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Art Deco · 09-11-2020, 08:07 PM

April 7: Placed P Mitchell Verburg on the 15-day IL with forearm soreness, recalled P Nick Frasso from AAA Durham.

Eventually Aaron Ashby may claim this spot, as he'll rehab at Durham once their season starts in a few days. For now Frasso gets the call.

Game 1: The Rays evened their record on the season thanks to the arm of Dustin May and the bat of Keibert Ruiz with a 4-2 win in Houston. The Rays jumped on the Astros' Forrest Whitley for 3 runs in the 1st on a 2-run HR from Ruiz and an RBI double from Spencer Torkelson, who remains red-hot to start the year. And after Wander Franco tripled in the 5th, Ruiz singled him home for the 4th Rays run. That was more than enough for May, who shackled the 'Stros with a 7 7 2 2 0 9 line, the main damage coming on a solo HR by Yordan Alvarez. Jose Alvarado had a 1-2-3 8th for his first hold, and Jasseel De La Cruz bounced back from Saturday's rough outing with a 1-2-3 9th to pick up his first save.

Game 2: Sloppy defense in the person of Vidal Brujan was the difference today in a 4-3 loss to Houston. After Austin Meadows hit his first HR of the season in the 1st to give the Rays a 2-0 lead, Yordan Alvarez hit a ground ball to Brujan who threw it away, allowing Brice Turang to score. And then after the Rays went up 3-1 in the 3rd when Brujan scored on Keibert Ruiz's RBI single, Alvarez hit another ground ball with 2 out and nobody on to Brujan, who threw that one away. And of course the next batter, Kyle Tucker, went deep off Mitchell White in his Rays debut to tie the game. White later gave up a run completely of his own doing in the 7th that was the game-winner, when he issued his only walk of the game to Jordan Brewer, who scored on a Turang double. The Rays offense continued its sluggish start to the season as they whiffed 15 times against Houston pitching today, mostly Jonathan Loaisiga and Aroldis Chapman. The bottom of the order, Triston Casas and Brandon Marsh, were 0-6 today with 5 whiffs and are a combined 2-36 this season. White deserved a better fate with a 6.2 5 4 1 1 4 line, Mitch Keller got the final out in the 7th, and Asa Lacy had a scoreless 8th in his season debut as the team falls to 2-3.

Game 3: It was the Tork and Tyler show this afternoon in a 6-3 win over Houston to take the series from Astros and even the Rays' season record at 3-3. After Austin Meadows gave the Rays a 1-0 lead in the 1st on a sac fly, Spencer Torkelson broke it open with a 3-run shot off Francis Martes in the 4th to make it 4-0. Hunter Bishop, giving the slow-starting Brandon Marsh a day off, drilled an RBI double later in the inning in his first action of 2025 and it was 5-0. Tork then deposited a Kyle Kubat fastball just inside the LF foul pole to make it 6-0. Torkelson now has 4 HR and 9 RBI in the team's first 6 games. Meanwhile Tyler Glasnow was dealing, holding the Astros to 3 hits and 0 runs through 6 before he ran out of gas a bit and gave up a 2-run HR to Alex Bregman. Glasnow ended 7 5 2 2 0 11, a far cry from his wild opening day start. Sandy Gaston came on in the 8th and allowed a Jordan Brewer HR to make it 6-3 but struck out the next three, and Jasseel De La Cruz got save #2 with a pair of whiffs in the 9th. Chris Betts got a start at catcher today and went 0-3 with a walk, while Keston Hiura filled in for the slumping Triston Casas at 3B and hit a pair of doubles.

Team record: 3-3. Next up: 4 games in Camden Yards against Baltimore, which I'm sure has Tork licking his chops.

09-11-2020, 08:07 PM	#230
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,937	April 7-9, 2025: at Houston (3) April 7: Placed P Mitchell Verburg on the 15-day IL with forearm soreness, recalled P Nick Frasso from AAA Durham. Eventually Aaron Ashby may claim this spot, as he'll rehab at Durham once their season starts in a few days. For now Frasso gets the call. Game 1: The Rays evened their record on the season thanks to the arm of Dustin May and the bat of Keibert Ruiz with a 4-2 win in Houston. The Rays jumped on the Astros' Forrest Whitley for 3 runs in the 1st on a 2-run HR from Ruiz and an RBI double from Spencer Torkelson, who remains red-hot to start the year. And after Wander Franco tripled in the 5th, Ruiz singled him home for the 4th Rays run. That was more than enough for May, who shackled the 'Stros with a 7 7 2 2 0 9 line, the main damage coming on a solo HR by Yordan Alvarez. Jose Alvarado had a 1-2-3 8th for his first hold, and Jasseel De La Cruz bounced back from Saturday's rough outing with a 1-2-3 9th to pick up his first save. Game 2: Sloppy defense in the person of Vidal Brujan was the difference today in a 4-3 loss to Houston. After Austin Meadows hit his first HR of the season in the 1st to give the Rays a 2-0 lead, Yordan Alvarez hit a ground ball to Brujan who threw it away, allowing Brice Turang to score. And then after the Rays went up 3-1 in the 3rd when Brujan scored on Keibert Ruiz's RBI single, Alvarez hit another ground ball with 2 out and nobody on to Brujan, who threw that one away. And of course the next batter, Kyle Tucker, went deep off Mitchell White in his Rays debut to tie the game. White later gave up a run completely of his own doing in the 7th that was the game-winner, when he issued his only walk of the game to Jordan Brewer, who scored on a Turang double. The Rays offense continued its sluggish start to the season as they whiffed 15 times against Houston pitching today, mostly Jonathan Loaisiga and Aroldis Chapman. The bottom of the order, Triston Casas and Brandon Marsh, were 0-6 today with 5 whiffs and are a combined 2-36 this season. White deserved a better fate with a 6.2 5 4 1 1 4 line, Mitch Keller got the final out in the 7th, and Asa Lacy had a scoreless 8th in his season debut as the team falls to 2-3. Game 3: It was the Tork and Tyler show this afternoon in a 6-3 win over Houston to take the series from Astros and even the Rays' season record at 3-3. After Austin Meadows gave the Rays a 1-0 lead in the 1st on a sac fly, Spencer Torkelson broke it open with a 3-run shot off Francis Martes in the 4th to make it 4-0. Hunter Bishop, giving the slow-starting Brandon Marsh a day off, drilled an RBI double later in the inning in his first action of 2025 and it was 5-0. Tork then deposited a Kyle Kubat fastball just inside the LF foul pole to make it 6-0. Torkelson now has 4 HR and 9 RBI in the team's first 6 games. Meanwhile Tyler Glasnow was dealing, holding the Astros to 3 hits and 0 runs through 6 before he ran out of gas a bit and gave up a 2-run HR to Alex Bregman. Glasnow ended 7 5 2 2 0 11, a far cry from his wild opening day start. Sandy Gaston came on in the 8th and allowed a Jordan Brewer HR to make it 6-3 but struck out the next three, and Jasseel De La Cruz got save #2 with a pair of whiffs in the 9th. Chris Betts got a start at catcher today and went 0-3 with a walk, while Keston Hiura filled in for the slumping Triston Casas at 3B and hit a pair of doubles. Team record: 3-3. Next up: 4 games in Camden Yards against Baltimore, which I'm sure has Tork licking his chops. Last edited by Art Deco; 09-12-2020 at 12:30 AM.