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Art Deco · 05-22-2021, 11:22 PM

Game 1: Jaiden Hardaway and Vlad Guerrero Jr. spoiled the Yankees' home opener as the Rays clubbed 5 homers in a 12-5 beatdown in the Bronx. Hardaway led off the game with his first homer of the year and added another solo shot in a 4-run 6th which broke the game open while Guerrero had a big 3-run homer in the 3rd (#2) which turned a 2-1 game into a 5-1 game along with an RBI double in the 7th. Coming through big again in the 6th was Luis Corpus, whose 3-run jack (#2) made it 8-4 after the Yankees had crept back within a run. Bo Angeac also added his first of the year in the 7th. Nate Thompson started and was adequate, going 5 6 4 3 2 6 and picking up the win. Edgar Rios made his Rays debut with a quick 6-pitch 1-2-3 6th, and Kevin Kerstetter looked dominant again in another 3-inning stint which saw him whiff 6. This time he picked up the save, although he did allow a solo homer in the 9th.

Game 2: Andy Aparicio was excellent and the Rays got a game-winning homer from the unlikeliest of sources to take a 4-2 win over the Yankees and a sweep of the 2-game mini-series. As has been the case for Rays starters in all 6 games so far, the early innings were bumpy with the Yankees scoring in both the 1st and 2nd, the former thanks to a pair of Rays errors. But Aparicio was dialed in after that and went 7 6 2 1 1 7 to even his record at 1-1. The Rays slowly came back, first in the 3rd when Alex Buitrago doubled and scored on a Jaiden Hardaway sac fly and then in the 4th they tied it up when new boys Danny Ayala and Jon Jimenez doubled and singled respectively. We stayed 2-2 until the 7th when with one out Will Quintana took the appropriately-named Tommy Pitcher into the LF seats to break the deadlock. Quintana, who had only 4 homers all of last year, got his first longball in only his second start of the season. Ricky Widmar, off to a blistering start, hit #2 in the 9th to give them a bit of a cushion. Widmar is now 11-23 with 2 HR and 5 RBI on the young season. Mike Wherry took over in the 8th and was so efficient retiring the side in order on 8 pitches that he came back for the 9th with more lefties due and got the first two on just 5 more pitches. The Yanks pinch-hit a righty with 2 out, so Kikuo Kawase came in and got a grounder to Widmar to end the game and nab his 3rd save.

Team record: 4-2. Next up: We head to Fenway for 3 games in 4 days starting with Boston's home opener tomorrow.

MLB Note: Former Ray Caleb Picciotti had a 3-homer game today for Colorado at San Diego in a 10-4 win. He drove in 5 and leads MLB in homers with 5. Also 40-year-old Joey Gallo signed a 1-year, $3M deal with who else - the Angels, as they lost 41-year-old Mookie Betts to a severe hip strain for 4 months.

05-22-2021, 11:22 PM	#946
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,578	April 4-5, 2034: at NY Yankees (2) Game 1: Jaiden Hardaway and Vlad Guerrero Jr. spoiled the Yankees' home opener as the Rays clubbed 5 homers in a 12-5 beatdown in the Bronx. Hardaway led off the game with his first homer of the year and added another solo shot in a 4-run 6th which broke the game open while Guerrero had a big 3-run homer in the 3rd (#2) which turned a 2-1 game into a 5-1 game along with an RBI double in the 7th. Coming through big again in the 6th was Luis Corpus, whose 3-run jack (#2) made it 8-4 after the Yankees had crept back within a run. Bo Angeac also added his first of the year in the 7th. Nate Thompson started and was adequate, going 5 6 4 3 2 6 and picking up the win. Edgar Rios made his Rays debut with a quick 6-pitch 1-2-3 6th, and Kevin Kerstetter looked dominant again in another 3-inning stint which saw him whiff 6. This time he picked up the save, although he did allow a solo homer in the 9th. Game 2: Andy Aparicio was excellent and the Rays got a game-winning homer from the unlikeliest of sources to take a 4-2 win over the Yankees and a sweep of the 2-game mini-series. As has been the case for Rays starters in all 6 games so far, the early innings were bumpy with the Yankees scoring in both the 1st and 2nd, the former thanks to a pair of Rays errors. But Aparicio was dialed in after that and went 7 6 2 1 1 7 to even his record at 1-1. The Rays slowly came back, first in the 3rd when Alex Buitrago doubled and scored on a Jaiden Hardaway sac fly and then in the 4th they tied it up when new boys Danny Ayala and Jon Jimenez doubled and singled respectively. We stayed 2-2 until the 7th when with one out Will Quintana took the appropriately-named Tommy Pitcher into the LF seats to break the deadlock. Quintana, who had only 4 homers all of last year, got his first longball in only his second start of the season. Ricky Widmar, off to a blistering start, hit #2 in the 9th to give them a bit of a cushion. Widmar is now 11-23 with 2 HR and 5 RBI on the young season. Mike Wherry took over in the 8th and was so efficient retiring the side in order on 8 pitches that he came back for the 9th with more lefties due and got the first two on just 5 more pitches. The Yanks pinch-hit a righty with 2 out, so Kikuo Kawase came in and got a grounder to Widmar to end the game and nab his 3rd save. Team record: 4-2. Next up: We head to Fenway for 3 games in 4 days starting with Boston's home opener tomorrow. MLB Note: Former Ray Caleb Picciotti had a 3-homer game today for Colorado at San Diego in a 10-4 win. He drove in 5 and leads MLB in homers with 5. Also 40-year-old Joey Gallo signed a 1-year, $3M deal with who else - the Angels, as they lost 41-year-old Mookie Betts to a severe hip strain for 4 months. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-23-2021 at 01:25 AM.