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Art Deco · 07-28-2020, 08:22 AM

So just how did Daniel Lynch's Tampa Bay Rays debut go? See for yourself:

Game 1: It was the second one-hitter I've had since I've been managing the Rays, after Blake Snell's 1-hitter against Toronto in 2021. This one saw fewer baserunners and fewer strikeouts, but man what an impressive debut. The A's aren't Murderer's Row but they're not the Marlins or Giants either. Matt Chapman's 2-out double in the 4th was the only hit off Lynch, who only needed to throw 107 pitches in the gem. I was not expecting Lynch to lower his 1.75 ERA coming into his AL debut, but he certainly did. The slumping offense did enough today, getting the only run they'd need in the 3rd aided by an Oakland error and scoring on a Wander RBI single, and then the Rays strung together a bunch of hits in the 5th off Frankie Montas which kicked off with a Seth Beer double and saw RBI singles from Marsh and Devers and a Wander RBI groundout. Keibert Ruiz put the cherry on top with an 8th inning solo HR, his 8th of the year. Boston won while Baltimore was off so the lead remains 9.

Game 2: After a string of brilliant starts, Tyler Glasnow had his second straight rough one, only lasting four innings and having to throw 106 pitches to get through them, going 4 5 4 4 3 7 and hitting a couple of guys. But fortunately the Rays offense and bullpen was able to overcome it in a 9-6 win. It was an impressive performance by the offense considering Wander Franco and Brandon Marsh were both fatigued and had to sit, but Rafael Devers picked up the slack, going 4-5 with 3 doubles and 3 RBI. The team banged out 16 hits as a whole, and jumped on Oakland's Daulton Jefferies for 7 runs in the first two innings. Bohm, Beer, Kepler and Yusniel Diaz had consecutive RBI hits in a 5-run first but Glasnow couldn't deal with prosperity and had to leave up 7-4 after 4. Enter Middle Innings McClanahan, who got them through the 5th and 6th although he gave up a Kennys Vargas homer. At 7-5 in the 7th it was time for the big three again to finish, and Anderson struck out the side around a Sean Murphy HR that cut it to 7-6 and made things tense. But Vidal Brujan had a big two-out, two-run single in bottom of the 7th to make it 9-6, and Alvarado got through the 8th despite giving up a one-out triple and Will Smith nabbed save #15 with a perfect ninth, eschewing the drama he's created in recent save chances. McClanahan picked up win #5 for his efforts. Boston won its 8th straight game to stay 9 back.

Game 3: The Rays sweep the series from the A's in a game very similar to yesterday's except starter Chris Paddack didn't let Oakland back into the game. They wasted no time scoring against Grant Holmes as Brujan led off with a single and then Wander went deep into the RF stands. And after two out, Alec Bohm singled and Seth Beer tripled him home. Beer was on base all 4 times today with that triple, a walk, and 2 more HBPs. The Rays hadn't hit too many HRs lately and even in the games where they scored a lot of runs, it was mostly singles and doubles. That changed today. In addition to Wander's blast, Ronaldo Hernandez went deep in the 2nd, Austin Meadows hit #19, and Wander homered a second time. Wander, who had 31 last year but came into today with only 8, was overdue in that department. Ronaldo ended up productive again in his occasional appearances, going 2-4 and driving in a total of 3. He's at 273/333/545 in 66 AB with 5 HR and 13 RBI and it would be interesting to see what kind of numbers he could put up playing everyday, but Keibert Ruiz isn't going anywhere. As mentioned, Paddack did fine with all this run support, and although he allowed a couple of solo HRs, that was all he allowed, going 7 8 2 2 1 5 to improve to 7-4. Aaron Ashby with a six-run lead came on in the eighth and someday he'll pitch a 1-2-3 inning but that day wasn't today as he gave up a lefty-on-lefty HR to Kyle Schwarber and put two more men on before escaping. Austin Franklin, though, had a nice 1-2-3 inning with a pair of Ks to close out the 8-3 win. Boston finally lost but Baltimore won so the Orioles move into second, 9 1/2 back.

Team record: 47-21

07-28-2020, 08:22 AM	#114
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,949	June 12-14, 2023: vs Oakland (3) So just how did Daniel Lynch's Tampa Bay Rays debut go? See for yourself: Game 1: It was the second one-hitter I've had since I've been managing the Rays, after Blake Snell's 1-hitter against Toronto in 2021. This one saw fewer baserunners and fewer strikeouts, but man what an impressive debut. The A's aren't Murderer's Row but they're not the Marlins or Giants either. Matt Chapman's 2-out double in the 4th was the only hit off Lynch, who only needed to throw 107 pitches in the gem. I was not expecting Lynch to lower his 1.75 ERA coming into his AL debut, but he certainly did. The slumping offense did enough today, getting the only run they'd need in the 3rd aided by an Oakland error and scoring on a Wander RBI single, and then the Rays strung together a bunch of hits in the 5th off Frankie Montas which kicked off with a Seth Beer double and saw RBI singles from Marsh and Devers and a Wander RBI groundout. Keibert Ruiz put the cherry on top with an 8th inning solo HR, his 8th of the year. Boston won while Baltimore was off so the lead remains 9. Game 2: After a string of brilliant starts, Tyler Glasnow had his second straight rough one, only lasting four innings and having to throw 106 pitches to get through them, going 4 5 4 4 3 7 and hitting a couple of guys. But fortunately the Rays offense and bullpen was able to overcome it in a 9-6 win. It was an impressive performance by the offense considering Wander Franco and Brandon Marsh were both fatigued and had to sit, but Rafael Devers picked up the slack, going 4-5 with 3 doubles and 3 RBI. The team banged out 16 hits as a whole, and jumped on Oakland's Daulton Jefferies for 7 runs in the first two innings. Bohm, Beer, Kepler and Yusniel Diaz had consecutive RBI hits in a 5-run first but Glasnow couldn't deal with prosperity and had to leave up 7-4 after 4. Enter Middle Innings McClanahan, who got them through the 5th and 6th although he gave up a Kennys Vargas homer. At 7-5 in the 7th it was time for the big three again to finish, and Anderson struck out the side around a Sean Murphy HR that cut it to 7-6 and made things tense. But Vidal Brujan had a big two-out, two-run single in bottom of the 7th to make it 9-6, and Alvarado got through the 8th despite giving up a one-out triple and Will Smith nabbed save #15 with a perfect ninth, eschewing the drama he's created in recent save chances. McClanahan picked up win #5 for his efforts. Boston won its 8th straight game to stay 9 back. Game 3: The Rays sweep the series from the A's in a game very similar to yesterday's except starter Chris Paddack didn't let Oakland back into the game. They wasted no time scoring against Grant Holmes as Brujan led off with a single and then Wander went deep into the RF stands. And after two out, Alec Bohm singled and Seth Beer tripled him home. Beer was on base all 4 times today with that triple, a walk, and 2 more HBPs. The Rays hadn't hit too many HRs lately and even in the games where they scored a lot of runs, it was mostly singles and doubles. That changed today. In addition to Wander's blast, Ronaldo Hernandez went deep in the 2nd, Austin Meadows hit #19, and Wander homered a second time. Wander, who had 31 last year but came into today with only 8, was overdue in that department. Ronaldo ended up productive again in his occasional appearances, going 2-4 and driving in a total of 3. He's at 273/333/545 in 66 AB with 5 HR and 13 RBI and it would be interesting to see what kind of numbers he could put up playing everyday, but Keibert Ruiz isn't going anywhere. As mentioned, Paddack did fine with all this run support, and although he allowed a couple of solo HRs, that was all he allowed, going 7 8 2 2 1 5 to improve to 7-4. Aaron Ashby with a six-run lead came on in the eighth and someday he'll pitch a 1-2-3 inning but that day wasn't today as he gave up a lefty-on-lefty HR to Kyle Schwarber and put two more men on before escaping. Austin Franklin, though, had a nice 1-2-3 inning with a pair of Ks to close out the 8-3 win. Boston finally lost but Baltimore won so the Orioles move into second, 9 1/2 back. Team record: 47-21 Last edited by Art Deco; 07-28-2020 at 04:56 PM.