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Art Deco · 11-14-2020, 04:20 PM

Game 1: The Rays wasted another gem from Christian Little in a frustrating 2-1 loss to Boston tonight. Little was 7 5 2 2 0 10 allowing single runs in the 1st and 4th but was otherwise dominant. The offense managed 9 hits and 4 walks but could only push across 1 run when Vidal Brujan singled in the 3rd, stole second, and scored on Keibert Ruiz's RBI single. Down 2-1, Keibert led off the 8th with a single and Jhon Diaz pinch ran for him, only to be thrown out attempting to steal. The next two batters walked, and instead of bases loaded and 1 out, it was 2 on and 2 out and they couldn't score. And again in the 9th, Triston Casas pinch-hit for Alec Bohm (who was useless, going 0-2 and hitting into a double play) and drilled a one-out double but Brandon Marsh flied out and Vidal Brujan popped out to end the game. It was just one of those nights. Fortunately the Yankees dropped their game in Milwaukee so the lead stays at 4.

Game 2: The Rays bounced back tonight courtesy of something they couldn't do yesterday, getting key hits with runners in scoring position and picking up a 6-2 win at Fenway. Jhon Diaz's RBI single with 2 out in the second put them on the board, a 2-run single from Vidal Brujan in the 5th was the key hit in a 3-run inning, and Wander Franco's 2-out double in the 7th brought home another. Hunter Bishop and Keston Hiura also each had RBI groundouts. This was all in support of Shane McClanahan, who didn't exactly pitch a Picasso tonight but slogged through it to go 6 7 2 2 3 1 and get his MLB-best 8th win of the season. Liam Hendriks got two outs in the 7th, Evan Godwin the third and the first in the 8th, and Hayden Johns finished up with 1 2/3 scoreless. Diaz had his 2nd 3-hit game in a week, and Nick Gonzales was 2-3 coming off the bench to play RF when Judson Fabian had to leave after tweaking something in his back (it's only a 2-day injury) and Diaz was already in the lineup at DH. He made 5 putouts without incident. And good news from Dairy Land as the Yankees fell in extras at Milwaukee so the lead is back up to 5.

Game 3: Rays pitching gave up a whopping 18 hits on the night, but it wasn't until the bottom of the 11th that Boston managed to beat them 5-4. Jasseel De La Cruz, who got the final 2 outs of the 10th, gave up a leadoff Pierson Gibis single, then a double to Rays-killer David Dahl to set up runners on 2nd and 3rd, and a Gabriel Arias single won it for Boston. The Rays came back from deficits of 3-0 and 4-3 to get it to extras, but there's no coming back from a run scored against you on the road in extra innings. Matt Manning started and was battered for 11 hits in 5+ innings, being yanked after allowing a leadoff double in the 6th. Asa Lacy came in and was pretty bad, allowing that run to score and loading the bases with one out, but Steven Casey got a big strikeout and then the 3rd out to keep it at 4-3, and Wander Franco singled home Vidal Brujan in the 7th to make it 4-4. Earlier Brandon Marsh had a 2-run double and Brujan had an RBI double of his own to erase a 3-0 deficit in the 5th. The Yankees won so the lead drops back to 4.

Team record: 35-17. Next up: a 4-game wraparound weekend series in Detroit which ends on Memorial Day.

11-14-2020, 04:20 PM	#389
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,542	May 18-20, 2027: at Boston (3) Game 1: The Rays wasted another gem from Christian Little in a frustrating 2-1 loss to Boston tonight. Little was 7 5 2 2 0 10 allowing single runs in the 1st and 4th but was otherwise dominant. The offense managed 9 hits and 4 walks but could only push across 1 run when Vidal Brujan singled in the 3rd, stole second, and scored on Keibert Ruiz's RBI single. Down 2-1, Keibert led off the 8th with a single and Jhon Diaz pinch ran for him, only to be thrown out attempting to steal. The next two batters walked, and instead of bases loaded and 1 out, it was 2 on and 2 out and they couldn't score. And again in the 9th, Triston Casas pinch-hit for Alec Bohm (who was useless, going 0-2 and hitting into a double play) and drilled a one-out double but Brandon Marsh flied out and Vidal Brujan popped out to end the game. It was just one of those nights. Fortunately the Yankees dropped their game in Milwaukee so the lead stays at 4. Game 2: The Rays bounced back tonight courtesy of something they couldn't do yesterday, getting key hits with runners in scoring position and picking up a 6-2 win at Fenway. Jhon Diaz's RBI single with 2 out in the second put them on the board, a 2-run single from Vidal Brujan in the 5th was the key hit in a 3-run inning, and Wander Franco's 2-out double in the 7th brought home another. Hunter Bishop and Keston Hiura also each had RBI groundouts. This was all in support of Shane McClanahan, who didn't exactly pitch a Picasso tonight but slogged through it to go 6 7 2 2 3 1 and get his MLB-best 8th win of the season. Liam Hendriks got two outs in the 7th, Evan Godwin the third and the first in the 8th, and Hayden Johns finished up with 1 2/3 scoreless. Diaz had his 2nd 3-hit game in a week, and Nick Gonzales was 2-3 coming off the bench to play RF when Judson Fabian had to leave after tweaking something in his back (it's only a 2-day injury) and Diaz was already in the lineup at DH. He made 5 putouts without incident. And good news from Dairy Land as the Yankees fell in extras at Milwaukee so the lead is back up to 5. Game 3: Rays pitching gave up a whopping 18 hits on the night, but it wasn't until the bottom of the 11th that Boston managed to beat them 5-4. Jasseel De La Cruz, who got the final 2 outs of the 10th, gave up a leadoff Pierson Gibis single, then a double to Rays-killer David Dahl to set up runners on 2nd and 3rd, and a Gabriel Arias single won it for Boston. The Rays came back from deficits of 3-0 and 4-3 to get it to extras, but there's no coming back from a run scored against you on the road in extra innings. Matt Manning started and was battered for 11 hits in 5+ innings, being yanked after allowing a leadoff double in the 6th. Asa Lacy came in and was pretty bad, allowing that run to score and loading the bases with one out, but Steven Casey got a big strikeout and then the 3rd out to keep it at 4-3, and Wander Franco singled home Vidal Brujan in the 7th to make it 4-4. Earlier Brandon Marsh had a 2-run double and Brujan had an RBI double of his own to erase a 3-0 deficit in the 5th. The Yankees won so the lead drops back to 4. Team record: 35-17. Next up: a 4-game wraparound weekend series in Detroit which ends on Memorial Day. Last edited by Art Deco; 11-14-2020 at 11:59 PM.