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Art Deco · 09-12-2020, 02:15 PM

Game 1: The Rays relied on another strong pitching performance from Tyler Glasnow to snap their 3-game losing streak and beat the Blue Jays 5-2 at Tropicana Field. Glasnow went 6 7 2 2 1 11 and now has 28 whiffs in his first 17 2/3 innings this year. Still he was behind 2-0 going into the bottom of the 4th when Wander Franco walked and Alec Bohm stepped up and hit his 4th HR of the year to tie the game. The homer rattled Jays starter Julio Urias, who proceeded to walk the next 4 batters with Brandon Marsh's bases on balls forcing in a run. Vidal Brujan followed with an infield single to score a run and the Rays were up 4-2. Keston Hiura homered off Brody Westbrooks in the 8th for his first of the year to provide some extra breathing room. With Glasnow at 112 pitches after 6, the troika came in and did its job with Anderson and Alvarado throwing perfect innings and Jasseel De La Cruz picking up save #3 around a walk. Brujan later doubled for his first 2-hit game of the season so perhaps he will be getting going.

Game 2: For 7 1/2 innings it looked like the Rays would waste another brilliant outing from Matt Manning, but some late inning thunder turned a painful 2-0 loss into a thrilling 3-2 win. Manning had gone 8 6 2 2 1 5 on 114 pitches and had frustratingly allowed a pair of 2-out RBI singles earlier in the game to fall behind. Meanwhile, Simeon Woods Richardson was mowing down the Rays on 4 hits through 7 but with one out in the 8th he yielded an infield single to Vidal Brujan. Tyler Johnson came on for the Jays and immediately served up a 2-run HR to Wander (#3) to tie it up. And after Keibert Ruiz was retired, Spencer Torkelson drilled one into the LF seats for #5 to make it 3-2. Tork had been slumping over the last several games and had struck out the previous 3 trips against Richardson to extend his mini-slump to 2-19, but the fact he can deliver a HR at any time makes him valuable in the lineup. Jasseel De La Cruz gave us some heartburn by allowing a leadoff double in the 9th but he stranded the runner there, striking out Vlad Jr. and then Cavan Biggio to end the game and pick up save #4 as the Rays get back to .500 at 6-6. Manning is now 2-0, 1.17 with a 3/22 BB/K ratio in 23 innings with designs on another Cy Young.

Game 3: It was deja vu all over again at the Trop tonight as for the second straight night the Jays took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 8th and for the second straight night the Rays rallied to win it in the inning, this time 5-2. Nate Pearson is back in the Toronto rotation these days, and he was brilliant, 1-hitting the Rays through 7 with the only hit (and baserunner) coming when Brandon Marsh doubled with two out in the 6th. But Alec Bohm and Nick Schnell led off the 8th with singles, and after Triston Casas hit into a force play to put men on 1st and 3rd, John Brebbia came in and crapped the bed, in the parlance of the day. He walked Hunter Bishop to load the bases, Marsh singled to score Bohm, and then he walked Vidal Brujan to force in Casas with the tying run. Wander Franco then delivered a 2-run single and Keibert Ruiz singled in Brujan and suddenly it was 5-2. Shane McClanahan had yet another excellent start, undone only by a bout of wildness in the 4th when he walked 3 batters, including one with the bases loaded, to put Toronto up 1-0. His 6 3 1 1 3 6 line actually raised his ERA to 0.98, although he's 1-1 with a no-decision to show for it. Mitch Keller also walked in a run in the 8th, but he shouldn't have been in that position as Wander booted a 2-out grounder by the previous batter. Jose Alvarado got Keller out of that bases-loaded jam and stayed on for a scoreless ninth to "save" his own win, his first of the season. The win puts the Rays back over .500 in the early going.

Team record: 7-6. Next up: An off-day, followed by an odd 4-game "wraparound" series at Yankee Stadium, playing Friday through Monday. The Yankees are now 1-10 after losing tonight to Baltimore (who's 9-3 and 2 1/2 up on the Rays). I don't even want to imagine the media meltdown in New York and nationally with the Yankees doing this poorly.

Some very bad news from Durham: Mack Anglin, our top pitching prospect, will have to undergo Tommy John Surgery and will be out until May 2026.

09-12-2020, 02:15 PM	#232
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,577	April 14-16, 2025: vs Toronto (3) Game 1: The Rays relied on another strong pitching performance from Tyler Glasnow to snap their 3-game losing streak and beat the Blue Jays 5-2 at Tropicana Field. Glasnow went 6 7 2 2 1 11 and now has 28 whiffs in his first 17 2/3 innings this year. Still he was behind 2-0 going into the bottom of the 4th when Wander Franco walked and Alec Bohm stepped up and hit his 4th HR of the year to tie the game. The homer rattled Jays starter Julio Urias, who proceeded to walk the next 4 batters with Brandon Marsh's bases on balls forcing in a run. Vidal Brujan followed with an infield single to score a run and the Rays were up 4-2. Keston Hiura homered off Brody Westbrooks in the 8th for his first of the year to provide some extra breathing room. With Glasnow at 112 pitches after 6, the troika came in and did its job with Anderson and Alvarado throwing perfect innings and Jasseel De La Cruz picking up save #3 around a walk. Brujan later doubled for his first 2-hit game of the season so perhaps he will be getting going. Game 2: For 7 1/2 innings it looked like the Rays would waste another brilliant outing from Matt Manning, but some late inning thunder turned a painful 2-0 loss into a thrilling 3-2 win. Manning had gone 8 6 2 2 1 5 on 114 pitches and had frustratingly allowed a pair of 2-out RBI singles earlier in the game to fall behind. Meanwhile, Simeon Woods Richardson was mowing down the Rays on 4 hits through 7 but with one out in the 8th he yielded an infield single to Vidal Brujan. Tyler Johnson came on for the Jays and immediately served up a 2-run HR to Wander (#3) to tie it up. And after Keibert Ruiz was retired, Spencer Torkelson drilled one into the LF seats for #5 to make it 3-2. Tork had been slumping over the last several games and had struck out the previous 3 trips against Richardson to extend his mini-slump to 2-19, but the fact he can deliver a HR at any time makes him valuable in the lineup. Jasseel De La Cruz gave us some heartburn by allowing a leadoff double in the 9th but he stranded the runner there, striking out Vlad Jr. and then Cavan Biggio to end the game and pick up save #4 as the Rays get back to .500 at 6-6. Manning is now 2-0, 1.17 with a 3/22 BB/K ratio in 23 innings with designs on another Cy Young. Game 3: It was deja vu all over again at the Trop tonight as for the second straight night the Jays took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 8th and for the second straight night the Rays rallied to win it in the inning, this time 5-2. Nate Pearson is back in the Toronto rotation these days, and he was brilliant, 1-hitting the Rays through 7 with the only hit (and baserunner) coming when Brandon Marsh doubled with two out in the 6th. But Alec Bohm and Nick Schnell led off the 8th with singles, and after Triston Casas hit into a force play to put men on 1st and 3rd, John Brebbia came in and crapped the bed, in the parlance of the day. He walked Hunter Bishop to load the bases, Marsh singled to score Bohm, and then he walked Vidal Brujan to force in Casas with the tying run. Wander Franco then delivered a 2-run single and Keibert Ruiz singled in Brujan and suddenly it was 5-2. Shane McClanahan had yet another excellent start, undone only by a bout of wildness in the 4th when he walked 3 batters, including one with the bases loaded, to put Toronto up 1-0. His 6 3 1 1 3 6 line actually raised his ERA to 0.98, although he's 1-1 with a no-decision to show for it. Mitch Keller also walked in a run in the 8th, but he shouldn't have been in that position as Wander booted a 2-out grounder by the previous batter. Jose Alvarado got Keller out of that bases-loaded jam and stayed on for a scoreless ninth to "save" his own win, his first of the season. The win puts the Rays back over .500 in the early going. Team record: 7-6. Next up: An off-day, followed by an odd 4-game "wraparound" series at Yankee Stadium, playing Friday through Monday. The Yankees are now 1-10 after losing tonight to Baltimore (who's 9-3 and 2 1/2 up on the Rays). I don't even want to imagine the media meltdown in New York and nationally with the Yankees doing this poorly. Some very bad news from Durham: Mack Anglin, our top pitching prospect, will have to undergo Tommy John Surgery and will be out until May 2026. Last edited by Art Deco; 09-12-2020 at 07:28 PM.