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Art Deco · 03-10-2021, 04:43 PM

Game 1: The Rays came into tonight's matchup 36 games better than Boston but as the saying goes "you can't predict baseball" and Mario Candelaria and the Red Sox dealt the Rays a 4-1 loss tonight. Candelaria was in command, no-hitting the Rays through 6 1/3 innings before Rodolfo Rivas singled to center. He ended the game 7 2 0 0 1 5 and outdueled the top pitcher in the AL this year, Andy Aparicio. AA was just fine, giving up a pair of doubles in the 5th to fall behind 1-0 but nothing else until the 8th when he left with men on 1st and 3rd and 2 out with the lefty-hitting Bob Kelly due. Evan Godwin came in and was flat-out terrible, wild-pitching the man on 3rd home, giving up an RBI single, and issuing a walk before Tim Siqueiros had to get him out of it. Siquerios then gave up a run of his own in the 9th. AA ended 7.2 5 3 3 2 8 no thanks to Godwin and suffered his first loss of the year, dropping to 10-1 and seeing his ERA jump to 1.45. Joe Barker hit HR #14 leading off the 9th to keep the Rays from being shut out.

Game 2: After taking the night off yesterday, the offense stormed back to take leads of 7-0 and 12-4 yet still had to survive the tying run at the plate in the 9th in a 12-8 slugfest with Boston. The wind was blowing out at Publix Park and it showed. Victor de Jesus had the big hit early for the Rays, a 3-run homer (#13) in a 6-run first as a part of a 3-4 day, Nate Clark hit #22, Luis Corpus was 2-4 with 3 RBI, Joe Barker was 3-5 with 2 RBI and Bobby Witt Jr went 4-5 with an RBI as well. Christian Little was staked to this big lead, but the wind and his general homer-proneness got to him as Pierson Gibis hit a 3-run blast off him in the 4th and Julio Rubalcava hit the first of his two today in the 6th. The righty ended the day 6 5 4 4 2 10 and became the first pitcher in MLB to reach 11 wins this season. Nate Thompson took over and had a 1-2-3 7th before Rubalcava took him deep with a man on to make it 12-6, and then got into more trouble in the 9th. Mike Mooney allowed two of his runners to score but managed to finish off the game with the bases loaded as the Rays hung on at the end.

Game 3: After yesterday's offensive frenzy things settled down considerably today as Alec Sachais picked up where he left off last time out in a 2-0 win over Boston. Coming off his first-ever complete-game shutout, the Rays righty threw 6 more shutout innings but with his pitch count up to 103 there was no chance of a repeat. Still he went 6 5 0 0 1 9 and improved to 8-4, lowering his ERA to 4.08. Jon Whiteleather pitched the 7th and worked around a couple of walks, Jose Alvarado had a 1-2-3 8th, stayed on for the 9th but gave up a double, and Jordan Diaz got the final two outs for save #13. The Rays were up against an old friend today in Shane Baz, and after some early hiccups he held the Rays offense in check limiting them to 4 hits in 6 2/3. Still the two runs they got to him for were good enough to ensure victory, with Rodolfo Rivas singling in a run in the 1st and Nate Clark's sac fly bringing home the second run in the 3rd.

Team record: 63-14. Next up: The homestand continues as Cleveland comes to town for four games.

03-10-2021, 04:43 PM	#732
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,562	June 27-29, 2031: vs Boston (3) Game 1: The Rays came into tonight's matchup 36 games better than Boston but as the saying goes "you can't predict baseball" and Mario Candelaria and the Red Sox dealt the Rays a 4-1 loss tonight. Candelaria was in command, no-hitting the Rays through 6 1/3 innings before Rodolfo Rivas singled to center. He ended the game 7 2 0 0 1 5 and outdueled the top pitcher in the AL this year, Andy Aparicio. AA was just fine, giving up a pair of doubles in the 5th to fall behind 1-0 but nothing else until the 8th when he left with men on 1st and 3rd and 2 out with the lefty-hitting Bob Kelly due. Evan Godwin came in and was flat-out terrible, wild-pitching the man on 3rd home, giving up an RBI single, and issuing a walk before Tim Siqueiros had to get him out of it. Siquerios then gave up a run of his own in the 9th. AA ended 7.2 5 3 3 2 8 no thanks to Godwin and suffered his first loss of the year, dropping to 10-1 and seeing his ERA jump to 1.45. Joe Barker hit HR #14 leading off the 9th to keep the Rays from being shut out. Game 2: After taking the night off yesterday, the offense stormed back to take leads of 7-0 and 12-4 yet still had to survive the tying run at the plate in the 9th in a 12-8 slugfest with Boston. The wind was blowing out at Publix Park and it showed. Victor de Jesus had the big hit early for the Rays, a 3-run homer (#13) in a 6-run first as a part of a 3-4 day, Nate Clark hit #22, Luis Corpus was 2-4 with 3 RBI, Joe Barker was 3-5 with 2 RBI and Bobby Witt Jr went 4-5 with an RBI as well. Christian Little was staked to this big lead, but the wind and his general homer-proneness got to him as Pierson Gibis hit a 3-run blast off him in the 4th and Julio Rubalcava hit the first of his two today in the 6th. The righty ended the day 6 5 4 4 2 10 and became the first pitcher in MLB to reach 11 wins this season. Nate Thompson took over and had a 1-2-3 7th before Rubalcava took him deep with a man on to make it 12-6, and then got into more trouble in the 9th. Mike Mooney allowed two of his runners to score but managed to finish off the game with the bases loaded as the Rays hung on at the end. Game 3: After yesterday's offensive frenzy things settled down considerably today as Alec Sachais picked up where he left off last time out in a 2-0 win over Boston. Coming off his first-ever complete-game shutout, the Rays righty threw 6 more shutout innings but with his pitch count up to 103 there was no chance of a repeat. Still he went 6 5 0 0 1 9 and improved to 8-4, lowering his ERA to 4.08. Jon Whiteleather pitched the 7th and worked around a couple of walks, Jose Alvarado had a 1-2-3 8th, stayed on for the 9th but gave up a double, and Jordan Diaz got the final two outs for save #13. The Rays were up against an old friend today in Shane Baz, and after some early hiccups he held the Rays offense in check limiting them to 4 hits in 6 2/3. Still the two runs they got to him for were good enough to ensure victory, with Rodolfo Rivas singling in a run in the 1st and Nate Clark's sac fly bringing home the second run in the 3rd. Team record: 63-14. Next up: The homestand continues as Cleveland comes to town for four games. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-10-2021 at 10:49 PM.