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Art Deco · 03-13-2021, 03:51 PM

Game 1: Well this was a strange start to the traditional "second half" of the season. The Rays wasted a brilliant start from Alec Sachais and lost 1-0 to the Blue Jays. Two Toronto pitchers combined on the shutout with starter Chris McMahon pitching into the 4th and leaving with wrist soreness before Travis Phelps took over and blanked the Rays on two hits over the final 5 1/3 innings of the game. Sachais, meanwhile, was matching 0s until Riley Greene took him deep in the 6th with what proved to be the only run of the game. He did stay in for the complete game, going 8 4 1 1 0 9 on 93 pitches on the heels of pitching a 4-hit, 13-K shutout of these same Jays about a month ago at Publix Park. Dayle Jenkins was the only hitter who could hold his head high after the game, having gone 2-3 with a walk and a steal.

MLB News: The Astros' Alex Bregman announced his retirement at the end of the season.

Game 2: The Rays lost again in Toronto today 7-2, marking only the second time all season the team has lost two straight games with the first back on April 19 and 20 vs the Yankees. Danny Ceja got the start and for a change was not impressive as sometimes pitching to contact leads to a bunch of hits as today the Jays got to him for 6 runs and 8 hits in 3 1/3 innings. Mike Mooney, Brad Ballmann and Jon Whiteleather finished out the final 4 2/3 with Ballmann giving up Werner Blakley's 2nd homer of the game for the final Jays run. Meanwhile the hitters were largely baffled by Carmen Mlodzinski, who pitched a complete-game 5-hitter on 103 pitches going 9 5 2 2 0 3. The two runs he allowed came on solo homers from Victor de Jesus (#16) in the 2nd and Bobby Witt Jr (#9) in the 5th as the bats don't seem to have returned from the break.

Game 3: Order restored north of the border as the Rays topped the Jays 5-3 after a couple of losses. Jon Hayes won his 10th straight start, and 12th straight decision, by going 6.1 5 3 3 1 5, leaving after allowing a Nestor Ramirez 2-run homer in the 7th. Tim Siqueiros struck out a pair of Jays for the final two outs of the 7th, Jose Alvarado got through the 8th, picked up an out in the 9th but gave up a hit so Jordan Diaz came on. After walking a batter, Diaz got Ramirez to ground into a game-ending double play and pick up save #15 while Hayes is now 14-2, 3.44. They picked up all the offense in the first 3 innings with a 3-run 2nd and another run in the 3rd. Mike Lammers had the big hit, a 2-run single in the 2nd to put the Rays ahead, and Dayle Jenkins singled in a run off former Ray Emerson Hancock to make it 3-1. They picked up another run on a wild pitch, and Dane Ayers (who turned four double plays today at 2B) had an RBI single in the 7th.

Team record: 77-17. Next up: 3 games in Philadelphia. Last time there 3 years ago it was one slugfest after another as CBP is a hitter's paradise.

03-13-2021, 03:51 PM	#739
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,563	July 18-20, 2031: at Toronto (3) Game 1: Well this was a strange start to the traditional "second half" of the season. The Rays wasted a brilliant start from Alec Sachais and lost 1-0 to the Blue Jays. Two Toronto pitchers combined on the shutout with starter Chris McMahon pitching into the 4th and leaving with wrist soreness before Travis Phelps took over and blanked the Rays on two hits over the final 5 1/3 innings of the game. Sachais, meanwhile, was matching 0s until Riley Greene took him deep in the 6th with what proved to be the only run of the game. He did stay in for the complete game, going 8 4 1 1 0 9 on 93 pitches on the heels of pitching a 4-hit, 13-K shutout of these same Jays about a month ago at Publix Park. Dayle Jenkins was the only hitter who could hold his head high after the game, having gone 2-3 with a walk and a steal. MLB News: The Astros' Alex Bregman announced his retirement at the end of the season. Game 2: The Rays lost again in Toronto today 7-2, marking only the second time all season the team has lost two straight games with the first back on April 19 and 20 vs the Yankees. Danny Ceja got the start and for a change was not impressive as sometimes pitching to contact leads to a bunch of hits as today the Jays got to him for 6 runs and 8 hits in 3 1/3 innings. Mike Mooney, Brad Ballmann and Jon Whiteleather finished out the final 4 2/3 with Ballmann giving up Werner Blakley's 2nd homer of the game for the final Jays run. Meanwhile the hitters were largely baffled by Carmen Mlodzinski, who pitched a complete-game 5-hitter on 103 pitches going 9 5 2 2 0 3. The two runs he allowed came on solo homers from Victor de Jesus (#16) in the 2nd and Bobby Witt Jr (#9) in the 5th as the bats don't seem to have returned from the break. Game 3: Order restored north of the border as the Rays topped the Jays 5-3 after a couple of losses. Jon Hayes won his 10th straight start, and 12th straight decision, by going 6.1 5 3 3 1 5, leaving after allowing a Nestor Ramirez 2-run homer in the 7th. Tim Siqueiros struck out a pair of Jays for the final two outs of the 7th, Jose Alvarado got through the 8th, picked up an out in the 9th but gave up a hit so Jordan Diaz came on. After walking a batter, Diaz got Ramirez to ground into a game-ending double play and pick up save #15 while Hayes is now 14-2, 3.44. They picked up all the offense in the first 3 innings with a 3-run 2nd and another run in the 3rd. Mike Lammers had the big hit, a 2-run single in the 2nd to put the Rays ahead, and Dayle Jenkins singled in a run off former Ray Emerson Hancock to make it 3-1. They picked up another run on a wild pitch, and Dane Ayers (who turned four double plays today at 2B) had an RBI single in the 7th. Team record: 77-17. Next up: 3 games in Philadelphia. Last time there 3 years ago it was one slugfest after another as CBP is a hitter's paradise. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-13-2021 at 08:09 PM.