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Art Deco · 07-21-2020, 08:27 PM

Game 1: This was a Boston massacre as the Rays blasted the Red Sox 14-6 and the score was actually flattering to the Sox after they got 4 in the 8th resulting from a pair of Rays errors. After going quickly in the 1st the Rays started teeing off on Chris Sale, who leaves the game with a 10.95 ERA and is a shadow of the ace he once was. Alec Bohm homered for the third consecutive game to kick things off and Wander followed with a 2-run double to make it 3-0 in the 2nd. Keibert Ruiz, who had a 4-hit night, took Sale deep in the 3rd to make it 5-0 and the rout was on. It was all more than enough for Tyler Glasnow, who went 7 4 2 2 3 7 to go to 3-0. If I were to quibble, I'd note the 3 walks now give him 12 in 24.1 innings but I'll let it slide. Wander ended with 4 hits and 3 RBI, Meadows was 3-6 with a 2-run homer and 4 runs scored, and Rylan Bannon got the start at DH and hit his first Rays HR in the 8th. The Rays pounded out 18 hits in all and ironically the only one who didn't get a hit was Rafael Devers, who went 0-5 in his return to Fenway (Toro went 0-4). Austin Franklin came on in the 8th with a 10-2 lead and would have thrown a perfect inning except Devers and then Brujan booted grounders, and things got away from Franklin a bit with Bogaerts hitting a bases-clearing double to cut it to 10-6 but then the Rays got the 4 back in the 8th. The Yankees won yesterday but lost tonight in San Francisco so the lead is up to 9.

Game 2: They say winning never gets boring, but the Rays are starting to push it these days with another routine 8-1 win over Boston (watch, they'll lose tomorrow now that I've said this), a season-high 8th straight. Rafael Devers, 0-5 with an error in his return to Fenway, came out angry and inspired, and immediately set out to business by taking a Cionel Perez offering over the Monster for a 2-run shot in the first inning, and then the game was effectively over in the 3rd when Alec Bohm homered in his fourth straight game (#10) for a pair and Brandon Marsh added a 3-run shot. Chris Paddack said thank you very much for the offense as he completely shut down the Sox through 8 innings with the only Boston run coming in the 8th when a dropped third strike by Ronaldo Hernandez allowed Jackie Bradley to reach and he scored on an Abe Toro single. It was unearned and Paddack's final line was 8 6 1 0 0 8 as he went to 5-1 (16-1 overall including the playoffs as a Ray) and lowered his ERA to 2.74. Just on the principle of it, Austin Meadows got that run back in the 9th on an RBI groundout. In addition to the HR, Devers doubled twice for a 3-hit game. Yankees won so the lead remains 9.

Game 3: Well they didn't lose as I had semi-predicted, but it wasn't another boring romp despite what the final 6-1 score might imply. For most of this game it was a tight duel between Max Fried and Justin Dunn, with the Rays going up 1-0 in the 3rd when Max Kepler doubled and scored on Vidal Brujan's sac fly. The Rays added a run in the 6th when Rafael Devers singled in Brandon Marsh and 2-0 was enough to get Max Fried the win. Although he had baserunners here and there, Fried managed 7 shutout innings on 7 hits, walking 1 and striking out 4 to go to 3-1. It stayed 2-0 until the 9th with Nick Anderson pitching a perfect 8th but then the Rays added 4 in the top of the inning, all unearned off a Buster Posey throwing error and a Teoscar Hernandez fielding error with a 2-run Keibert Ruiz RBI single and an Alec Bohm sac fly making it 6-0. Aaron Ashby came on for the bottom of the inning and it was sloppy on the Rays' end as well with a Brujan error, an Ashby wild pitch and a Ruiz passed ball costing the Rays the shutout, although Ashby did strike out the side around that. The Yankees lost but Baltimore won to move into 2nd, so the lead is now 9 1/2 games.

Team record: 23-4.

07-21-2020, 08:27 PM	#101
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,949	April 28-30, 2023 at Boston (3) Game 1: This was a Boston massacre as the Rays blasted the Red Sox 14-6 and the score was actually flattering to the Sox after they got 4 in the 8th resulting from a pair of Rays errors. After going quickly in the 1st the Rays started teeing off on Chris Sale, who leaves the game with a 10.95 ERA and is a shadow of the ace he once was. Alec Bohm homered for the third consecutive game to kick things off and Wander followed with a 2-run double to make it 3-0 in the 2nd. Keibert Ruiz, who had a 4-hit night, took Sale deep in the 3rd to make it 5-0 and the rout was on. It was all more than enough for Tyler Glasnow, who went 7 4 2 2 3 7 to go to 3-0. If I were to quibble, I'd note the 3 walks now give him 12 in 24.1 innings but I'll let it slide. Wander ended with 4 hits and 3 RBI, Meadows was 3-6 with a 2-run homer and 4 runs scored, and Rylan Bannon got the start at DH and hit his first Rays HR in the 8th. The Rays pounded out 18 hits in all and ironically the only one who didn't get a hit was Rafael Devers, who went 0-5 in his return to Fenway (Toro went 0-4). Austin Franklin came on in the 8th with a 10-2 lead and would have thrown a perfect inning except Devers and then Brujan booted grounders, and things got away from Franklin a bit with Bogaerts hitting a bases-clearing double to cut it to 10-6 but then the Rays got the 4 back in the 8th. The Yankees won yesterday but lost tonight in San Francisco so the lead is up to 9. Game 2: They say winning never gets boring, but the Rays are starting to push it these days with another routine 8-1 win over Boston (watch, they'll lose tomorrow now that I've said this), a season-high 8th straight. Rafael Devers, 0-5 with an error in his return to Fenway, came out angry and inspired, and immediately set out to business by taking a Cionel Perez offering over the Monster for a 2-run shot in the first inning, and then the game was effectively over in the 3rd when Alec Bohm homered in his fourth straight game (#10) for a pair and Brandon Marsh added a 3-run shot. Chris Paddack said thank you very much for the offense as he completely shut down the Sox through 8 innings with the only Boston run coming in the 8th when a dropped third strike by Ronaldo Hernandez allowed Jackie Bradley to reach and he scored on an Abe Toro single. It was unearned and Paddack's final line was 8 6 1 0 0 8 as he went to 5-1 (16-1 overall including the playoffs as a Ray) and lowered his ERA to 2.74. Just on the principle of it, Austin Meadows got that run back in the 9th on an RBI groundout. In addition to the HR, Devers doubled twice for a 3-hit game. Yankees won so the lead remains 9. Game 3: Well they didn't lose as I had semi-predicted, but it wasn't another boring romp despite what the final 6-1 score might imply. For most of this game it was a tight duel between Max Fried and Justin Dunn, with the Rays going up 1-0 in the 3rd when Max Kepler doubled and scored on Vidal Brujan's sac fly. The Rays added a run in the 6th when Rafael Devers singled in Brandon Marsh and 2-0 was enough to get Max Fried the win. Although he had baserunners here and there, Fried managed 7 shutout innings on 7 hits, walking 1 and striking out 4 to go to 3-1. It stayed 2-0 until the 9th with Nick Anderson pitching a perfect 8th but then the Rays added 4 in the top of the inning, all unearned off a Buster Posey throwing error and a Teoscar Hernandez fielding error with a 2-run Keibert Ruiz RBI single and an Alec Bohm sac fly making it 6-0. Aaron Ashby came on for the bottom of the inning and it was sloppy on the Rays' end as well with a Brujan error, an Ashby wild pitch and a Ruiz passed ball costing the Rays the shutout, although Ashby did strike out the side around that. The Yankees lost but Baltimore won to move into 2nd, so the lead is now 9 1/2 games. Team record: 23-4. Last edited by Art Deco; 07-22-2020 at 09:23 AM.