with a pair of doubles. Malachi Benford came in and got the Royals 1-2-3 in his first inning, but got torched for 4 runs in his 2nd, while Evan Godwin and Mike Mooney at least acquitted themselves well with a scoreless inning apiece. The bulk of the offense came from Carlos Perez, who hit a pair of homers and drove in three against yet another former Ray, Daniel Lynch. Ricky Widmar and Dayle Jenkins had RBI singles in the 8th. Team record: 7-3. Next up: An off-day then we travel to Cincinnati for 3. Last edited by Art Deco; 01-31-2021 at 01:54 PM.