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Art Deco · 12-13-2020, 11:31 PM

Game 1: Alec Sachais was dominant again as he combined with Christian Chamberlain and Jack Filby on a 5-0 2-hit shutout of Baltimore in a tough place to pitch. Sachais, who was just upgraded from 65 to 70 stuff per the scouts, went 7 2 0 0 1 11 on 99 pitches to go to 5-0, 2.39 with a 10/74 BB/K ratio in 60.1 innings. Neither he nor Blake Money (acquired in the same deal last year for Patrick Bailey) have lost a game since being put into the rotation. Yordan Alvarez's 3-run HR (#14) in the 1st inning was all the Rays needed on offense, although they did add Bobby Witt Jr's sac fly after Jasson Dominguez tripled, and Ricky Widmar's 2nd HR in as many days (#6) on a night they only managed 7 hits.

Game 2: The Rays scored early and often on their way to an 11-5 rout of Baltimore. Jhon Diaz broke out of a mini-slump with a 3-run HR (#10) to cap a 4-run 1st inning, Nate Clark returned to the lineup with a 2-run shot (#17) in the 3rd, and they added 3 more in the 4th on a Ryan Jeffers RBI double and RBI singles by Clark and Yordan Alvarez to go up 9-0. Meanwhile Jack Leiter was brilliant in the early going, pitching a perfect game through 5 with 7 strikeouts. But things unraveled for him fairly quickly, giving up a pair of doubles and a HR in the 6th to make it 9-3, and then two more solo HRs in the 7th before leaving with an odd 6.2 5 5 5 0 9 line, still good enough for win #7. Bobby Witt Jr (#9) and Alvarez (#15) added solo HRs in the 8th and 9th to round out the scoring, and Aaron Ashby went 2 1/3 with no hits or walks to finish out the game.

Game 3: The Blake Money/Christian Little/Alec Sachais triumvirate has been damn near unhittable over the last month and a half, and is one of the main reasons why this team is 36-7 after starting 11-13. Today it was Money's turn to dominate in an 8-4 not-really-that-close win over the Orioles to sweep the series in Baltimore. Money is now 10-0, 2.09 after a 6.2 4 1 1 1 9 performance as it's starting to look like yet another Cy Young Award will be coming to Tampa Bay unless these 3 end up splitting the votes. Christian Chamberlain gave up his obligatory HR to a righty when Druw Jones took him deep in the 8th, and Jose Alvarado put men on 2nd and 3rd to start his 9th inning and they both scored on grounders, which is why Baltimore ended up with 4. The offense did its usual thing, with Gavin Lux singling in Ricky Widmar in the top of the 1st to kick things off, and Jhon Diaz homering for the second straight day (#11) with a man on in the 4th to put the Rays ahead to stay 3-1. They blew it open in a 5-run 6th which featured a Jud Fabian RBI double, a Diaz RBI single, a 2-run double from Jasson Dominguez and an RBI single from Keibert Ruiz. The only bad news was that Isaac DeLeon went 0-4 today, snapping a 13-game hitting streak.

Team record: 47-20. Next up: An off-day, followed by Atlanta's first visit to the Trop since the 2025 World Series for 3 this weekend. The Braves, perennial playoff participants, are off to a rough 32-35 start this year but are on a 5-game winning streak.

12-13-2020, 11:31 PM	#476
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,405	June 12-14, 2028: at Baltimore (3) Game 1: Alec Sachais was dominant again as he combined with Christian Chamberlain and Jack Filby on a 5-0 2-hit shutout of Baltimore in a tough place to pitch. Sachais, who was just upgraded from 65 to 70 stuff per the scouts, went 7 2 0 0 1 11 on 99 pitches to go to 5-0, 2.39 with a 10/74 BB/K ratio in 60.1 innings. Neither he nor Blake Money (acquired in the same deal last year for Patrick Bailey) have lost a game since being put into the rotation. Yordan Alvarez's 3-run HR (#14) in the 1st inning was all the Rays needed on offense, although they did add Bobby Witt Jr's sac fly after Jasson Dominguez tripled, and Ricky Widmar's 2nd HR in as many days (#6) on a night they only managed 7 hits. Game 2: The Rays scored early and often on their way to an 11-5 rout of Baltimore. Jhon Diaz broke out of a mini-slump with a 3-run HR (#10) to cap a 4-run 1st inning, Nate Clark returned to the lineup with a 2-run shot (#17) in the 3rd, and they added 3 more in the 4th on a Ryan Jeffers RBI double and RBI singles by Clark and Yordan Alvarez to go up 9-0. Meanwhile Jack Leiter was brilliant in the early going, pitching a perfect game through 5 with 7 strikeouts. But things unraveled for him fairly quickly, giving up a pair of doubles and a HR in the 6th to make it 9-3, and then two more solo HRs in the 7th before leaving with an odd 6.2 5 5 5 0 9 line, still good enough for win #7. Bobby Witt Jr (#9) and Alvarez (#15) added solo HRs in the 8th and 9th to round out the scoring, and Aaron Ashby went 2 1/3 with no hits or walks to finish out the game. Game 3: The Blake Money/Christian Little/Alec Sachais triumvirate has been damn near unhittable over the last month and a half, and is one of the main reasons why this team is 36-7 after starting 11-13. Today it was Money's turn to dominate in an 8-4 not-really-that-close win over the Orioles to sweep the series in Baltimore. Money is now 10-0, 2.09 after a 6.2 4 1 1 1 9 performance as it's starting to look like yet another Cy Young Award will be coming to Tampa Bay unless these 3 end up splitting the votes. Christian Chamberlain gave up his obligatory HR to a righty when Druw Jones took him deep in the 8th, and Jose Alvarado put men on 2nd and 3rd to start his 9th inning and they both scored on grounders, which is why Baltimore ended up with 4. The offense did its usual thing, with Gavin Lux singling in Ricky Widmar in the top of the 1st to kick things off, and Jhon Diaz homering for the second straight day (#11) with a man on in the 4th to put the Rays ahead to stay 3-1. They blew it open in a 5-run 6th which featured a Jud Fabian RBI double, a Diaz RBI single, a 2-run double from Jasson Dominguez and an RBI single from Keibert Ruiz. The only bad news was that Isaac DeLeon went 0-4 today, snapping a 13-game hitting streak. Team record: 47-20. Next up: An off-day, followed by Atlanta's first visit to the Trop since the 2025 World Series for 3 this weekend. The Braves, perennial playoff participants, are off to a rough 32-35 start this year but are on a 5-game winning streak. Last edited by Art Deco; 12-14-2020 at 12:11 PM.