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Art Deco · 09-23-2020, 09:38 AM

Game 1: The Rays have never played well in DC, and tonight was no exception as they fell 3-0 to the Nationals. Daniel Lynch pitched pretty well (5 3 2 2 3 5) but made the mistake of walking a man ahead of Juan Soto, who drilled a 2-run HR to RF off him to give Washington all the runs it would need. That was because the offense could do nothing against Freddy Peralta, who came into the game with a 6.86 ERA but looked like an ace tonight going 7 4 0 0 2 7. Mitch Keller gave up a run in the 7th to make it 3-0 but in the top of the 8th they had a great chance to come back, loading the bases with nobody out. But as they so often do, they squandered this opportunity with Austin Meadows hitting into a 4-2-3 double play to effectively kill the rally. Patrick Bailey made his MLB debut and it was a mixed bag. He threw out the only baserunner (Trea Turner) who attempted to steal on him and the pitching wasn't bad like it was with Chris Betts, but he was 0-4 at the plate and grounded into a double play to end the game. Boston beat Baltimore with 2 in the bottom of the 9th so the lead remains 2 games, now over both of those teams.

June 28: Optioned P Nick Frasso to AAA Durham, recalled P Jimmy Lewis from AAA Durham.

Lewis is back up to start today as Tyler Glasnow still has a couple of days left with his back spasms, and even though it's listed as a "minimal" injury there's no need to risk it.

Game 2: The slumbering offense woke up to put 10 runs in the board in the 7th and 8th inning to pick up a rare win at Nationals Park today by the score of 12-6. For 6 innings it looked like another of one those days in Washington as they were down 4-2. Jimmy Lewis got the start and like Daniel Lynch yesterday, made a couple of bad pitches. One was a solo HR to Juan Soto in the 1st and the other was a 2-run shot by JT Realmuto in the 2nd. But Lewis settled down after that, going 6 5 4 4 1 5, and thanks to the offense to come picked up his first MLB win. They were semi-stymied by Andre Jackson, who went 6 8 2 2 3 7 so as you can tell they had more than a few LOB facing him. But reliever Patrick Murphy was another story as he loaded the bases and then threw a wild pitch to make it 4-3, and Keibert Ruiz drove the remaining 2 on base home with a double to put the Rays in front. Jose Alvarado gave up a leadoff double to Trea Turner but got through the 7th, and then the HR barrage started in the 8th for the Rays. Brandon Marsh singled and Hunter Bishop, who earlier had an RBI triple, hit HR #4 to make it 7-4, Triston Casas followed behind him with #7, and then after two more reached Wander blasted #17 to make it 11-4. But they still weren't done with the longball as Keibert followed Wander with #7 and it was 12-4. Can't remember if they ever hit back-to-back HRs in a single inning twice. With an 8-run lead, Luke Little came in and gave up a 2-run HR of his own to cut it to 12-6 but Mitchell Verburg calmed things down with a 1-2-3 9th. Somebody had to win between Boston and Baltimore, and the Orioles did so the lead over them is 2.

Game 3: It started out bad, got better, got a whole lot better, and then got shaky at the end but the Rays came away with an 8-5 win to take the series from Washington. Matt Manning got off to a rough start walking the leadoff man and watching Carter Kieboom go kaboom on him with a 2-run HR, then walking Juan Soto. But he got a double play to erase Soto and settled down from there, giving nothing else to Washington and going 6.2 5 2 2 4 10. Meanwhile the offense answered against Brandon Brennan with a 3-run HR from Brandon Marsh (#10) in the 2nd to put the Rays ahead and they added single runs in the 4th and 5th on sac flies from Marsh and Keston Hiura. They then broke it open in the 7th on an RBI single from Keibert Ruiz and a 2-run double from Hunter Bishop who had a nice weekend. Up 8-2, Manning left after he gave up a 2-out single and Nick Frasso got the final out but Frasso ran into trouble in the 8th, allowing a 2-run HR to Drew Mendoza so Mitch Keller came in and he gave up a HR to Trea Turner to cut it to 8-5. This meant Jasseel De La Cruz had to be used in the 9th, and he made it interesting putting 2 men out and bringing the tying run to the plate in the person of the dangerous Victor Robles, but he got Robles to hit into a fielder's choice to end the game and get save #19 while Manning improved to 9-5. And it worked out today that Boston beat Baltimore, so the Rays now lead both of those clubs by 3 games.

Team record: 48-31. Next up: 4 games at home vs Oakland.

09-23-2020, 09:38 AM	#255
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,389	June 27-29, 2025: at Washington (3) Game 1: The Rays have never played well in DC, and tonight was no exception as they fell 3-0 to the Nationals. Daniel Lynch pitched pretty well (5 3 2 2 3 5) but made the mistake of walking a man ahead of Juan Soto, who drilled a 2-run HR to RF off him to give Washington all the runs it would need. That was because the offense could do nothing against Freddy Peralta, who came into the game with a 6.86 ERA but looked like an ace tonight going 7 4 0 0 2 7. Mitch Keller gave up a run in the 7th to make it 3-0 but in the top of the 8th they had a great chance to come back, loading the bases with nobody out. But as they so often do, they squandered this opportunity with Austin Meadows hitting into a 4-2-3 double play to effectively kill the rally. Patrick Bailey made his MLB debut and it was a mixed bag. He threw out the only baserunner (Trea Turner) who attempted to steal on him and the pitching wasn't bad like it was with Chris Betts, but he was 0-4 at the plate and grounded into a double play to end the game. Boston beat Baltimore with 2 in the bottom of the 9th so the lead remains 2 games, now over both of those teams. June 28: Optioned P Nick Frasso to AAA Durham, recalled P Jimmy Lewis from AAA Durham. Lewis is back up to start today as Tyler Glasnow still has a couple of days left with his back spasms, and even though it's listed as a "minimal" injury there's no need to risk it. Game 2: The slumbering offense woke up to put 10 runs in the board in the 7th and 8th inning to pick up a rare win at Nationals Park today by the score of 12-6. For 6 innings it looked like another of one those days in Washington as they were down 4-2. Jimmy Lewis got the start and like Daniel Lynch yesterday, made a couple of bad pitches. One was a solo HR to Juan Soto in the 1st and the other was a 2-run shot by JT Realmuto in the 2nd. But Lewis settled down after that, going 6 5 4 4 1 5, and thanks to the offense to come picked up his first MLB win. They were semi-stymied by Andre Jackson, who went 6 8 2 2 3 7 so as you can tell they had more than a few LOB facing him. But reliever Patrick Murphy was another story as he loaded the bases and then threw a wild pitch to make it 4-3, and Keibert Ruiz drove the remaining 2 on base home with a double to put the Rays in front. Jose Alvarado gave up a leadoff double to Trea Turner but got through the 7th, and then the HR barrage started in the 8th for the Rays. Brandon Marsh singled and Hunter Bishop, who earlier had an RBI triple, hit HR #4 to make it 7-4, Triston Casas followed behind him with #7, and then after two more reached Wander blasted #17 to make it 11-4. But they still weren't done with the longball as Keibert followed Wander with #7 and it was 12-4. Can't remember if they ever hit back-to-back HRs in a single inning twice. With an 8-run lead, Luke Little came in and gave up a 2-run HR of his own to cut it to 12-6 but Mitchell Verburg calmed things down with a 1-2-3 9th. Somebody had to win between Boston and Baltimore, and the Orioles did so the lead over them is 2. Game 3: It started out bad, got better, got a whole lot better, and then got shaky at the end but the Rays came away with an 8-5 win to take the series from Washington. Matt Manning got off to a rough start walking the leadoff man and watching Carter Kieboom go kaboom on him with a 2-run HR, then walking Juan Soto. But he got a double play to erase Soto and settled down from there, giving nothing else to Washington and going 6.2 5 2 2 4 10. Meanwhile the offense answered against Brandon Brennan with a 3-run HR from Brandon Marsh (#10) in the 2nd to put the Rays ahead and they added single runs in the 4th and 5th on sac flies from Marsh and Keston Hiura. They then broke it open in the 7th on an RBI single from Keibert Ruiz and a 2-run double from Hunter Bishop who had a nice weekend. Up 8-2, Manning left after he gave up a 2-out single and Nick Frasso got the final out but Frasso ran into trouble in the 8th, allowing a 2-run HR to Drew Mendoza so Mitch Keller came in and he gave up a HR to Trea Turner to cut it to 8-5. This meant Jasseel De La Cruz had to be used in the 9th, and he made it interesting putting 2 men out and bringing the tying run to the plate in the person of the dangerous Victor Robles, but he got Robles to hit into a fielder's choice to end the game and get save #19 while Manning improved to 9-5. And it worked out today that Boston beat Baltimore, so the Rays now lead both of those clubs by 3 games. Team record: 48-31. Next up: 4 games at home vs Oakland. Last edited by Art Deco; 09-23-2020 at 02:32 PM.