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Art Deco · 07-15-2020, 08:38 PM

So this happened:

It looked like the Rays were going to wrap this up when Austin Meadows hit a 3-run HR in the 1st and Joey Gallo followed him with one of his own and they were up 4-0 in the 1st with 16-game winner Max Fried on the mound. But Fried, with the assistance of Abraham Toro's pair of errors, gave it right back in the first capped by a 2-run Rowdy Tellez shot, and then Vlad Jr & Reese McGuire took him deep in the 3rd to make it 9-4, Joe Ryan came in and served one up to Randall Grichuk, and the Jays got two more off Ryan in the 4th and 4-0 Rays became 12-4 Jays. But of course this offense doesn't quit (except maybe for Game 1), and they got it back to 12-11 including a Nelson Cruz grand slam. But just went they got it back to 12-11, Yonny Chirinos surrendered HRs to Gurriel and Vlad Jr to make it 14-11 and although they got one back against nemesis Keith Ginkel in the 8th it wasn't enough and we head back to St. Pete for a decisive Game 5 featuring Game 1 starters Jordan Romano and Tyler Glasnow. Fried was human batting practice, 2 6 9 7 1 2 with 3 HRs allowed and Toro channeled Alec Bohm at the hot corner with a total of 3 errors today. It was ugly, and here's hoping it doesn't turn out to be fatal.

The Mets stay alive behind their other 20-game winner, Sandy Alcantara, who went 7 6 2 2 2 6 and outdueled Atlanta ace Mike Soroka. Andres Gimenez reached base all 5 times, on 3 hits and 2 walks including a solo HR to extend the lead to 4-0. Joey Bart homered again as well, continuing to make me angry at the Giants AI for trading him for Luis Guillorme.

A wild back-and-forth game in St. Louis that saw a couple of former Rays properties win it for St. Louis. Pinch-hitter Mallex Smith singled with one out, stole second, and scored on a single by Ryan Boldt, whom the Rays lost in the Rule 5 draft in the 20-21 offseason to Houston before he was traded to St. Louis. Boldt also singled in the go-ahead run in the 7th to make it 5-4, but the Cards blew that lead as well as an early 4-0 one that chased Clayton Kershaw. The Cards are now up 2-1 in the series and will look to clinch at home tomorrow behind Ryan Helsey.

07-15-2020, 08:38 PM	#83
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,930	October 10, 2022: Divisional Series Round So this happened: It looked like the Rays were going to wrap this up when Austin Meadows hit a 3-run HR in the 1st and Joey Gallo followed him with one of his own and they were up 4-0 in the 1st with 16-game winner Max Fried on the mound. But Fried, with the assistance of Abraham Toro's pair of errors, gave it right back in the first capped by a 2-run Rowdy Tellez shot, and then Vlad Jr & Reese McGuire took him deep in the 3rd to make it 9-4, Joe Ryan came in and served one up to Randall Grichuk, and the Jays got two more off Ryan in the 4th and 4-0 Rays became 12-4 Jays. But of course this offense doesn't quit (except maybe for Game 1), and they got it back to 12-11 including a Nelson Cruz grand slam. But just went they got it back to 12-11, Yonny Chirinos surrendered HRs to Gurriel and Vlad Jr to make it 14-11 and although they got one back against nemesis Keith Ginkel in the 8th it wasn't enough and we head back to St. Pete for a decisive Game 5 featuring Game 1 starters Jordan Romano and Tyler Glasnow. Fried was human batting practice, 2 6 9 7 1 2 with 3 HRs allowed and Toro channeled Alec Bohm at the hot corner with a total of 3 errors today. It was ugly, and here's hoping it doesn't turn out to be fatal. The Mets stay alive behind their other 20-game winner, Sandy Alcantara, who went 7 6 2 2 2 6 and outdueled Atlanta ace Mike Soroka. Andres Gimenez reached base all 5 times, on 3 hits and 2 walks including a solo HR to extend the lead to 4-0. Joey Bart homered again as well, continuing to make me angry at the Giants AI for trading him for Luis Guillorme. A wild back-and-forth game in St. Louis that saw a couple of former Rays properties win it for St. Louis. Pinch-hitter Mallex Smith singled with one out, stole second, and scored on a single by Ryan Boldt, whom the Rays lost in the Rule 5 draft in the 20-21 offseason to Houston before he was traded to St. Louis. Boldt also singled in the go-ahead run in the 7th to make it 5-4, but the Cards blew that lead as well as an early 4-0 one that chased Clayton Kershaw. The Cards are now up 2-1 in the series and will look to clinch at home tomorrow behind Ryan Helsey. Last edited by Art Deco; 07-15-2020 at 10:48 PM.