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Art Deco · 09-13-2020, 09:11 PM

Game 1: The game scheduled for Monday night was rained out, so we're playing a doubleheader on Tuesday. As for Game 1 of that, the Rays dropped their third straight and fell back to .500 at 9-9 with a 4-2 loss. Shane McClanahan had a very rough first inning, putting two men on but getting two out before JD Martinez took him deep for a 3-run HR which would turn out to be all Minnesota needed. Mac then loaded the bases after the homer but got out of it, only to allow another run in the third, ending 5 9 4 4 3 6 to raise his ERA from 0.98 to 2.22. Sandy Gaston had 2 perfect innings with three whiffs and Daniel Lynch had a scoreless inning. The offense, meanwhile, was moribund again scoring its runs on a Keibert grounder and a Schnell GIDP. Vidal Brujan continued his sluggish start by twice making outs in key situations with men on base, leaving 5 runners on.

Game 2: This team is really playing some bad baseball and the Twins scored 11 (!) in the first inning off Dustin May and Asa Lacy in a 15-1 thrashing of the Rays to sweep the doubleheader and send the Rays to the four straight defeat and below .500 at 9-10. May had nothing today in his third straight terrible start after a nice opener in Houston, allowing 7 hits and 9 runs (7 earned) and only retired one batter, who hit a deep sac fly. Asa Lacy came on and gave up a 2-run HR to Matt Olson to cap the inning. The offense banged out 10 hits, but as per usual virtually none of them came at the right time. Nick Schnell went 4-4 but neither scored nor drove in a run; the lone run came when Triston Casas and Brandon Marsh doubled in the 7th. Surely Austin Meadows being out of the lineup isn't the reason for 4 straight losses or we'll be in real trouble next season.

April 24: Optioned P Dustin May to AAA Durham, activated P Mitchell Verburg from the 15-day IL, assigned P Seth Johnson to AAA Durham.

The May move is temporary to get an extra arm up after the doubleheader. Johnson cleared waivers so we get to keep him.

Game 3: The Rays brought out the boomsticks today to back the solid pitching of Mitchell White in a 7-0 win that snapped their 4-game losing streak and brought them back to .500 again. Wander Franco set the tone with a first inning blast off Dakota Chalmers, the Rays got a run in the second inning when Brandon Marsh stole second, went to third on the bad throw and scored on a wild pitch, and then in the 3rd Alec Bohm and Spencer Torkelson (#6) went back-to-back to make it 4-0. With Austin Meadows aboard, Bohm went deep again for his MLB-leading 9th HR, and Wander hit his second of the game and 7th of the year in the 7th off Michael Fulmer. White, meanwhile, was effective if not overpowering, going 8 4 0 0 4 2, with one of those hits and one of those walks coming to lead off the 9th when we tried to get him the shutout. Mitch Keller finished up for him with a 1-2-3 outing, striking out a pair. Vidal Brujan's season-long funk continues as he was 0-5 to lower his average to .171.

Team record: 10-10. Next up: 4 at home vs Kansas City in another weird wraparound series that goes through Monday.

09-13-2020, 09:11 PM	#234
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,937	April 22-24, 2025: at Minnesota (3) Game 1: The game scheduled for Monday night was rained out, so we're playing a doubleheader on Tuesday. As for Game 1 of that, the Rays dropped their third straight and fell back to .500 at 9-9 with a 4-2 loss. Shane McClanahan had a very rough first inning, putting two men on but getting two out before JD Martinez took him deep for a 3-run HR which would turn out to be all Minnesota needed. Mac then loaded the bases after the homer but got out of it, only to allow another run in the third, ending 5 9 4 4 3 6 to raise his ERA from 0.98 to 2.22. Sandy Gaston had 2 perfect innings with three whiffs and Daniel Lynch had a scoreless inning. The offense, meanwhile, was moribund again scoring its runs on a Keibert grounder and a Schnell GIDP. Vidal Brujan continued his sluggish start by twice making outs in key situations with men on base, leaving 5 runners on. Game 2: This team is really playing some bad baseball and the Twins scored 11 (!) in the first inning off Dustin May and Asa Lacy in a 15-1 thrashing of the Rays to sweep the doubleheader and send the Rays to the four straight defeat and below .500 at 9-10. May had nothing today in his third straight terrible start after a nice opener in Houston, allowing 7 hits and 9 runs (7 earned) and only retired one batter, who hit a deep sac fly. Asa Lacy came on and gave up a 2-run HR to Matt Olson to cap the inning. The offense banged out 10 hits, but as per usual virtually none of them came at the right time. Nick Schnell went 4-4 but neither scored nor drove in a run; the lone run came when Triston Casas and Brandon Marsh doubled in the 7th. Surely Austin Meadows being out of the lineup isn't the reason for 4 straight losses or we'll be in real trouble next season. April 24: Optioned P Dustin May to AAA Durham, activated P Mitchell Verburg from the 15-day IL, assigned P Seth Johnson to AAA Durham. The May move is temporary to get an extra arm up after the doubleheader. Johnson cleared waivers so we get to keep him. Game 3: The Rays brought out the boomsticks today to back the solid pitching of Mitchell White in a 7-0 win that snapped their 4-game losing streak and brought them back to .500 again. Wander Franco set the tone with a first inning blast off Dakota Chalmers, the Rays got a run in the second inning when Brandon Marsh stole second, went to third on the bad throw and scored on a wild pitch, and then in the 3rd Alec Bohm and Spencer Torkelson (#6) went back-to-back to make it 4-0. With Austin Meadows aboard, Bohm went deep again for his MLB-leading 9th HR, and Wander hit his second of the game and 7th of the year in the 7th off Michael Fulmer. White, meanwhile, was effective if not overpowering, going 8 4 0 0 4 2, with one of those hits and one of those walks coming to lead off the 9th when we tried to get him the shutout. Mitch Keller finished up for him with a 1-2-3 outing, striking out a pair. Vidal Brujan's season-long funk continues as he was 0-5 to lower his average to .171. Team record: 10-10. Next up: 4 at home vs Kansas City in another weird wraparound series that goes through Monday. Last edited by Art Deco; 09-13-2020 at 10:05 PM.