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Art Deco · 09-18-2020, 01:33 AM

Game 1: The Yankees are 12-33 on the season but now 3-2 vs the Rays as they recovered from blowing a 7-1 lead to take an 8-7 win. Shane McClanahan had his worst outing as a Ray and couldn't get an out in the 2nd, going 1 6 7 6 3 0 with 6 of the 7 runs coming in that 2nd and the Rays finding themselves behind 7-1. But up against Gerrit Cole the Rays fought their way back, initially with a pair of HRs from Keibert Ruiz driving in 3 to get them back within 7-5 in the 5th and chasing Cole, and then Keston Hiura came through with another big pinch-hit, a 2-run double with 2 out in the 7th to tie the game. Meanwhile, the bullpen pieced together the rest of the game to get there, first Asa Lacy (more on him in a minute) going 2 1/3 scoreless, then Mitchell Verburg with 2 2/3 more, and Nick Anderson got a 1-2-3 7th. But in the bottom of the 8th with lefties due up, Jose Alvarado couldn't get it done, walking the lefty Mike Tauchman and giving up an RBI single to lefty and former Ray Brandon Lowe. And despite the 6-run comeback, the Rays squandered an opportunity in the 4th with the bases loaded and nobody out, failing to score, and loaded the bases again in the 6th with 2 out but couldn't get anyone home. As for Asa Lacy, he had to leave the game with a sore shoulder and will be out 45 days, so a pitcher will have to summoned from Durham. It won't be Sandy Gaston right away at least, as he started the other night for the Bulls (and was impressive, going 6 4 1 1 2 8), so Nick Frasso is the most likely choice. At least Texas beat Boston so no ground was lost.

Game 2: The Rays took out their frustrations over last night's close loss by pummeling the Yankees 18-0. After Vidal Brujan scored on a Luis Severino wild pitch in the 1st, the Rays blew it open in the 3rd with 7 runs on the strength of Brandon Marsh, who led off the inning with a homer and capped the inning with another homer, a 3-run blast, becoming the first Ray to homer twice in the same inning since Julio Lugo did it in 2006 when they were called the Devil Rays and doubling his season total in the process. The Rays added 7 more in the 7th highlighted by Hunter Bishop's first homer of the year and a 3-run blast by Austin Meadows and tacked on two more in the 8th on a Keibert Ruiz single. Everyone in the starting lineup had at least one hit and one RBI except Wander Franco, who apparently didn't get the invitation to the party and went 0-5. Tyler Glasnow said thank you for the run support and went 6 5 0 0 0 9 to go 7-3, 3.19 and Daniel Lynch went the final 3 to pick up his 2nd save despite the score. Renato Nunez made his Rays debut in the 8th and of all things beat out a slow roller for an infield single in his first at-bat. Boston won to stay 1 game ahead.

Game 3: Brandon Marsh stayed hot with another homer as the Rays downed the Yankees 7-3 to finally take a lead in the season series against the AL's worst team. Marsh's 2-run HR, his 3rd in 2 days, made a 2-0 game a 4-0 game which proved to be important as the Yankees chipped away at Mitchell White to get within 4-3, including an inside-the-park HR from Skyler Messinger. The Rays broke out first as Vidal Brujan continued his road back to normal by singling, stealing second and scoring on an Austin Meadows force out and then Brujan walked in the 3rd and came around to score on a Renato Nunez sac fly as the new signing made his first start today spelling Alec Bohm. The Yankees though made things interesting and in the 6th with two out White threw a wild pitch putting runners on 2nd and 3rd and another Mitch, Keller, came in and got Messinger (who was 3-3 off White) to strike out to end the threat. And then the Rays added 3 in the 7th on a 2-out, 2-RBI single from Keston Hiura (who continues to be clutch) and an RBI single from Chris Betts, giving Keibert Ruiz a breather. Keller stayed on through the eighth going 2.1 1 0 0 0 3, and Nick Frasso pitched the 9th, getting all 3 outs on whiffs including Gleyber Torres to end the game. White still picked up the win despite a mediocre 5.2 7 3 3 2 7 line as he goes to 5-2, 2.98. Unfortunately the Rays received no help from Texas as Boston beat them again to stay 1 game ahead.

Team record: 29-18. Up next: 4 games in Cleveland as the road trip continues.

09-18-2020, 01:33 AM	#244
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,554	May 23-25, 2025: at NY Yankees (3) Game 1: The Yankees are 12-33 on the season but now 3-2 vs the Rays as they recovered from blowing a 7-1 lead to take an 8-7 win. Shane McClanahan had his worst outing as a Ray and couldn't get an out in the 2nd, going 1 6 7 6 3 0 with 6 of the 7 runs coming in that 2nd and the Rays finding themselves behind 7-1. But up against Gerrit Cole the Rays fought their way back, initially with a pair of HRs from Keibert Ruiz driving in 3 to get them back within 7-5 in the 5th and chasing Cole, and then Keston Hiura came through with another big pinch-hit, a 2-run double with 2 out in the 7th to tie the game. Meanwhile, the bullpen pieced together the rest of the game to get there, first Asa Lacy (more on him in a minute) going 2 1/3 scoreless, then Mitchell Verburg with 2 2/3 more, and Nick Anderson got a 1-2-3 7th. But in the bottom of the 8th with lefties due up, Jose Alvarado couldn't get it done, walking the lefty Mike Tauchman and giving up an RBI single to lefty and former Ray Brandon Lowe. And despite the 6-run comeback, the Rays squandered an opportunity in the 4th with the bases loaded and nobody out, failing to score, and loaded the bases again in the 6th with 2 out but couldn't get anyone home. As for Asa Lacy, he had to leave the game with a sore shoulder and will be out 45 days, so a pitcher will have to summoned from Durham. It won't be Sandy Gaston right away at least, as he started the other night for the Bulls (and was impressive, going 6 4 1 1 2 8), so Nick Frasso is the most likely choice. At least Texas beat Boston so no ground was lost. Game 2: The Rays took out their frustrations over last night's close loss by pummeling the Yankees 18-0. After Vidal Brujan scored on a Luis Severino wild pitch in the 1st, the Rays blew it open in the 3rd with 7 runs on the strength of Brandon Marsh, who led off the inning with a homer and capped the inning with another homer, a 3-run blast, becoming the first Ray to homer twice in the same inning since Julio Lugo did it in 2006 when they were called the Devil Rays and doubling his season total in the process. The Rays added 7 more in the 7th highlighted by Hunter Bishop's first homer of the year and a 3-run blast by Austin Meadows and tacked on two more in the 8th on a Keibert Ruiz single. Everyone in the starting lineup had at least one hit and one RBI except Wander Franco, who apparently didn't get the invitation to the party and went 0-5. Tyler Glasnow said thank you for the run support and went 6 5 0 0 0 9 to go 7-3, 3.19 and Daniel Lynch went the final 3 to pick up his 2nd save despite the score. Renato Nunez made his Rays debut in the 8th and of all things beat out a slow roller for an infield single in his first at-bat. Boston won to stay 1 game ahead. Game 3: Brandon Marsh stayed hot with another homer as the Rays downed the Yankees 7-3 to finally take a lead in the season series against the AL's worst team. Marsh's 2-run HR, his 3rd in 2 days, made a 2-0 game a 4-0 game which proved to be important as the Yankees chipped away at Mitchell White to get within 4-3, including an inside-the-park HR from Skyler Messinger. The Rays broke out first as Vidal Brujan continued his road back to normal by singling, stealing second and scoring on an Austin Meadows force out and then Brujan walked in the 3rd and came around to score on a Renato Nunez sac fly as the new signing made his first start today spelling Alec Bohm. The Yankees though made things interesting and in the 6th with two out White threw a wild pitch putting runners on 2nd and 3rd and another Mitch, Keller, came in and got Messinger (who was 3-3 off White) to strike out to end the threat. And then the Rays added 3 in the 7th on a 2-out, 2-RBI single from Keston Hiura (who continues to be clutch) and an RBI single from Chris Betts, giving Keibert Ruiz a breather. Keller stayed on through the eighth going 2.1 1 0 0 0 3, and Nick Frasso pitched the 9th, getting all 3 outs on whiffs including Gleyber Torres to end the game. White still picked up the win despite a mediocre 5.2 7 3 3 2 7 line as he goes to 5-2, 2.98. Unfortunately the Rays received no help from Texas as Boston beat them again to stay 1 game ahead. Team record: 29-18. Up next: 4 games in Cleveland as the road trip continues. Last edited by Art Deco; 09-18-2020 at 02:57 PM.