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Art Deco · 03-29-2021, 10:16 AM

April 20: Placed OF Jasson Dominguez on the 10-day IL with back spasms, activated IF/OF Dane Ayers from his rehab assignment at AAA Durham.

Ayers was 6-9 in two rehab games, he should be ready.

Game 1: The Rays lost in the most excruciating fashion as they led 5-3 and there was two out and nobody on in the bottom of the 9th with closer Jordan Diaz on the mound, but Diaz managed to blow the game as Boston got a 6-5 walk-off win. After whiffing the first two batters of the inning, Diaz issued two walks and then gave up a 2-run double to Bob Kelly to tie the game. Kelly took third on the throw home and then scored on a Thairo Estrada single. It was Diaz's 2nd blown save in the early going and he sports an ugly 7.92 ERA. It wasted a fine comeback from the Rays, who dug out of an early 3-0 hole to score five times in the last four innings. Christian Little started and was shaky through the first four innings before striking out 5 of the last 6 he faced, and ended 6 6 3 3 3 10 with his ERA still an unsightly 6.48. Nate Thompson pitched a scoreless 7th and Jose Alvarado put 2 on with 2 out in the 8th before Diaz got the final out of that inning. The comeback started in the 6th with an RBI double from Nate Clark and a Rodolfo Rivas RBI groundout, and they took the lead in the 7th on a 2-run single from Luis Corpus. Dayle Jenkins, who had his 3rd consecutive 3-hit game, doubled in a run in the 9th which looked like a big insurance run but only served in the end to prolong the agony of the bottom of the inning.

Game 2: Perhaps for the first time this season they looked like the big, bad Rays of recent years in a 12-6 rout of Boston which really wasn't even that close. They jumped all over former Ray Shane Baz, who also helped them out by issuing 8 walks in his 4 2/3 innings of work. Rodolfo Rivas had an RBI double and Victor de Jesus a sac fly to make it 2-0 in the first, the Connor Kirkley had the first of his 2 infield RBI singles and a run scored on a wild pitch in the 4th. Jaiden Hardaway then doubled in a run and Luis Corpus singled him home in the 5th, and after a Bobby Witt Jr RBI single in the 6th Hardaway belted his first MLB homer over the Monster with two aboard to cap a 4-RBI day. de Jesus added a solo shot (#4) in the 8th. Alec Sachais started and pitched well, going 6 6 2 2 0 2 to pick up his first win of the year. Danny Medina came on for what was hoped to be a 3-inning save but despite his rating of 75 movement, he gave up a couple of homers leading to 4 runs and put another man on in the 9th so Jon Whiteleather had to get the last two outs of the game.

Game 3: A very frustrating game finally ended in relief for the Rays as they edged Boston 8-7 in 12 innings after taking several leads and watching the Sox eventually tie it up. The Rays had leads of 4-0, 5-3 and 7-4 but Boston kept chipping away and finally tied it in a 3-run 8th inning. Then the Rays had multiple runners on in the 9th, 10th and 11th (including the bases loaded and one out in the 10th) but couldn't score. But Dayle Jenkins (with yet another 3-hit game) tripled in Ricky Widmar, who had singled with two out in the 12th and it proved to be the game-winning run. Tim Siqueiros pitched 3 innings of dominant one-hit relief, whiffing four, to pick up a deserved win after his bullpen mates couldn't get the job done before him. Connor Kirkley's 4th HR of the year with a man on made it 4-0 in the 3rd, and although Jon Soranno gave up a couple of runs he hung in through the 6th going 5.1 6 3 3 4 3 and Nate Thompson got him out of the inning. Thompson got into some trouble in the 7th with a run scoring due to Jakob Runnels' passed ball to make it 5-4. But it looked like the Rays would have the insurance they needed on RBI singles from Dane Ayers and Jaiden Hardaway to make it 7-4 in the top of the 8th before Boston scored three times off Mike Tudor, with Jose Alvarado giving up an agonizing slow grounder to Bob Kelly that he beat out for an infield hit to tie it up. Alvarado got through the 9th before Siqueiros took over in extras. Bobby Witt Jr also hit HR #4 in the game and Rodolfo Rivas drove in a pair. Whew.

Team record: 9-6. Next up: We head down I-95 to New York to take on the Yankees for a weekend series.

News from Durham: Brad Ballmann had to leave his second start of the season in the first inning today with shoulder inflammation and will be out 6-7 weeks.

MLB News: Congrats to Wander Franco on his 2000th hit tonight, a homer off Houston's Jack Flaherty.

03-29-2021, 10:16 AM	#786
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,554	April 20-22, 2032: at Boston (3) April 20: Placed OF Jasson Dominguez on the 10-day IL with back spasms, activated IF/OF Dane Ayers from his rehab assignment at AAA Durham. Ayers was 6-9 in two rehab games, he should be ready. Game 1: The Rays lost in the most excruciating fashion as they led 5-3 and there was two out and nobody on in the bottom of the 9th with closer Jordan Diaz on the mound, but Diaz managed to blow the game as Boston got a 6-5 walk-off win. After whiffing the first two batters of the inning, Diaz issued two walks and then gave up a 2-run double to Bob Kelly to tie the game. Kelly took third on the throw home and then scored on a Thairo Estrada single. It was Diaz's 2nd blown save in the early going and he sports an ugly 7.92 ERA. It wasted a fine comeback from the Rays, who dug out of an early 3-0 hole to score five times in the last four innings. Christian Little started and was shaky through the first four innings before striking out 5 of the last 6 he faced, and ended 6 6 3 3 3 10 with his ERA still an unsightly 6.48. Nate Thompson pitched a scoreless 7th and Jose Alvarado put 2 on with 2 out in the 8th before Diaz got the final out of that inning. The comeback started in the 6th with an RBI double from Nate Clark and a Rodolfo Rivas RBI groundout, and they took the lead in the 7th on a 2-run single from Luis Corpus. Dayle Jenkins, who had his 3rd consecutive 3-hit game, doubled in a run in the 9th which looked like a big insurance run but only served in the end to prolong the agony of the bottom of the inning. Game 2: Perhaps for the first time this season they looked like the big, bad Rays of recent years in a 12-6 rout of Boston which really wasn't even that close. They jumped all over former Ray Shane Baz, who also helped them out by issuing 8 walks in his 4 2/3 innings of work. Rodolfo Rivas had an RBI double and Victor de Jesus a sac fly to make it 2-0 in the first, the Connor Kirkley had the first of his 2 infield RBI singles and a run scored on a wild pitch in the 4th. Jaiden Hardaway then doubled in a run and Luis Corpus singled him home in the 5th, and after a Bobby Witt Jr RBI single in the 6th Hardaway belted his first MLB homer over the Monster with two aboard to cap a 4-RBI day. de Jesus added a solo shot (#4) in the 8th. Alec Sachais started and pitched well, going 6 6 2 2 0 2 to pick up his first win of the year. Danny Medina came on for what was hoped to be a 3-inning save but despite his rating of 75 movement, he gave up a couple of homers leading to 4 runs and put another man on in the 9th so Jon Whiteleather had to get the last two outs of the game. Game 3: A very frustrating game finally ended in relief for the Rays as they edged Boston 8-7 in 12 innings after taking several leads and watching the Sox eventually tie it up. The Rays had leads of 4-0, 5-3 and 7-4 but Boston kept chipping away and finally tied it in a 3-run 8th inning. Then the Rays had multiple runners on in the 9th, 10th and 11th (including the bases loaded and one out in the 10th) but couldn't score. But Dayle Jenkins (with yet another 3-hit game) tripled in Ricky Widmar, who had singled with two out in the 12th and it proved to be the game-winning run. Tim Siqueiros pitched 3 innings of dominant one-hit relief, whiffing four, to pick up a deserved win after his bullpen mates couldn't get the job done before him. Connor Kirkley's 4th HR of the year with a man on made it 4-0 in the 3rd, and although Jon Soranno gave up a couple of runs he hung in through the 6th going 5.1 6 3 3 4 3 and Nate Thompson got him out of the inning. Thompson got into some trouble in the 7th with a run scoring due to Jakob Runnels' passed ball to make it 5-4. But it looked like the Rays would have the insurance they needed on RBI singles from Dane Ayers and Jaiden Hardaway to make it 7-4 in the top of the 8th before Boston scored three times off Mike Tudor, with Jose Alvarado giving up an agonizing slow grounder to Bob Kelly that he beat out for an infield hit to tie it up. Alvarado got through the 9th before Siqueiros took over in extras. Bobby Witt Jr also hit HR #4 in the game and Rodolfo Rivas drove in a pair. Whew. Team record: 9-6. Next up: We head down I-95 to New York to take on the Yankees for a weekend series. News from Durham: Brad Ballmann had to leave his second start of the season in the first inning today with shoulder inflammation and will be out 6-7 weeks. MLB News: Congrats to Wander Franco on his 2000th hit tonight, a homer off Houston's Jack Flaherty. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-29-2021 at 03:54 PM.