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Art Deco · 08-15-2020, 06:03 PM

Game 1: The Rays beat the Yankees 8-0 to go 8-0 behind a 115-pitch, 7-hit shutout from Max Fried, who walked 3 and struck out 4. It was a tense 0-0 game through 5 as Luis Severino had kept the Rays' bats in check until Vidal Brujan homered with one out in the 6th, and then Wander walked and scored on an Austin Meadows double to make it 2-0. They then broke it open with 6 runs in the 8th, on a Keibert Ruiz RBI single, 3 straight bases-loaded walks by Austin Brice (to Triston Casas, Nick Schnell and Brandon Marsh), and a 2-RBI single by Brujan. Fried was the one starter who struggled in the first turn through the rotation (6 runs in 6 innings although he got the win) but certainly turned that around.

Game 2: Chris Paddack was great again, and the offense did enough for the Rays to improve to 9-0 with a 5-2 win over the Yankees. Paddack went 6 3 1 1 0 7 with the only run a Gleyber Torres homer, Nick Anderson and Jose Alvarado did their usual thing in the 7th and 8th, and after the lead went to 5-1 in the top of the 9th Jasseel De La Cruz came on and ran into some trouble, giving up a run and leaving with two runners on. So Will Smith had to come in after all, and he whiffed Mike Tauchman to end the game and pick up save #4. Keston Hiura had his best game as a Ray, banging out 3 hits and a steal including an RBI single in the 2nd which put them on the board, Wander's sac fly in the 5th put them ahead to stay, Hiura scored on a passed ball in the 8th, and Meadows had an RBI single to go with Devers' fielder's choice RBI in the 9th.

Game 3: The Rays finally lost, and worse yet they lost Brandon Marsh to shoulder inflammation, diagnosed after he had to leave making a throw. He'll be out 6 weeks and he was the one guy they really didn't have cover for on the active roster in terms of the ability to play CF. Hunter Bishop will come up for him, and he can play a passable (45) CF but there's no question Marsh will be missed. As for the game, Dustin May just did not have it tonight, giving up 3 in the first including a 2-run Aaron Hicks HR, a solo shot to Mike Tauchman in the 2nd, and 2 more in the 4th, going 4.1 8 6 6 1 3 as they lost 7-3. Aaron Ashby went 2 1/3 scoreless in relief, and Dany Jimenez gave up a run in the 8th. Offensively it was all Wander, who was 3-4 with a homer and 2 steals, and Vidal Brujan was 2-5 with a steal. Alec Bohm, off to a slow start, got his first RBI on a groundball.

Team record: 9-1.

08-15-2020, 06:03 PM	#161
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,660	April 15-18, 2024: at NY Yankees (3) Game 1: The Rays beat the Yankees 8-0 to go 8-0 behind a 115-pitch, 7-hit shutout from Max Fried, who walked 3 and struck out 4. It was a tense 0-0 game through 5 as Luis Severino had kept the Rays' bats in check until Vidal Brujan homered with one out in the 6th, and then Wander walked and scored on an Austin Meadows double to make it 2-0. They then broke it open with 6 runs in the 8th, on a Keibert Ruiz RBI single, 3 straight bases-loaded walks by Austin Brice (to Triston Casas, Nick Schnell and Brandon Marsh), and a 2-RBI single by Brujan. Fried was the one starter who struggled in the first turn through the rotation (6 runs in 6 innings although he got the win) but certainly turned that around. Game 2: Chris Paddack was great again, and the offense did enough for the Rays to improve to 9-0 with a 5-2 win over the Yankees. Paddack went 6 3 1 1 0 7 with the only run a Gleyber Torres homer, Nick Anderson and Jose Alvarado did their usual thing in the 7th and 8th, and after the lead went to 5-1 in the top of the 9th Jasseel De La Cruz came on and ran into some trouble, giving up a run and leaving with two runners on. So Will Smith had to come in after all, and he whiffed Mike Tauchman to end the game and pick up save #4. Keston Hiura had his best game as a Ray, banging out 3 hits and a steal including an RBI single in the 2nd which put them on the board, Wander's sac fly in the 5th put them ahead to stay, Hiura scored on a passed ball in the 8th, and Meadows had an RBI single to go with Devers' fielder's choice RBI in the 9th. Game 3: The Rays finally lost, and worse yet they lost Brandon Marsh to shoulder inflammation, diagnosed after he had to leave making a throw. He'll be out 6 weeks and he was the one guy they really didn't have cover for on the active roster in terms of the ability to play CF. Hunter Bishop will come up for him, and he can play a passable (45) CF but there's no question Marsh will be missed. As for the game, Dustin May just did not have it tonight, giving up 3 in the first including a 2-run Aaron Hicks HR, a solo shot to Mike Tauchman in the 2nd, and 2 more in the 4th, going 4.1 8 6 6 1 3 as they lost 7-3. Aaron Ashby went 2 1/3 scoreless in relief, and Dany Jimenez gave up a run in the 8th. Offensively it was all Wander, who was 3-4 with a homer and 2 steals, and Vidal Brujan was 2-5 with a steal. Alec Bohm, off to a slow start, got his first RBI on a groundball. Team record: 9-1. Last edited by Art Deco; 08-15-2020 at 09:42 PM.