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Art Deco · 10-28-2020, 09:38 PM

Game 1: The Rangers have been playing some good baseball lately, pulling to within 1/2 game of the AL West-leading Angels, but they were no match for the Rays tonight in a 12-2 drubbing. After falling behind 2-0 in the 2nd, the Rays went on to blast 5 homers, including a pair from Spencer Torkelson who was 0-8 in the 19-inning marathon Wednesday and had lost about 15 points off his BA recently. But he hit #s 36 & 37 today with his first a 2-run shot capping a 4-run 3rd that put the Rays out in front 5-2 and they never looked back. Keston Hiura had hit #19 to get the Rays within 2-1 in the 2nd, Wander hit #29 in the 5th and Judson Fabian (April-May hot again) blasted #26 late in the game and had an RBI double in that 3rd that put the Rays in front to stay. Mack Anglin started and was roughed up a bit early, giving up a pair of RBI doubles in the first 2 frames but cruised after that, putting up an outstanding 7 4 2 2 2 10 line which makes him 10-2, 3.40. Nick Anderson pitched the final two innings. Baltimore won last night while the Rays were idle and won again tonight to get within 7 1/2 but the magic # is down to 35.

Game 2: The bats came out to play again as the Rays beat the Rangers 9-5. Vidal Brujan was in the middle of it all as he often is, going 2-4 with a walk, scoring 2 runs, driving in another and stealing a base. After falling behind 2-1 in the top of the 3rd (with a Jud Fabian RBI triple in the 1st), they exploded for 4 runs in the 3rd to take control of the game. Brujan started it off with a single, and it eventually led to a pair of 2-RBI doubles from Keibert Ruiz and Keston Hiura. They tacked on another in the fourth when Brandon Marsh led off with a triple and Brujan singled him home. Shane McClanahan started for the Rays and although he gave up single runs in the 1st and 3rd, he settled down and cruised through the middle innings. He was tiring in the 7th and I left him in one batter too long as he gave up a 2-run shot to Danny Santana to cut it to 6-4, and left 6.2 8 4 4 1 9 but still went to 12-5 although his ERA has ticked up to 4.02. But the offense picked him up in the bottom of the 7th, taking advantage of a Rangers error that kept the inning alive. With a lefty pitching, Texas intentionally walked Spencer Torkelson to put two on to face the lefty-hitting Hunter Bishop, but he made that move backfire by launching HR #22 into the RF stands to make it 9-4. Steven Casey took over for McClanahan and was nasty, whiffing 3 of the 4 batters he faced and retired. Ben Bowden allowed a Texas run in the 9th but nothing else. A Baltimore win keeps the lead at 7 1/2 but the Rays win lowers the magic number to 34 as their record is now a palindromic 83-38.

Game 3: Another early deficit, another furious rally, and another blowout in the end of the Rangers as the Rays put up a 9-spot in the 5th inning to beat Texas 12-5 and sweep the series. Judson Fabian continued his scorching hot run of late by hitting a 2-run HR in the 1st, #27, but Tyler Glasnow allowed Texas to chip away with a couple of two-out runs in the top of the 5th to take a 3-2 lead with the third run coming on a Heston Kjerstad single. That lead was extremely short-lived, though, as the Rays went bonkers in the bottom of the frame. It all kicked off with an Alec Bohm single, his first hit since being called back up. Bohm then scored on a Texas error to tie it, and with Vidal Brujan on 2nd, Texas intentionally walked Wander Franco, another mistake as a Keibert Ruiz walk loaded the bases for Fabian, who ripped a 2-run double to give the Rays the lead. Hunter Bishop followed with a 2-run single, Keston Hiura had an RBI single and then Bohm cleared the bases with a 3-run HR, his 5th of the year and of course the 1st since his return, and 3-2 became 11-3. Brujan and Wander had consecutive doubles in the 8th for the final Rays run, while Texas got a couple off Deivy Florido in the 8th thanks to a Hiura error. Glasnow got the win to 16-3 in a 6 5 3 3 3 7 performance, and Florido just missed a 3-inning save in the 9th when he walked a couple and got into the red, so Aaron Ashby got Kjerstad on a fly ball to end the game. Baltimore lost, increasing the lead to 8 1/2 and reducing the magic # to 32.

Team record: 84-38. Next up: 4 games at home vs Boston.

10-28-2020, 09:38 PM	#343
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,986	August 21-23, 2026: vs Texas (3) Game 1: The Rangers have been playing some good baseball lately, pulling to within 1/2 game of the AL West-leading Angels, but they were no match for the Rays tonight in a 12-2 drubbing. After falling behind 2-0 in the 2nd, the Rays went on to blast 5 homers, including a pair from Spencer Torkelson who was 0-8 in the 19-inning marathon Wednesday and had lost about 15 points off his BA recently. But he hit #s 36 & 37 today with his first a 2-run shot capping a 4-run 3rd that put the Rays out in front 5-2 and they never looked back. Keston Hiura had hit #19 to get the Rays within 2-1 in the 2nd, Wander hit #29 in the 5th and Judson Fabian (April-May hot again) blasted #26 late in the game and had an RBI double in that 3rd that put the Rays in front to stay. Mack Anglin started and was roughed up a bit early, giving up a pair of RBI doubles in the first 2 frames but cruised after that, putting up an outstanding 7 4 2 2 2 10 line which makes him 10-2, 3.40. Nick Anderson pitched the final two innings. Baltimore won last night while the Rays were idle and won again tonight to get within 7 1/2 but the magic # is down to 35. Game 2: The bats came out to play again as the Rays beat the Rangers 9-5. Vidal Brujan was in the middle of it all as he often is, going 2-4 with a walk, scoring 2 runs, driving in another and stealing a base. After falling behind 2-1 in the top of the 3rd (with a Jud Fabian RBI triple in the 1st), they exploded for 4 runs in the 3rd to take control of the game. Brujan started it off with a single, and it eventually led to a pair of 2-RBI doubles from Keibert Ruiz and Keston Hiura. They tacked on another in the fourth when Brandon Marsh led off with a triple and Brujan singled him home. Shane McClanahan started for the Rays and although he gave up single runs in the 1st and 3rd, he settled down and cruised through the middle innings. He was tiring in the 7th and I left him in one batter too long as he gave up a 2-run shot to Danny Santana to cut it to 6-4, and left 6.2 8 4 4 1 9 but still went to 12-5 although his ERA has ticked up to 4.02. But the offense picked him up in the bottom of the 7th, taking advantage of a Rangers error that kept the inning alive. With a lefty pitching, Texas intentionally walked Spencer Torkelson to put two on to face the lefty-hitting Hunter Bishop, but he made that move backfire by launching HR #22 into the RF stands to make it 9-4. Steven Casey took over for McClanahan and was nasty, whiffing 3 of the 4 batters he faced and retired. Ben Bowden allowed a Texas run in the 9th but nothing else. A Baltimore win keeps the lead at 7 1/2 but the Rays win lowers the magic number to 34 as their record is now a palindromic 83-38. Game 3: Another early deficit, another furious rally, and another blowout in the end of the Rangers as the Rays put up a 9-spot in the 5th inning to beat Texas 12-5 and sweep the series. Judson Fabian continued his scorching hot run of late by hitting a 2-run HR in the 1st, #27, but Tyler Glasnow allowed Texas to chip away with a couple of two-out runs in the top of the 5th to take a 3-2 lead with the third run coming on a Heston Kjerstad single. That lead was extremely short-lived, though, as the Rays went bonkers in the bottom of the frame. It all kicked off with an Alec Bohm single, his first hit since being called back up. Bohm then scored on a Texas error to tie it, and with Vidal Brujan on 2nd, Texas intentionally walked Wander Franco, another mistake as a Keibert Ruiz walk loaded the bases for Fabian, who ripped a 2-run double to give the Rays the lead. Hunter Bishop followed with a 2-run single, Keston Hiura had an RBI single and then Bohm cleared the bases with a 3-run HR, his 5th of the year and of course the 1st since his return, and 3-2 became 11-3. Brujan and Wander had consecutive doubles in the 8th for the final Rays run, while Texas got a couple off Deivy Florido in the 8th thanks to a Hiura error. Glasnow got the win to 16-3 in a 6 5 3 3 3 7 performance, and Florido just missed a 3-inning save in the 9th when he walked a couple and got into the red, so Aaron Ashby got Kjerstad on a fly ball to end the game. Baltimore lost, increasing the lead to 8 1/2 and reducing the magic # to 32. Team record: 84-38. Next up: 4 games at home vs Boston. Last edited by Art Deco; 10-29-2020 at 12:18 PM.