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Art Deco · 08-05-2020, 07:50 PM

August 24: Placed DH Seth Beer on the 10-day IL with a knee contusion, recalled P Dany Jimenez from AAA Durham.

Needed the extra arm, and why risk Beer with further injury given the circumstances? Jimenez will go back down tomorrow for Dustin May, who will get the start.

Game 1: This one was over early as the Rays exploded for 8 runs in the first 2 innings off Sean Poppen and Josh Lindblom in a 10-3 win. Caleb Smith was listed as the probable starter, so seeing reliever Poppen start looked like an opener situation. It was, but for Lindblom, not Smith, which meant that Yusniel Diaz and Rylan Bannon got starts against a righty, and ended up a combined 0-9. It didn't matter of course, as in the first Rafael Devers ripped a 2-run double as part of a 3-run inning and then in the second Wander had a 2-run double followed by a Meadows 2-run HR, his 30th. In the 8th, Devers hit HR #19 and Alec Bohm kept on keepin' on with HR #34. On the mound the important thing was that Tyler Glasnow give the team innings, and he did, giving them quality ones. He went 7 6 1 1 1 9 although it took 121 pitches. The just-recalled Dany Jimenez came on and got through the 8th, but struggled in the 9th allowing 2 runs and Shane McClanahan had to get the final out, but at least the bulk of the pen got some needed rest.

August 25: Optioned P Dany Jimenez to AAA Durham, recalled P Dustin May from AAA Durham.

Game 2: Dustin May's Rays debut did not go so well as in the first inning alone he allowed 5 hits and 2 runs. Although the Rays tied it in the 2nd on a 2-run Rylan Bannon double, that was it for them in a 7-2 loss. May got through the next 2 innings, but gave up 2 more in the 4th including a Renato Nunez HR and although he got through the fifth he left with a 5 10 4 4 2 6 line. The six strikeouts were nice but nothing else was. Aaron Ashby reverted to his 2023 Rays form by allowing 2 more runs in the 6th, and Scott Barlow gave up his obligatory run in the 7th. Meanwhile the Rays were once again held in check by longtime nemesis Caleb Smith, who was 7 7 2 2 2 4 and is 3-1 against them this season.

Game 3: The Rays bounced back from last night's struggles with a 5-2 win behind some fine pitching from Chris Paddack. He improved to 13-6, 3.83 with a 7 7 2 2 0 4 outing that probably should have been 7 6 1 1 0 4 had I not brought him out to start the 8th to give up a HR to Kike Hernandez. Paddack was touched for an RBI double by Anthony Santander in the 1st but settled in from there, mostly getting harmless fly balls from Oriole hitters. The Rays tied it up in the 3rd on a Vidal Brujan RBI double, then in the 5th Triston Casas, DHing in place of the injured Seth Beer, launched HR #10 onto the RF pavilion at Camden Yards to put the Rays in front to stay. They got 3 runs to give them a margin in the 8th, with Rafael Devers' 2-run triple the key blow and Devers then scored on an Alec Bohm sac fly. Jose Alvarado came on for Paddack in the 8th and gave up a couple of hits but no runs, and Will Smith bounced back from his 2nd blown save with a pair of strikeouts in a perfect ninth for save #29.

Game 4: (It's possible some of you may have read about an 8-5 Rays win in 11 innings. That was my first run-through of the game but then I went to bed without saving and my computer decided to reboot in the middle of the night so the game was lost. Forget everything you read about it.). The Rays won a typical Camden Yards affair with the Orioles today 12-6 behind a big game from Wander Franco, who went 4-6 with a HR and 4 RBI and reached 102 RBI for the season. After a Brujan triple in the first, Wander's sac fly started the Rays scoring and an Alec Bohm single made it 2-0. Baltimore got the runs back in the bottom of the 1st to tie, but in the 2nd doubles by Rylan Bannon and Brandon Marsh restored the lead, and then Wander launched a 2-run HR, #29 to make it 5-2. Wander added an RBI single in the 4th, but Max Fried struggled in the 4th and 5th, allowing HRs to Renato Nunez and Adley Rutschman and not making it through to get the win, ending 4.1 6 5 5 2 2. Shane McClanahan came on and got them out of it, and then they exploded for 5 in the 6th on a wild pitch and 2-run singles from Keibert Ruiz and Bohm. Mac got the win, his 6th, and Jasseel De La Cruz went the final 2 1/3 scoreless with 3 Ks to give him 11 1/3 scoreless innings as a Ray with a 2/17 BB/K ratio. Bohm ended with a 4-hit, 3-RBI day and Brujan had 3 hits as well.

Team record: 96-36. Magic number: 3.

08-05-2020, 07:50 PM	#136
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,667	August 24-27, 2023: at Baltimore (4) August 24: Placed DH Seth Beer on the 10-day IL with a knee contusion, recalled P Dany Jimenez from AAA Durham. Needed the extra arm, and why risk Beer with further injury given the circumstances? Jimenez will go back down tomorrow for Dustin May, who will get the start. Game 1: This one was over early as the Rays exploded for 8 runs in the first 2 innings off Sean Poppen and Josh Lindblom in a 10-3 win. Caleb Smith was listed as the probable starter, so seeing reliever Poppen start looked like an opener situation. It was, but for Lindblom, not Smith, which meant that Yusniel Diaz and Rylan Bannon got starts against a righty, and ended up a combined 0-9. It didn't matter of course, as in the first Rafael Devers ripped a 2-run double as part of a 3-run inning and then in the second Wander had a 2-run double followed by a Meadows 2-run HR, his 30th. In the 8th, Devers hit HR #19 and Alec Bohm kept on keepin' on with HR #34. On the mound the important thing was that Tyler Glasnow give the team innings, and he did, giving them quality ones. He went 7 6 1 1 1 9 although it took 121 pitches. The just-recalled Dany Jimenez came on and got through the 8th, but struggled in the 9th allowing 2 runs and Shane McClanahan had to get the final out, but at least the bulk of the pen got some needed rest. August 25: Optioned P Dany Jimenez to AAA Durham, recalled P Dustin May from AAA Durham. Game 2: Dustin May's Rays debut did not go so well as in the first inning alone he allowed 5 hits and 2 runs. Although the Rays tied it in the 2nd on a 2-run Rylan Bannon double, that was it for them in a 7-2 loss. May got through the next 2 innings, but gave up 2 more in the 4th including a Renato Nunez HR and although he got through the fifth he left with a 5 10 4 4 2 6 line. The six strikeouts were nice but nothing else was. Aaron Ashby reverted to his 2023 Rays form by allowing 2 more runs in the 6th, and Scott Barlow gave up his obligatory run in the 7th. Meanwhile the Rays were once again held in check by longtime nemesis Caleb Smith, who was 7 7 2 2 2 4 and is 3-1 against them this season. Game 3: The Rays bounced back from last night's struggles with a 5-2 win behind some fine pitching from Chris Paddack. He improved to 13-6, 3.83 with a 7 7 2 2 0 4 outing that probably should have been 7 6 1 1 0 4 had I not brought him out to start the 8th to give up a HR to Kike Hernandez. Paddack was touched for an RBI double by Anthony Santander in the 1st but settled in from there, mostly getting harmless fly balls from Oriole hitters. The Rays tied it up in the 3rd on a Vidal Brujan RBI double, then in the 5th Triston Casas, DHing in place of the injured Seth Beer, launched HR #10 onto the RF pavilion at Camden Yards to put the Rays in front to stay. They got 3 runs to give them a margin in the 8th, with Rafael Devers' 2-run triple the key blow and Devers then scored on an Alec Bohm sac fly. Jose Alvarado came on for Paddack in the 8th and gave up a couple of hits but no runs, and Will Smith bounced back from his 2nd blown save with a pair of strikeouts in a perfect ninth for save #29. Game 4: (It's possible some of you may have read about an 8-5 Rays win in 11 innings. That was my first run-through of the game but then I went to bed without saving and my computer decided to reboot in the middle of the night so the game was lost. Forget everything you read about it.). The Rays won a typical Camden Yards affair with the Orioles today 12-6 behind a big game from Wander Franco, who went 4-6 with a HR and 4 RBI and reached 102 RBI for the season. After a Brujan triple in the first, Wander's sac fly started the Rays scoring and an Alec Bohm single made it 2-0. Baltimore got the runs back in the bottom of the 1st to tie, but in the 2nd doubles by Rylan Bannon and Brandon Marsh restored the lead, and then Wander launched a 2-run HR, #29 to make it 5-2. Wander added an RBI single in the 4th, but Max Fried struggled in the 4th and 5th, allowing HRs to Renato Nunez and Adley Rutschman and not making it through to get the win, ending 4.1 6 5 5 2 2. Shane McClanahan came on and got them out of it, and then they exploded for 5 in the 6th on a wild pitch and 2-run singles from Keibert Ruiz and Bohm. Mac got the win, his 6th, and Jasseel De La Cruz went the final 2 1/3 scoreless with 3 Ks to give him 11 1/3 scoreless innings as a Ray with a 2/17 BB/K ratio. Bohm ended with a 4-hit, 3-RBI day and Brujan had 3 hits as well. Team record: 96-36. Magic number: 3. Last edited by Art Deco; 08-06-2020 at 10:10 AM.