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Art Deco · 11-14-2020, 10:39 AM

May 14: Placed 1B Yordan Alvarez on the 10-day IL with knee tendinitis, signed 1B Alec Bohm to a 1-year, $800,000 contract.

Look who's back! With no other 1B option on the 40-man, I brought back Bohm to play 1B against lefties while Alvarez is out, as we have several of them on the docket over the 10 (or 14) days. I will likely DFA Bohm when Alvarez comes back.

Game 1: The Rays took the opener of their weekend set against Baltimore with a 4-3 walk-off win in 11 innings. With two out and nobody on in the 11th, Judson Fabian was hit by a pitch and Triston Casas doubled into the RCF gap to score him with the winner. We ended up in extras when the Orioles got to Matt Manning for two runs in the 7th after he had 2-hit them through 6. His pitch count was low throughout and he ended up 8 5 3 3 2 6. Jose Alvarado looked great again with a 2K perfect 9th, Liam Hendriks erased a walk he allowed in the 10th with a double play, and Jack Filby gave up a hit but nothing else in the 11th to grab his first Rays win. The Rays had built a 3-1 lead earlier on Vidal Brujan's 4th HR of the year leading off the game, then two more in the 4th on a bases-loaded walk to Keston Hiura and a Keibert Ruiz sac fly. Elsewhere Bramdon Perez is still helping the Rays as he hit a 3-run HR for Houston to lead them to a 7-2 win over the Yankees. This makes the lead 5 games again; earlier in the week the 5-game lead dropped to 2 in 3 days and now 3 days later it's back up to 5.

Game 2: A tough 3-2 loss to Baltimore today that I'm blaming my own managerial malpractice for. Blake Money got the start and was pitching very well into the 6th with a 1-0 lead. He had gotten 2 out and a there was a man on, with lefties Gunnar Henderson and Greg Diechmann due up. I probably should have declared victory for Money there and brought in a lefty but I didn't, and Henderson took him deep to make it 2-1. And again figuring all he needed was one more out I left him in and of course Diechmann went yard and that turned out to be the margin of victory. Of course had the offense done anything it would have been moot but perhaps the absence of guys like Yordan Alvarez and Spencer Torkelson is catching up with them. Also Brandon Marsh and Keibert Ruiz needed to sit with fatigue so it was a makeshift lineup against a lefty. Nick Gonzales was the offense today, driving in both runs with an RBI single in the 3rd and an RBI double in the 7th. The latter hit put men on 2nd and 3rd with one out and a chance to tie or go ahead, but Wander Franco popped out and Judson Fabian flew out to end the threat. Now that we got out of the Alvarez HR watch it's time to start one for Fabian, who hit 28 and 36 HRs in his first 2 MLB seasons but is still sitting on 1 right now in 163 AB in the middle of May. They had another chance in the 8th with a man on 3rd and one out, and couldn't get him home, and then Triston Casas singled to lead off the 9th but Jhon Diaz hit into a double play and Vidal Brujan whiffed to end the game. We did have some nice relief work from Hayden Johns, Evan Godwin and Steven Casey who went 3 1/3 scoreless combined. The Yankees won, so the lead is down to 4.

May 16: Optioned P Christian Chamberlain to AAA Durham, activated P Jasseel De La Cruz from his rehab assignment at AAA Durham.

Game 3: The offense took the longest time to get going, but it finally did and a 6-run 7th propelled the Rays to a 7-3 win. Mack Anglin got the start and for the longest time it looked like he'd suffer one of his patented hard-luck losses or no-decisions but he stuck around long enough to go 7 7 1 1 1 6 and get the win to go to 5-2, 3.43. Liam Hendriks pitched a perfect 8th but Asa Lacy crapped the bed in the 9th with a 6-run lead, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk and he had to be bailed out by Jasseel De La Cruz. Although he allowed a hit to score the 3rd run, JDLC got a double play to end the game and grab save #3. The Rays trailed 1-0 going into the bottom of the 6th as Gunnar Henderson homered against them again, but Wander Franco (who was 4-4 with an RBI) singled and stole second to lead off the inning and ended up scoring on a passed ball to tie it. Then came the 7th. Keibert Ruiz led off with a double, Brandon Marsh tripled him home, Wander singled in Marsh and Triston Casas delivered a grand slam (#9) to blow it open. The Yankees won in Houston so the lead remains 4.

Team record: 34-15. Next up: An off-day followed by our first visit of the season to Fenway Park for 3 against Boston.

11-14-2020, 10:39 AM	#388
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,434	May 14-16, 2027: vs Baltimore (3) May 14: Placed 1B Yordan Alvarez on the 10-day IL with knee tendinitis, signed 1B Alec Bohm to a 1-year, $800,000 contract. Look who's back! With no other 1B option on the 40-man, I brought back Bohm to play 1B against lefties while Alvarez is out, as we have several of them on the docket over the 10 (or 14) days. I will likely DFA Bohm when Alvarez comes back. Game 1: The Rays took the opener of their weekend set against Baltimore with a 4-3 walk-off win in 11 innings. With two out and nobody on in the 11th, Judson Fabian was hit by a pitch and Triston Casas doubled into the RCF gap to score him with the winner. We ended up in extras when the Orioles got to Matt Manning for two runs in the 7th after he had 2-hit them through 6. His pitch count was low throughout and he ended up 8 5 3 3 2 6. Jose Alvarado looked great again with a 2K perfect 9th, Liam Hendriks erased a walk he allowed in the 10th with a double play, and Jack Filby gave up a hit but nothing else in the 11th to grab his first Rays win. The Rays had built a 3-1 lead earlier on Vidal Brujan's 4th HR of the year leading off the game, then two more in the 4th on a bases-loaded walk to Keston Hiura and a Keibert Ruiz sac fly. Elsewhere Bramdon Perez is still helping the Rays as he hit a 3-run HR for Houston to lead them to a 7-2 win over the Yankees. This makes the lead 5 games again; earlier in the week the 5-game lead dropped to 2 in 3 days and now 3 days later it's back up to 5. Game 2: A tough 3-2 loss to Baltimore today that I'm blaming my own managerial malpractice for. Blake Money got the start and was pitching very well into the 6th with a 1-0 lead. He had gotten 2 out and a there was a man on, with lefties Gunnar Henderson and Greg Diechmann due up. I probably should have declared victory for Money there and brought in a lefty but I didn't, and Henderson took him deep to make it 2-1. And again figuring all he needed was one more out I left him in and of course Diechmann went yard and that turned out to be the margin of victory. Of course had the offense done anything it would have been moot but perhaps the absence of guys like Yordan Alvarez and Spencer Torkelson is catching up with them. Also Brandon Marsh and Keibert Ruiz needed to sit with fatigue so it was a makeshift lineup against a lefty. Nick Gonzales was the offense today, driving in both runs with an RBI single in the 3rd and an RBI double in the 7th. The latter hit put men on 2nd and 3rd with one out and a chance to tie or go ahead, but Wander Franco popped out and Judson Fabian flew out to end the threat. Now that we got out of the Alvarez HR watch it's time to start one for Fabian, who hit 28 and 36 HRs in his first 2 MLB seasons but is still sitting on 1 right now in 163 AB in the middle of May. They had another chance in the 8th with a man on 3rd and one out, and couldn't get him home, and then Triston Casas singled to lead off the 9th but Jhon Diaz hit into a double play and Vidal Brujan whiffed to end the game. We did have some nice relief work from Hayden Johns, Evan Godwin and Steven Casey who went 3 1/3 scoreless combined. The Yankees won, so the lead is down to 4. May 16: Optioned P Christian Chamberlain to AAA Durham, activated P Jasseel De La Cruz from his rehab assignment at AAA Durham. Game 3: The offense took the longest time to get going, but it finally did and a 6-run 7th propelled the Rays to a 7-3 win. Mack Anglin got the start and for the longest time it looked like he'd suffer one of his patented hard-luck losses or no-decisions but he stuck around long enough to go 7 7 1 1 1 6 and get the win to go to 5-2, 3.43. Liam Hendriks pitched a perfect 8th but Asa Lacy crapped the bed in the 9th with a 6-run lead, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk and he had to be bailed out by Jasseel De La Cruz. Although he allowed a hit to score the 3rd run, JDLC got a double play to end the game and grab save #3. The Rays trailed 1-0 going into the bottom of the 6th as Gunnar Henderson homered against them again, but Wander Franco (who was 4-4 with an RBI) singled and stole second to lead off the inning and ended up scoring on a passed ball to tie it. Then came the 7th. Keibert Ruiz led off with a double, Brandon Marsh tripled him home, Wander singled in Marsh and Triston Casas delivered a grand slam (#9) to blow it open. The Yankees won in Houston so the lead remains 4. Team record: 34-15. Next up: An off-day followed by our first visit of the season to Fenway Park for 3 against Boston. Last edited by Art Deco; 11-14-2020 at 01:30 PM.