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Art Deco · 01-08-2022, 10:12 PM

Game 1: Jeff Brockman got his 20th win and the Rays broke open a close game late to take a 9-2 win over the Yankees at Publix Park. The righty went 6 5 2 2 1 4 to end his 2041 regular season 20-4, 3.55. Dan Gregory had his biggest game since returning from injury, 4-5 with a double, homer (#8) and 2 RBI. Mike McKee stayed hot with HR #12 and Josh Alexander re-took the team RBI lead (and 2nd place in the AL) from Andy Ruggles with a 3-run blast (#33) to give him 122.

Game 2: The ingredients were all there for another Rays win as they took a 3-1 lead in the 9th: a brilliant outing from Jose Mendoza, good set-up work and some timely hits. But Kikuo Kawase burned the meal once again as the Japanese closing legend has really struggled at times this year and today he gave up 3 runs on 5 hits to allow the Yankees to take a 4-3 win, snapping the Rays' 8-game win streak. Mendoza went 6 5 1 1 3 9 and finishes his regular season 18-4, 2.97 with today's performance getting his ERA below 3. Doug Combs and Ed Pretty took care of the 7th and 8th, and Pat Moyer hit HR #21 in the 8th to provide some (but in the end not enough) insurance after Doug Johns came off the bench to single in the go-ahead run in the 6th. It was all for naught though when Kawase blew his career-high 8th save of the season, 2 more than he blew in the last two seasons combined. And at 2.7 WAR he's going to finish below 3 for the first time in his career as age (35) seems to be catching up with him.

Team record: 110-48. Next up: An off-day then we close out the regular season with 4 in Toronto, starting with a doubleheader on Friday making up a game rained out at Publix Park.

Durham Playoff Update: The Bulls had won 7 straight Governors' Cups from 2031-2037 but haven't won one since. Well the 3-season drought is over as Durham beat Indianapolis in the Championship Round, but not without having to take it to the full 5 games. I thought I had written up the first two games in the previous post but I don't see it (perhaps I erased it when adding the Players of the Week images) so to sum up, they took the first two in Durham 5-3 and 8-2 behind great pitching performances from prospects Joel Gird and Steve Forbes, then lost a couple of tough 4-2 and 3-2 games in Indianapolis. In Game 5 they jumped out to an early 4-0 lead on 2-run homers from 3B prospect Tomas Laboy and 2034 2nd-round pick Randy Bahr to back Gird, who went 5.2 4 2 2 1 5. And they didn't need any more runs as Ian Cowles went the final 3 1/3 perfect with 4 Ks, completing a great postseason which saw him put up a combined line of 9.1 1 0 0 2 14.

01-08-2022, 10:12 PM	#1597
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,598	September 24-25, 2041: vs NY Yankees (2) Game 1: Jeff Brockman got his 20th win and the Rays broke open a close game late to take a 9-2 win over the Yankees at Publix Park. The righty went 6 5 2 2 1 4 to end his 2041 regular season 20-4, 3.55. Dan Gregory had his biggest game since returning from injury, 4-5 with a double, homer (#8) and 2 RBI. Mike McKee stayed hot with HR #12 and Josh Alexander re-took the team RBI lead (and 2nd place in the AL) from Andy Ruggles with a 3-run blast (#33) to give him 122. Game 2: The ingredients were all there for another Rays win as they took a 3-1 lead in the 9th: a brilliant outing from Jose Mendoza, good set-up work and some timely hits. But Kikuo Kawase burned the meal once again as the Japanese closing legend has really struggled at times this year and today he gave up 3 runs on 5 hits to allow the Yankees to take a 4-3 win, snapping the Rays' 8-game win streak. Mendoza went 6 5 1 1 3 9 and finishes his regular season 18-4, 2.97 with today's performance getting his ERA below 3. Doug Combs and Ed Pretty took care of the 7th and 8th, and Pat Moyer hit HR #21 in the 8th to provide some (but in the end not enough) insurance after Doug Johns came off the bench to single in the go-ahead run in the 6th. It was all for naught though when Kawase blew his career-high 8th save of the season, 2 more than he blew in the last two seasons combined. And at 2.7 WAR he's going to finish below 3 for the first time in his career as age (35) seems to be catching up with him. Team record: 110-48. Next up: An off-day then we close out the regular season with 4 in Toronto, starting with a doubleheader on Friday making up a game rained out at Publix Park. Durham Playoff Update: The Bulls had won 7 straight Governors' Cups from 2031-2037 but haven't won one since. Well the 3-season drought is over as Durham beat Indianapolis in the Championship Round, but not without having to take it to the full 5 games. I thought I had written up the first two games in the previous post but I don't see it (perhaps I erased it when adding the Players of the Week images) so to sum up, they took the first two in Durham 5-3 and 8-2 behind great pitching performances from prospects Joel Gird and Steve Forbes, then lost a couple of tough 4-2 and 3-2 games in Indianapolis. In Game 5 they jumped out to an early 4-0 lead on 2-run homers from 3B prospect Tomas Laboy and 2034 2nd-round pick Randy Bahr to back Gird, who went 5.2 4 2 2 1 5. And they didn't need any more runs as Ian Cowles went the final 3 1/3 perfect with 4 Ks, completing a great postseason which saw him put up a combined line of 9.1 1 0 0 2 14. Last edited by Art Deco; 01-09-2022 at 10:34 AM.