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Art Deco · 12-09-2020, 04:37 PM

Game 1: Bad teams usually find a way to lose, and the 2028 Houston Astros are a bad team at 8-26 having lost 10 straight. Well make that 8-27 and 11 straight as they blew a 6-2 lead to lose to the Rays 7-6 in 10 innings thanks to 7 walks from their bullpen in the 9th and 10th innings, including a bases-loaded walk in each inning to force in the tying and winning runs. It was a strange night at the Trop which started with Shane McClanahan having to leave in the 2nd inning with back spasms after giving up a run. It's a minor injury and shouldn't cause him to miss his next start. Hayden Johns came on for long relief and had a schizophrenic outing. While he whiffed 7 in 3 1/3 innings, he also gave up a 3-run HR to Alex Bregman in the 3rd and another run in the 5th to put the Rays in a 5-1 hole with their only run at that point coming on a Nate Clark single. Judson Fabian hit HR #5 in the 6th to make it 5-2 but Tyler Gough struggled in his second inning of relief and gave up an RBI triple to Bryce Turang with nobody out. Importantly, though, Gough stranded Turang at 3rd getting strikeouts of Ramon Laureano and Eloy Jimenez. And the Rays rallied for 3 in the bottom of the 7th to make it a 1-run game thanks to an RBI triple from Gavin Lux (who had a 4-hit night, missing the cycle by a homer), a Clark groundout and a Fabian double. This set up the bottom of the 9th when Astro closer Junior Fernandez walked 3 Rays to load the bases, struck out Fabian, got a force at the plate from Bobby Witt Jr, but then walked Jhon Diaz to force in the tying run. And Emmanuel Clase repeated Fernandez's feat in the 10th, walking Julio Cedillo and Ricky Widmar, giving up a single to Lux to load the bases, and then walking Clark with the winning run to make it shrimp time at the Trop with a walk-off walk. Jose Alvarado pitched the 10th to pick up win #2. Toronto beat the Yankees so they stay 1 1/2 back while New York drops 3 behind.

Game 2: As I said yesterday the 2028 Astros are a bad team that usually finds a way to lose, and they found a new way tonight after fighting back from a 4-0 deficit to lose to the Rays 5-4 in the bottom of the 9th. This time Jhon Diaz hit a one-out single, stole second, went to to third on a groundout and then scored when Julio Cedillo's grounder was misplayed by Houston 1B Joseph Kalafut. It looked the Rays would be on their way to an easy win after Gavin Lux (#7) and Nate Clark (#10) hit back-to-back 1st inning HRs off one-time Rays prospect Taj Bradley and Ricky Widmar and Yordan Alvarez followed with RBI singles in the 3rd. But Alec Sachais started running out of gas in the 5th, allowing a couple of runs and then left after putting a man on in the 6th, ending up 5.2 6 3 3 3 7. Aaron Ashby came on and couldn't get anyone out, walking two and giving up 2 hits, including a 2-run single allowing Houston to tie the game before Jack Filby got them out of it with a whiff of Eloy Jimenez. Filby got through the 7th and then Daniel Espino took over in a truly dominant performance, retiring all 6 men he faced in the 8th and 9th with 5 via strikeout. He picked up a well-earned win when the Rays won it in the 9th. The Yankees beat Toronto so the lead is now up to 2 1/2 games as the Rays have now won 12 of 13.

Game 3: The Rays completed the sweep of Houston and this time out they didn't need any late inning assistance from wild Astros pitchers or shaky Astro fielding, they just went out and won it the Rays Way: great pitching and just enough hitting in a 3-1 win, their 13th in 14 games. Christian Little got the start and after he got knocked around for a run in the 1st inning he took over from there and wasn't troubled until the 6th, when he pulled a Houdini act. He gave up singles to put men and 1st and 3rd to lead off the inning, got a ground ball at Yordan Alvarez that held the runners, walked Eloy Jimenez to load the bases and then got a grounder at Isaac DeLeon who came home and got the 2nd out. He then whiffed Joseph Kalafut on a 3-2 pitch to end the threat. That ended his day as well, going 6 5 1 1 1 7 on 93 pitches and earning only his 2nd win of the year. Evan Godwin struck out the side in the 7th, and Jose Alvarado put a man on with 2 out in the 8th and Jasseel De La Cruz had to come in for a 4-out save. JDLC walked Jimenez to put 2 men on, but got Alex Bregman to fly out and then proceeded to strike out the side in a 1-2-3 9th for save #7. The star on offense was Joe Barker, getting a rare start. He singled in Bobby Witt Jr in the 4th to tie the game, scored the go-ahead run on Ryan Jeffers' double, and then hit HR #4 in the 7th for a big insurance run. The Yankees took care of Toronto again to move into 2nd place, 3 games behind the Rays.

Team record: 24-14. Next up: 3 at home over the weekend vs those 2nd-place Yankees.

12-09-2020, 04:37 PM	#465
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,435	May 9-11, 2028: vs Houston (3) Game 1: Bad teams usually find a way to lose, and the 2028 Houston Astros are a bad team at 8-26 having lost 10 straight. Well make that 8-27 and 11 straight as they blew a 6-2 lead to lose to the Rays 7-6 in 10 innings thanks to 7 walks from their bullpen in the 9th and 10th innings, including a bases-loaded walk in each inning to force in the tying and winning runs. It was a strange night at the Trop which started with Shane McClanahan having to leave in the 2nd inning with back spasms after giving up a run. It's a minor injury and shouldn't cause him to miss his next start. Hayden Johns came on for long relief and had a schizophrenic outing. While he whiffed 7 in 3 1/3 innings, he also gave up a 3-run HR to Alex Bregman in the 3rd and another run in the 5th to put the Rays in a 5-1 hole with their only run at that point coming on a Nate Clark single. Judson Fabian hit HR #5 in the 6th to make it 5-2 but Tyler Gough struggled in his second inning of relief and gave up an RBI triple to Bryce Turang with nobody out. Importantly, though, Gough stranded Turang at 3rd getting strikeouts of Ramon Laureano and Eloy Jimenez. And the Rays rallied for 3 in the bottom of the 7th to make it a 1-run game thanks to an RBI triple from Gavin Lux (who had a 4-hit night, missing the cycle by a homer), a Clark groundout and a Fabian double. This set up the bottom of the 9th when Astro closer Junior Fernandez walked 3 Rays to load the bases, struck out Fabian, got a force at the plate from Bobby Witt Jr, but then walked Jhon Diaz to force in the tying run. And Emmanuel Clase repeated Fernandez's feat in the 10th, walking Julio Cedillo and Ricky Widmar, giving up a single to Lux to load the bases, and then walking Clark with the winning run to make it shrimp time at the Trop with a walk-off walk. Jose Alvarado pitched the 10th to pick up win #2. Toronto beat the Yankees so they stay 1 1/2 back while New York drops 3 behind. Game 2: As I said yesterday the 2028 Astros are a bad team that usually finds a way to lose, and they found a new way tonight after fighting back from a 4-0 deficit to lose to the Rays 5-4 in the bottom of the 9th. This time Jhon Diaz hit a one-out single, stole second, went to to third on a groundout and then scored when Julio Cedillo's grounder was misplayed by Houston 1B Joseph Kalafut. It looked the Rays would be on their way to an easy win after Gavin Lux (#7) and Nate Clark (#10) hit back-to-back 1st inning HRs off one-time Rays prospect Taj Bradley and Ricky Widmar and Yordan Alvarez followed with RBI singles in the 3rd. But Alec Sachais started running out of gas in the 5th, allowing a couple of runs and then left after putting a man on in the 6th, ending up 5.2 6 3 3 3 7. Aaron Ashby came on and couldn't get anyone out, walking two and giving up 2 hits, including a 2-run single allowing Houston to tie the game before Jack Filby got them out of it with a whiff of Eloy Jimenez. Filby got through the 7th and then Daniel Espino took over in a truly dominant performance, retiring all 6 men he faced in the 8th and 9th with 5 via strikeout. He picked up a well-earned win when the Rays won it in the 9th. The Yankees beat Toronto so the lead is now up to 2 1/2 games as the Rays have now won 12 of 13. Game 3: The Rays completed the sweep of Houston and this time out they didn't need any late inning assistance from wild Astros pitchers or shaky Astro fielding, they just went out and won it the Rays Way: great pitching and just enough hitting in a 3-1 win, their 13th in 14 games. Christian Little got the start and after he got knocked around for a run in the 1st inning he took over from there and wasn't troubled until the 6th, when he pulled a Houdini act. He gave up singles to put men and 1st and 3rd to lead off the inning, got a ground ball at Yordan Alvarez that held the runners, walked Eloy Jimenez to load the bases and then got a grounder at Isaac DeLeon who came home and got the 2nd out. He then whiffed Joseph Kalafut on a 3-2 pitch to end the threat. That ended his day as well, going 6 5 1 1 1 7 on 93 pitches and earning only his 2nd win of the year. Evan Godwin struck out the side in the 7th, and Jose Alvarado put a man on with 2 out in the 8th and Jasseel De La Cruz had to come in for a 4-out save. JDLC walked Jimenez to put 2 men on, but got Alex Bregman to fly out and then proceeded to strike out the side in a 1-2-3 9th for save #7. The star on offense was Joe Barker, getting a rare start. He singled in Bobby Witt Jr in the 4th to tie the game, scored the go-ahead run on Ryan Jeffers' double, and then hit HR #4 in the 7th for a big insurance run. The Yankees took care of Toronto again to move into 2nd place, 3 games behind the Rays. Team record: 24-14. Next up: 3 at home over the weekend vs those 2nd-place Yankees. Last edited by Art Deco; 12-09-2020 at 10:04 PM.