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Art Deco · 10-17-2020, 11:38 AM

Game 1: The Rays simply cannot figure out Miami as they dropped a dismal 7-2 affair to the Roughnecks to make it 3 straight games dropped to their neighbors to the south. Things started off well enough when Vidal Brujan led off the game with HR #5 and Judson Fabian added an RBI single in the 3rd to put the Rays up 2-0 early. But Asa Lacy, getting a spot start thanks to the rainout in Detroit, couldn't hold the lead and left going 5 8 4 4 2 4. The bullpen, which looked untouchable earlier this season, was touched with 3 of the 4 relievers (Hendriks, Ashby, Casey) allowing a run and the only one who didn't was Evan Godwin who had to leave after allowing a hit to the only batter he faced with back stiffness, which might send him to the IL. And after the early spark, the offense couldn't solve Hunter Greene, who held them to 8 6 2 2 3 2 on 96 pitches as they hit into 4 double plays, including one to end the game.

Game 2: Just when we thought they couldn't play any worse against Miami, Matt Manning goes out and allows 7 straight batters to reach in the 1st inning, with all of them scoring as the Rays are swept in the season series by the Roughnecks by a not-anywhere-really-near-that-close score of 11-7. Only 5 runs in the 9th inning made the final score semi-respectable. Manning, who had appeared to turn the corner after a rough start to the season, turned the corner and got hit by a truck today. He got 2 groundouts to start the game and another grounder went for an infield single to keep the inning alive and it was capped by a Nasim Nunez grand slam to dead center. Manning stuck it out through 5, allowing another run. A tired Steven Casey came on in the 6th and gave up 2 solo homers, and very reluctantly I brought Jose Alvarado in for the 7th, where he pitched a perfect inning. But with the game out of hand I turned for the 2nd time in his career to Triston Casas, who allowed a David Dahl homer (more on him in a second) but then set down the next 6 Roughnecks in the 2nd best Rays pitching performance of the day. As for the Rays offense, it slept for another 8 innings with only Brandon Marsh's 3rd HR of the year making any noise. They put up 5 in the 9th including a 2-run shot from Wander for HR #12 and a 2-run double from Hunter Bishop, who managed to make it through the game without getting hurt. Meanwhile Lewin Diaz went 0-5 and is starting to look like this year's Renato Nunez. Getting back to Dahl, he killed them going 11 for 13 with 3 HR and 8 RBI (plus a walk) over the last 3 games. Thank goodness we won't be seeing him or his teammates the rest of the season.

Team record: 33-13. Next up: A weekend 3-game series at home vs the Yankees.

10-17-2020, 11:38 AM	#316
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,361	May 27-28, 2026: vs Miami (2) Game 1: The Rays simply cannot figure out Miami as they dropped a dismal 7-2 affair to the Roughnecks to make it 3 straight games dropped to their neighbors to the south. Things started off well enough when Vidal Brujan led off the game with HR #5 and Judson Fabian added an RBI single in the 3rd to put the Rays up 2-0 early. But Asa Lacy, getting a spot start thanks to the rainout in Detroit, couldn't hold the lead and left going 5 8 4 4 2 4. The bullpen, which looked untouchable earlier this season, was touched with 3 of the 4 relievers (Hendriks, Ashby, Casey) allowing a run and the only one who didn't was Evan Godwin who had to leave after allowing a hit to the only batter he faced with back stiffness, which might send him to the IL. And after the early spark, the offense couldn't solve Hunter Greene, who held them to 8 6 2 2 3 2 on 96 pitches as they hit into 4 double plays, including one to end the game. Game 2: Just when we thought they couldn't play any worse against Miami, Matt Manning goes out and allows 7 straight batters to reach in the 1st inning, with all of them scoring as the Rays are swept in the season series by the Roughnecks by a not-anywhere-really-near-that-close score of 11-7. Only 5 runs in the 9th inning made the final score semi-respectable. Manning, who had appeared to turn the corner after a rough start to the season, turned the corner and got hit by a truck today. He got 2 groundouts to start the game and another grounder went for an infield single to keep the inning alive and it was capped by a Nasim Nunez grand slam to dead center. Manning stuck it out through 5, allowing another run. A tired Steven Casey came on in the 6th and gave up 2 solo homers, and very reluctantly I brought Jose Alvarado in for the 7th, where he pitched a perfect inning. But with the game out of hand I turned for the 2nd time in his career to Triston Casas, who allowed a David Dahl homer (more on him in a second) but then set down the next 6 Roughnecks in the 2nd best Rays pitching performance of the day. As for the Rays offense, it slept for another 8 innings with only Brandon Marsh's 3rd HR of the year making any noise. They put up 5 in the 9th including a 2-run shot from Wander for HR #12 and a 2-run double from Hunter Bishop, who managed to make it through the game without getting hurt. Meanwhile Lewin Diaz went 0-5 and is starting to look like this year's Renato Nunez. Getting back to Dahl, he killed them going 11 for 13 with 3 HR and 8 RBI (plus a walk) over the last 3 games. Thank goodness we won't be seeing him or his teammates the rest of the season. Team record: 33-13. Next up: A weekend 3-game series at home vs the Yankees. Last edited by Art Deco; 10-17-2020 at 01:03 PM.