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Art Deco · 05-11-2021, 09:44 PM

Game 1: The Rays overcame a mixed bag of a start from Leo Ortega and scored big in the middle innings to take an 8-4 come-from-behind win over Boston. Ortega was given a 2-0 lead in the 1st after a Red Sox wild pitch and an error brought home the runs but he gave up 4 hits and uncorked a wild pitch of his own to allow Boston to even it up. It looked like he had settled in until the 5th when after a Bo Angeac error Ortega served up a 2-run homer to Eric Knatz which put the Red Sox in front. Leo finished 5 7 4 3 1 7 but the Rays immediately got him off the hook for a loss after a 2-run double from Nate Clark and then they made a winner of Tim Siqueiros who pitched the 6th when Alex Buitrago blasted a 3-run homer (#18) in the bottom of the inning. Clark added #42 in the 7th for the final run. After Siqueiros got win #7 for pitching the 6th, Jim Connors, Kikuo Kawase and Jordan Diaz pitched the 7th, 8th and 9th. Diaz as is his wont made things interesting by loading the bases with a single and two walks to bring the tying run to the plate but got a popup and a groundout to end things. Jaiden Hardaway had another 3-hit game to bring his average up to .378 and his WAR total to 8.7 with almost 2 months left in the season.

Game 2: The one thing you can't do against the Rays' historically potent lineup is give them extra outs. But that's what the Red Sox did today as 3 Boston errors led to 8 unearned runs as the Rays pounded Boston 11-2. It was 1-1 in the 4th when an error opened the door for an Erik Batchelder RBI double followed by a 3-run Jaiden Hardaway homer (#31) to make it 4-1 and the Rays never looked back. A Boston homer made it 4-2 in the 6th but then the Rays took advantage of another Red Sox miscue to have a 6-run bottom of the 6th which featured a 2-run Vlad Jr double and a grand slam from Victor de Jesus (#40), who had sat the last few games with minor knee soreness. And Nate Clark added yet another cherry-on-the-top homer (#43) in the 8th. Andy Aparicio started for the Rays and pitched well outside of allowing two solo homers, going 7 7 2 2 0 8 and is now 16-4, 3.14. Kevin Kersetter had 2 perfect innings to finish with 4 whiffs which included striking out the side in the 8th.

Team record: 91-24. Next up: Cleveland visits Publix Park for 4 games.

05-11-2021, 09:44 PM	#899
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,593	August 9-10, 2033: vs Boston (2) Game 1: The Rays overcame a mixed bag of a start from Leo Ortega and scored big in the middle innings to take an 8-4 come-from-behind win over Boston. Ortega was given a 2-0 lead in the 1st after a Red Sox wild pitch and an error brought home the runs but he gave up 4 hits and uncorked a wild pitch of his own to allow Boston to even it up. It looked like he had settled in until the 5th when after a Bo Angeac error Ortega served up a 2-run homer to Eric Knatz which put the Red Sox in front. Leo finished 5 7 4 3 1 7 but the Rays immediately got him off the hook for a loss after a 2-run double from Nate Clark and then they made a winner of Tim Siqueiros who pitched the 6th when Alex Buitrago blasted a 3-run homer (#18) in the bottom of the inning. Clark added #42 in the 7th for the final run. After Siqueiros got win #7 for pitching the 6th, Jim Connors, Kikuo Kawase and Jordan Diaz pitched the 7th, 8th and 9th. Diaz as is his wont made things interesting by loading the bases with a single and two walks to bring the tying run to the plate but got a popup and a groundout to end things. Jaiden Hardaway had another 3-hit game to bring his average up to .378 and his WAR total to 8.7 with almost 2 months left in the season. Game 2: The one thing you can't do against the Rays' historically potent lineup is give them extra outs. But that's what the Red Sox did today as 3 Boston errors led to 8 unearned runs as the Rays pounded Boston 11-2. It was 1-1 in the 4th when an error opened the door for an Erik Batchelder RBI double followed by a 3-run Jaiden Hardaway homer (#31) to make it 4-1 and the Rays never looked back. A Boston homer made it 4-2 in the 6th but then the Rays took advantage of another Red Sox miscue to have a 6-run bottom of the 6th which featured a 2-run Vlad Jr double and a grand slam from Victor de Jesus (#40), who had sat the last few games with minor knee soreness. And Nate Clark added yet another cherry-on-the-top homer (#43) in the 8th. Andy Aparicio started for the Rays and pitched well outside of allowing two solo homers, going 7 7 2 2 0 8 and is now 16-4, 3.14. Kevin Kersetter had 2 perfect innings to finish with 4 whiffs which included striking out the side in the 8th. Team record: 91-24. Next up: Cleveland visits Publix Park for 4 games. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-11-2021 at 10:56 PM.