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Art Deco · 09-20-2020, 05:11 PM

Game 1: Tyler Glasnow was the star today with both his arm and his bat as the Rays romped today against the Mets to the tune of 9-1. With the bases loaded in the top of the 2nd, Glasnow delivered a 2-run single off New York starter Franklyn Kilome to put the Rays ahead 2-0 and give them all the runs they'd need. That was because Glasnow did it with his arm as well, going 7 5 1 1 3 9 to become MLB's first 10-game winner and lowering his ERA to 3.17. He also was the first in MLB to go over 100 strikeouts with 104. The rest of the offense made sure this wouldn't be a nail-biter, with Hunter Bishop getting his first MLB 4-hit game in 5 trips. Keston Hiura's RBI single in the 3rd made it 3-1, and Austin Meadows had a 2-run single in the 4th to open up the lead to 5-1. Vidal Brujan, Wander Franco, Keibert Ruiz and Brandon Marsh also had an RBI apiece as the Rays totaled 15 hits. Mitchell Verburg pitched the final 2 innings without incident. Unfortunately Boston refuses to lose, beating Atlanta in 14 innings, after scoring 7 in the 9th inning to tie the game. How can you compete with that?

Game 2: It's not every day you win a 2-1 game with the combination of an inside-the-park HR and a bases-loaded walk but that's what the Rays did today to sweep their 2-game series over the Mets at CitiField. In the 2nd, Keston Hiura hit one into the LCF gap that took a funny bounce and that was all he needed to speed his way around the bases for his 5th HR of the season, and he was the man at the plate when Reynaldo Lopez got wild in the 6th, walking Hunter Bishop to load the bases and then Hiura behind him. That was enough for Matt Manning as he went 7 4 1 1 2 5 to get win #8 and bring his ERA back below 2 at 1.99. Manning walked the leadoff man in the 8th, and Jose Alvarado came in and whiffed righty batters Ronnie Mauricio and Pete Alonso to end that mini-threat. Jasseel De La Cruz issued a two-out walk to Michael Conforto but struck out Will Toffey to end the game and grab save #13. The Rays only managed 6 hits today, and Manning had one of them as both Rays starters in this series picked one up. Atlanta shut out Boston today behind Robbie Ray (who has the only better ERA in MLB than Manning at 1.66) so the Rays for the first time in a while pick up a game on Boston and are now 3 1/2 back.

Team record: 38-25. Next up: Our first visit to Toronto this season for 4 games against an improved Jays side which is 32-29. In fact aside from the woeful Yankees the other 4 AL East teams all have winning records.

09-20-2020, 05:11 PM	#250
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,401	June 10-11, 2025: at NY Mets (2) Game 1: Tyler Glasnow was the star today with both his arm and his bat as the Rays romped today against the Mets to the tune of 9-1. With the bases loaded in the top of the 2nd, Glasnow delivered a 2-run single off New York starter Franklyn Kilome to put the Rays ahead 2-0 and give them all the runs they'd need. That was because Glasnow did it with his arm as well, going 7 5 1 1 3 9 to become MLB's first 10-game winner and lowering his ERA to 3.17. He also was the first in MLB to go over 100 strikeouts with 104. The rest of the offense made sure this wouldn't be a nail-biter, with Hunter Bishop getting his first MLB 4-hit game in 5 trips. Keston Hiura's RBI single in the 3rd made it 3-1, and Austin Meadows had a 2-run single in the 4th to open up the lead to 5-1. Vidal Brujan, Wander Franco, Keibert Ruiz and Brandon Marsh also had an RBI apiece as the Rays totaled 15 hits. Mitchell Verburg pitched the final 2 innings without incident. Unfortunately Boston refuses to lose, beating Atlanta in 14 innings, after scoring 7 in the 9th inning to tie the game. How can you compete with that? Game 2: It's not every day you win a 2-1 game with the combination of an inside-the-park HR and a bases-loaded walk but that's what the Rays did today to sweep their 2-game series over the Mets at CitiField. In the 2nd, Keston Hiura hit one into the LCF gap that took a funny bounce and that was all he needed to speed his way around the bases for his 5th HR of the season, and he was the man at the plate when Reynaldo Lopez got wild in the 6th, walking Hunter Bishop to load the bases and then Hiura behind him. That was enough for Matt Manning as he went 7 4 1 1 2 5 to get win #8 and bring his ERA back below 2 at 1.99. Manning walked the leadoff man in the 8th, and Jose Alvarado came in and whiffed righty batters Ronnie Mauricio and Pete Alonso to end that mini-threat. Jasseel De La Cruz issued a two-out walk to Michael Conforto but struck out Will Toffey to end the game and grab save #13. The Rays only managed 6 hits today, and Manning had one of them as both Rays starters in this series picked one up. Atlanta shut out Boston today behind Robbie Ray (who has the only better ERA in MLB than Manning at 1.66) so the Rays for the first time in a while pick up a game on Boston and are now 3 1/2 back. Team record: 38-25. Next up: Our first visit to Toronto this season for 4 games against an improved Jays side which is 32-29. In fact aside from the woeful Yankees the other 4 AL East teams all have winning records. Last edited by Art Deco; 09-20-2020 at 07:59 PM.