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Art Deco · 12-16-2021, 11:40 AM

Game 1: The Rays took a wild and crazy game from Toronto in the opener at Rogers Centre, finally winning 6-5 in 11 innings after taking their third lead after the 8th inning. Vinny Willard was better today (6.1 5 3 3 0 6) but Toronto had a 3-0 lead after 5 before Jimmy Leonard had a 2-run triple in the 6th to cut it to 3-2. Jeff Baez hit a dramatic 9th inning homer (#4) to tie it up then with two out Seth Williams doubled and Josh Alexander singled him home to give the Rays a 4-3 lead. But Kikuo Kawase hasn't been his usual untouchable self this year and blew the lead to let Toronto tie. No problem as Mike Willis put the Rays ahead 5-4 in top of the 10th with an RBI single, but then Ed Pretty blew the save in the bottom of the inning. Finally Alexander hit HR #5 in the top of the 11th and Pretty saved his own vultured win, his 3rd of the year.

Game 2: With his 80 stuff Jose Mendoza has always been a bit of a tease, struggling to find consistency. But he put it all together today in a 2-0 shutout of the Blue Jays, going to distance on a 3-hitter, walking 2 and fanning 9 on 119 pitches. His outing was huge to give the "A" bullpen a rest after last night's extra-inning affair and he's now 1-0, 3.12 on the season. He received all the support he needed in the 7th when Andy Ruggles hit HR #4 and Eric Phillips followed a few batters later with his first Rays homer.

Game 3: Danny Romero was locked in and the Rays completed the sweep of Toronto with a 5-1 win. Romero was 7 3 1 1 1 7 to improve to 2-1, 3.91, bouncing back after his terrible start in Chicago last time out. Alex Stephens was given the ball in the 9th with the 4-run lead but put two men on with one out so Kikuo Kawase had to be called in for save #6, but not after walking a man to load the bases and bring the tying run to the plate. Seth Williams was the star on offense, falling a homer short of the cycle and has now hit in all 16 MLB games in which he's played. Josh Alexander was 2-4 with another homer (#6) and Jose Mendez's RBI single put the Rays ahead to stay as they got to old friend Jon Hayes, now a Jay.

Team record: 12-4. Next up: An off-day then we finally return home to take on Baltimore for 3.

12-16-2021, 11:40 AM	#1546
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,595	April 12-14, 2041: at Toronto (3) Game 1: The Rays took a wild and crazy game from Toronto in the opener at Rogers Centre, finally winning 6-5 in 11 innings after taking their third lead after the 8th inning. Vinny Willard was better today (6.1 5 3 3 0 6) but Toronto had a 3-0 lead after 5 before Jimmy Leonard had a 2-run triple in the 6th to cut it to 3-2. Jeff Baez hit a dramatic 9th inning homer (#4) to tie it up then with two out Seth Williams doubled and Josh Alexander singled him home to give the Rays a 4-3 lead. But Kikuo Kawase hasn't been his usual untouchable self this year and blew the lead to let Toronto tie. No problem as Mike Willis put the Rays ahead 5-4 in top of the 10th with an RBI single, but then Ed Pretty blew the save in the bottom of the inning. Finally Alexander hit HR #5 in the top of the 11th and Pretty saved his own vultured win, his 3rd of the year. Game 2: With his 80 stuff Jose Mendoza has always been a bit of a tease, struggling to find consistency. But he put it all together today in a 2-0 shutout of the Blue Jays, going to distance on a 3-hitter, walking 2 and fanning 9 on 119 pitches. His outing was huge to give the "A" bullpen a rest after last night's extra-inning affair and he's now 1-0, 3.12 on the season. He received all the support he needed in the 7th when Andy Ruggles hit HR #4 and Eric Phillips followed a few batters later with his first Rays homer. Game 3: Danny Romero was locked in and the Rays completed the sweep of Toronto with a 5-1 win. Romero was 7 3 1 1 1 7 to improve to 2-1, 3.91, bouncing back after his terrible start in Chicago last time out. Alex Stephens was given the ball in the 9th with the 4-run lead but put two men on with one out so Kikuo Kawase had to be called in for save #6, but not after walking a man to load the bases and bring the tying run to the plate. Seth Williams was the star on offense, falling a homer short of the cycle and has now hit in all 16 MLB games in which he's played. Josh Alexander was 2-4 with another homer (#6) and Jose Mendez's RBI single put the Rays ahead to stay as they got to old friend Jon Hayes, now a Jay. Team record: 12-4. Next up: An off-day then we finally return home to take on Baltimore for 3. Last edited by Art Deco; 12-16-2021 at 11:42 AM.