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Art Deco · 10-30-2020, 07:36 AM

Game 1: Just go ahead and give Tyler Glasnow his 2nd Cy Young Award. He probably pretty much locked it up tonight with a 4-hit shutout of the Astros in Minute Maid Park, a tough place to pitch. Glasnow went 9 4 0 0 1 9 and finished with a flourish as he struck out the side in the 9th even as his pitch count hit 123. He's now 17-3, 2.47. The final was 5-0 Rays and Keibert Ruiz got him the only run he'd need in the 1st inning with HR #16 off Forrest Whitley. Triston Casas and Brandon Marsh had RBI singles in the 4th to make it 3-0, and Spencer Torkelson put the cherry on top with a 2-run HR (#39) in the 8th inning. Baltimore continues to win (they're now 80-48, the 2nd best record in baseball, here's hoping they lose the Wild Card game), so the magic # only drops one to 27.

Game 2: The Rays took their 9th win in 10 games with an 11-5 hammering of Houston. They scored 4 in the 3rd and 4 in the 5th to put this one away, and there were plenty of offensive standouts. Triston Casas was 3-4 with a walk and 2 RBI, Wander Franco was 4-6 with 3 RBI and 2 SB, Keibert Ruiz drove in 3 with a couple of hits, Vidal Brujan was 2-5 with a walk, an RBI and a steal, and Brandon Marsh was 2-4 with a walk and 3 runs scored. Asa Lacy was the grateful beneficiary of all this run support, and he pitched decently going 7 7 4 4 1 5 with his main problem allowing a couple of homers as he went to 10-2 on the season. Deivy Florido went 1 1/3, gave up a HR in the 8th and loaded the bases with one out in the 9th, but Steven Casey got a whiff and a liner back at him to end the game. Baltimore went up 14-0 on the Yankees in the 2nd inning and held on for a 15-11 win so the magic # is now 26.

Game 3: Trailing 8-2 after 7 innings and looking deader than disco, the Rays scored 8 times in the final two innings to pull off one of their most improbable wins of the year, 10-9 over Houston. Matt Manning got the start and wasn't very good, giving up HRs to Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez (you didn't think we'd get out of a 3-game series without Alvarez hitting one?) and went 4.2 7 4 4 2 6. Spencer Torkelson's 2nd HR of the game (giving him 41) cut it to 4-2 in the top of the 6th and it seemed at that point a comeback could be in the cards, but Aaron Ashby proceeded to give up a 3-run HR to fellow lefty Brice Turang and then Bregman's 2nd of the game right after that and it was 8-2 Houston. It was so bad that I brought in Nick Anderson (now downgraded to 50 stuff and 92-94 mph velocity, yikes!) to pitch the 7th which he somehow got through. Anthony Rizzo had his first big hit as a Ray, an RBI double, in the top of the 8th and Patrick Bailey doubled in two more to halve the lead to 8-5, but in the bottom of the frame Anderson put a couple of men on ahead of Yordan Alvarez, and Ben Bowden was brought in to pitch to him. Alvarez dumped a single to right, though and made it 9-5 so once again comeback hopes seemed futile. Wander led off the 9th with HR #31 to make it 9-6 and Houston brought on closer Junior Fernandez. But Fernandez didn't have it, walking Judson Fabian, and after striking out Tork gave up Bramdon Perez's 3rd hit of the day before Rizzo came through again with an RBI double to score Fabian and make it 9-7. So with two men on up stepped Triston Casas, 0-4 with 3 Ks on the day, and he blasted a Fernandez pitch into the RF stands (#8) to complete the comeback. With lefties due up, Jose Alvarado got the call and retired Houston 1-2-3 to grab save #7 while Bowden picked up win #4. Baltimore lost for a change so the magic # is now 24. Random notes: Torkelson becomes the first Ray to have a 40-HR season since Austin Meadows (45) and Hunter Renfroe (44) both did it in 2021. Casas has 8 RBI in his last 4 games.

Team record: 90-39. Up next: 3 games at Fenway.

Also, a look at the standings as we approach the final month, the wildcard version:

And here's the AL strikeout leaderboard, guess the leader will be whoever started last for the Rays:

10-30-2020, 07:36 AM	#345
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,710	August 28-30, 2026: at Houston (3) Game 1: Just go ahead and give Tyler Glasnow his 2nd Cy Young Award. He probably pretty much locked it up tonight with a 4-hit shutout of the Astros in Minute Maid Park, a tough place to pitch. Glasnow went 9 4 0 0 1 9 and finished with a flourish as he struck out the side in the 9th even as his pitch count hit 123. He's now 17-3, 2.47. The final was 5-0 Rays and Keibert Ruiz got him the only run he'd need in the 1st inning with HR #16 off Forrest Whitley. Triston Casas and Brandon Marsh had RBI singles in the 4th to make it 3-0, and Spencer Torkelson put the cherry on top with a 2-run HR (#39) in the 8th inning. Baltimore continues to win (they're now 80-48, the 2nd best record in baseball, here's hoping they lose the Wild Card game), so the magic # only drops one to 27. Game 2: The Rays took their 9th win in 10 games with an 11-5 hammering of Houston. They scored 4 in the 3rd and 4 in the 5th to put this one away, and there were plenty of offensive standouts. Triston Casas was 3-4 with a walk and 2 RBI, Wander Franco was 4-6 with 3 RBI and 2 SB, Keibert Ruiz drove in 3 with a couple of hits, Vidal Brujan was 2-5 with a walk, an RBI and a steal, and Brandon Marsh was 2-4 with a walk and 3 runs scored. Asa Lacy was the grateful beneficiary of all this run support, and he pitched decently going 7 7 4 4 1 5 with his main problem allowing a couple of homers as he went to 10-2 on the season. Deivy Florido went 1 1/3, gave up a HR in the 8th and loaded the bases with one out in the 9th, but Steven Casey got a whiff and a liner back at him to end the game. Baltimore went up 14-0 on the Yankees in the 2nd inning and held on for a 15-11 win so the magic # is now 26. Game 3: Trailing 8-2 after 7 innings and looking deader than disco, the Rays scored 8 times in the final two innings to pull off one of their most improbable wins of the year, 10-9 over Houston. Matt Manning got the start and wasn't very good, giving up HRs to Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez (you didn't think we'd get out of a 3-game series without Alvarez hitting one?) and went 4.2 7 4 4 2 6. Spencer Torkelson's 2nd HR of the game (giving him 41) cut it to 4-2 in the top of the 6th and it seemed at that point a comeback could be in the cards, but Aaron Ashby proceeded to give up a 3-run HR to fellow lefty Brice Turang and then Bregman's 2nd of the game right after that and it was 8-2 Houston. It was so bad that I brought in Nick Anderson (now downgraded to 50 stuff and 92-94 mph velocity, yikes!) to pitch the 7th which he somehow got through. Anthony Rizzo had his first big hit as a Ray, an RBI double, in the top of the 8th and Patrick Bailey doubled in two more to halve the lead to 8-5, but in the bottom of the frame Anderson put a couple of men on ahead of Yordan Alvarez, and Ben Bowden was brought in to pitch to him. Alvarez dumped a single to right, though and made it 9-5 so once again comeback hopes seemed futile. Wander led off the 9th with HR #31 to make it 9-6 and Houston brought on closer Junior Fernandez. But Fernandez didn't have it, walking Judson Fabian, and after striking out Tork gave up Bramdon Perez's 3rd hit of the day before Rizzo came through again with an RBI double to score Fabian and make it 9-7. So with two men on up stepped Triston Casas, 0-4 with 3 Ks on the day, and he blasted a Fernandez pitch into the RF stands (#8) to complete the comeback. With lefties due up, Jose Alvarado got the call and retired Houston 1-2-3 to grab save #7 while Bowden picked up win #4. Baltimore lost for a change so the magic # is now 24. Random notes: Torkelson becomes the first Ray to have a 40-HR season since Austin Meadows (45) and Hunter Renfroe (44) both did it in 2021. Casas has 8 RBI in his last 4 games. Team record: 90-39. Up next: 3 games at Fenway. Also, a look at the standings as we approach the final month, the wildcard version: And here's the AL strikeout leaderboard, guess the leader will be whoever started last for the Rays: Last edited by Art Deco; 10-30-2020 at 01:31 PM.