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Art Deco · 12-21-2020, 11:42 AM

Game 1: The Rays must seem like Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees to their opponents as you think you have them dead but they spring back to life. Today was a case in point as the Rays tied the game with a 2-run HR from Gavin Lux (#30) down to their final out in the 9th and won it 7-6 on Bobby Witt Jr's 16th HR of the year in the bottom of the 10th. After Vlad Guerrero Jr hit a grand slam off Mack Anglin in the 3rd to make it 5-2 Yankees, it looked like a rare Rays loss as New York took a 6-4 lead into the 9th. But Mike Tudor's walk to Keibert Ruiz haunted him as Lux went deep. Anglin pitched OK aside from the sequence where he loaded the bases and gave up the slam, going 6.1 7 5 5 1 8, Jack Filby looked good over his 1 2/3 (3 Ks), but after Christian Chamberlain gave up a run in the 9th after the Rays had clawed back within 5-4, it looked over. Daniel Espino pitched around a leadoff double in the 10th to get his 6th win. Before the Lux and Witt homers, Ricky Widmar was the offense, going 3-4 with an RBI single and a triple on which he scored off a wild pitch. Earlier, Yordan Alvarez had an RBI single and Ruiz a sac fly. 84-28, what more can I say?

Game 2: In contrast to yesterday's wild game tonight was all about the pitching, especially Christian Little's pitching. The likely Cy Young winner went 7 3 0 0 1 12 in another dominant performance as the Rays beat the Yankees 2-0 to make it 13 of 15 over the Bronx Bombers this season. Little went over 200 strikeouts (now 205 in 128 2/3 innings) in the win which ups his record to 12-4. Jose Alvarado pitched a scoreless 8th for hold #20 and Jasseel De La Cruz had a 1-2-3 9th including the tough Victor Robles and Vlad Jr. to earn save #25. The Rays couldn't do much with the Yankees' Brennan Malone but Jhon Diaz's 17th HR of the year in the 3rd put them on the board, and they added insurance in the 8th when Nate Clark singled, stole second, went to third on a grounder and scored on Jud Fabian's RBI single.

Game 3: Blake Money tasted defeat for the first time this year as the offense couldn't bail him out in a 4-1 loss. Money, who was 16-0 coming in, was dominating through the first three innings with 6 whiffs, but he lost the plot (and the plate) in the 4th inning as he allowed 3 runs on only one Yankee hit. That's because he walked 4 batters and threw a pair of wild pitches. He ended up with a bizarre 5 1 3 3 5 10 line, something perhaps teammate Bobby Witt Jr saw his dad do when he was a kid. Unlike in a previous rough outing or two of Money's in the past, the bats could not come back and get him off the hook. They only managed 5 hits on the night (2 more than the Yankees' 3) and the only run scored was a manufactured one when Ricky Widmar singled, stole second, went to third on a fly ball and scored on a wild pitch from Kodi Whitley, who stifled the Rays for the most part tonight. Jack Leiter took over for Money and went 3 innings, giving up the other two hits and a run on back-to-back doubles from Victor Robles and Joe Allen in the 8th. Christian Chamberlain pitched a perfect 2K 9th but there was no rally today.

Team record: 85-29. Next up: Baltimore comes to town to play 3 this weekend.

12-21-2020, 11:42 AM	#494
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,554	August 8-10, 2028: vs NY Yankees (3) Game 1: The Rays must seem like Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees to their opponents as you think you have them dead but they spring back to life. Today was a case in point as the Rays tied the game with a 2-run HR from Gavin Lux (#30) down to their final out in the 9th and won it 7-6 on Bobby Witt Jr's 16th HR of the year in the bottom of the 10th. After Vlad Guerrero Jr hit a grand slam off Mack Anglin in the 3rd to make it 5-2 Yankees, it looked like a rare Rays loss as New York took a 6-4 lead into the 9th. But Mike Tudor's walk to Keibert Ruiz haunted him as Lux went deep. Anglin pitched OK aside from the sequence where he loaded the bases and gave up the slam, going 6.1 7 5 5 1 8, Jack Filby looked good over his 1 2/3 (3 Ks), but after Christian Chamberlain gave up a run in the 9th after the Rays had clawed back within 5-4, it looked over. Daniel Espino pitched around a leadoff double in the 10th to get his 6th win. Before the Lux and Witt homers, Ricky Widmar was the offense, going 3-4 with an RBI single and a triple on which he scored off a wild pitch. Earlier, Yordan Alvarez had an RBI single and Ruiz a sac fly. 84-28, what more can I say? Game 2: In contrast to yesterday's wild game tonight was all about the pitching, especially Christian Little's pitching. The likely Cy Young winner went 7 3 0 0 1 12 in another dominant performance as the Rays beat the Yankees 2-0 to make it 13 of 15 over the Bronx Bombers this season. Little went over 200 strikeouts (now 205 in 128 2/3 innings) in the win which ups his record to 12-4. Jose Alvarado pitched a scoreless 8th for hold #20 and Jasseel De La Cruz had a 1-2-3 9th including the tough Victor Robles and Vlad Jr. to earn save #25. The Rays couldn't do much with the Yankees' Brennan Malone but Jhon Diaz's 17th HR of the year in the 3rd put them on the board, and they added insurance in the 8th when Nate Clark singled, stole second, went to third on a grounder and scored on Jud Fabian's RBI single. Game 3: Blake Money tasted defeat for the first time this year as the offense couldn't bail him out in a 4-1 loss. Money, who was 16-0 coming in, was dominating through the first three innings with 6 whiffs, but he lost the plot (and the plate) in the 4th inning as he allowed 3 runs on only one Yankee hit. That's because he walked 4 batters and threw a pair of wild pitches. He ended up with a bizarre 5 1 3 3 5 10 line, something perhaps teammate Bobby Witt Jr saw his dad do when he was a kid. Unlike in a previous rough outing or two of Money's in the past, the bats could not come back and get him off the hook. They only managed 5 hits on the night (2 more than the Yankees' 3) and the only run scored was a manufactured one when Ricky Widmar singled, stole second, went to third on a fly ball and scored on a wild pitch from Kodi Whitley, who stifled the Rays for the most part tonight. Jack Leiter took over for Money and went 3 innings, giving up the other two hits and a run on back-to-back doubles from Victor Robles and Joe Allen in the 8th. Christian Chamberlain pitched a perfect 2K 9th but there was no rally today. Team record: 85-29. Next up: Baltimore comes to town to play 3 this weekend. Last edited by Art Deco; 12-21-2020 at 03:21 PM.