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Art Deco · 01-10-2021, 02:18 PM

June 5: Placed Alec Sachais on the 15-day IL with an elbow strain, recalled P Malachi Benford from AAA Durham.

Hopefully Sachais is good to go in two weeks, Jack Leiter will move into the rotation in the interim. Benford gets another crack at long relief/mop-up duty.

Game 1: The Rays continued their bad habit of not supporting Christian Little and Daniel Espino continued his bad habit of giving up longballs as the Rays lost 3-1 on a 2-run Blaze Jordan homer off Espino in the bottom of the 9th. It was quite the duel between Little and Detroit starter John Rizzo. Little went 7.2 4 1 1 0 11 (lowering his microscopic ERA to 1.57) as his relative efficiency got him well into the 8th and he would have finished had he not given up a 2-out double with lefty Parker Meadows due up. Jose Alvarado retired Meadows but gave up a one-out hit in the 9th and with the power-hitting righty Jordan due up, Espino came in and that was that. Rizzo, meanwhile, went 6 3 1 1 3 8 with the only damage against him Nate Clark's 16th HR of the year in the 6th. Clark had 2 of the team's 4 hits for the night. Baltimore won to move back within 6 1/2.

Game 2: The Rays turned the tables on Detroit with their own 3-1 win, although it wasn't as dramatic as Detroit's last night. Shane McClanahan walked the tightrope but didn't fall off, going 6 6 0 0 3 3 and twice getting out of bases-loaded jams including one in the first which saw all 3 of his walks. Mac is now 4-3 having won four straight starts and lowers his ERA to 3.75. Evan Godwin gave up a 2-out hit in the 7th which Jordan Diaz allowed to score, but Diaz breezed through the 8th and Jasseel De La Cruz had a 1-2-3 9th to nab save #11. Offensively there wasn't a lot again tonight but for the second straight game Nate Clark went deep with #17 in the 1st to put the Rays up 1-0, a scoreline which stood up until the 6th when Bobby Witt Jr. came up with a big 2-run double. Baltimore lost so the lead oscillates back to 7 1/2.

Game 3: The Rays didn't exactly knock the cover off the ball today, but they made the most of their 7 hits in a 6-4 win over Detroit. Nate Clark hit #18 with a man on in the 1st, giving him homers in all 3 games of the series (and moving him into a tie for the AL lead with Vlad Jr), Bobby Witt Jr. hit a 2-run shot for his 7th in the 5th to make it 4-1, and Joe Barker delivered a big 2-run single in the 8th after the Tigers had closed to within 4-3. Mack Anglin started and pitched well, but ran a lot of deep counts and had to leave after allowing the leadoff man to reach in the 6th. Andy Aparicio was called on in a non-long relief role and wasn't his normal sharp self, allowing Anglin's runner to score and giving up a run of his own. Anglin ended up 5 4 2 2 1 7 which was enough to up his record to 8-2. Jose Alvarado got Aparicio out of the 7th with a double play, but gave up a leadoff double to Parker Meadows in the 8th, who Daniel Espino allowed to score to make it 6-4. Jasseel De La Cruz said enough is enough and got a quick 1-2-3 9th with a pair of whiffs for save #12. Baltimore fell to drop 8 1/2 back before they come to town this weekend.

Team record: 41-17. Next up: 3 at home vs those Orioles.

01-10-2021, 02:18 PM	#558
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,579	June 5-7, 2029: at Detroit (3) June 5: Placed Alec Sachais on the 15-day IL with an elbow strain, recalled P Malachi Benford from AAA Durham. Hopefully Sachais is good to go in two weeks, Jack Leiter will move into the rotation in the interim. Benford gets another crack at long relief/mop-up duty. Game 1: The Rays continued their bad habit of not supporting Christian Little and Daniel Espino continued his bad habit of giving up longballs as the Rays lost 3-1 on a 2-run Blaze Jordan homer off Espino in the bottom of the 9th. It was quite the duel between Little and Detroit starter John Rizzo. Little went 7.2 4 1 1 0 11 (lowering his microscopic ERA to 1.57) as his relative efficiency got him well into the 8th and he would have finished had he not given up a 2-out double with lefty Parker Meadows due up. Jose Alvarado retired Meadows but gave up a one-out hit in the 9th and with the power-hitting righty Jordan due up, Espino came in and that was that. Rizzo, meanwhile, went 6 3 1 1 3 8 with the only damage against him Nate Clark's 16th HR of the year in the 6th. Clark had 2 of the team's 4 hits for the night. Baltimore won to move back within 6 1/2. Game 2: The Rays turned the tables on Detroit with their own 3-1 win, although it wasn't as dramatic as Detroit's last night. Shane McClanahan walked the tightrope but didn't fall off, going 6 6 0 0 3 3 and twice getting out of bases-loaded jams including one in the first which saw all 3 of his walks. Mac is now 4-3 having won four straight starts and lowers his ERA to 3.75. Evan Godwin gave up a 2-out hit in the 7th which Jordan Diaz allowed to score, but Diaz breezed through the 8th and Jasseel De La Cruz had a 1-2-3 9th to nab save #11. Offensively there wasn't a lot again tonight but for the second straight game Nate Clark went deep with #17 in the 1st to put the Rays up 1-0, a scoreline which stood up until the 6th when Bobby Witt Jr. came up with a big 2-run double. Baltimore lost so the lead oscillates back to 7 1/2. Game 3: The Rays didn't exactly knock the cover off the ball today, but they made the most of their 7 hits in a 6-4 win over Detroit. Nate Clark hit #18 with a man on in the 1st, giving him homers in all 3 games of the series (and moving him into a tie for the AL lead with Vlad Jr), Bobby Witt Jr. hit a 2-run shot for his 7th in the 5th to make it 4-1, and Joe Barker delivered a big 2-run single in the 8th after the Tigers had closed to within 4-3. Mack Anglin started and pitched well, but ran a lot of deep counts and had to leave after allowing the leadoff man to reach in the 6th. Andy Aparicio was called on in a non-long relief role and wasn't his normal sharp self, allowing Anglin's runner to score and giving up a run of his own. Anglin ended up 5 4 2 2 1 7 which was enough to up his record to 8-2. Jose Alvarado got Aparicio out of the 7th with a double play, but gave up a leadoff double to Parker Meadows in the 8th, who Daniel Espino allowed to score to make it 6-4. Jasseel De La Cruz said enough is enough and got a quick 1-2-3 9th with a pair of whiffs for save #12. Baltimore fell to drop 8 1/2 back before they come to town this weekend. Team record: 41-17. Next up: 3 at home vs those Orioles. Last edited by Art Deco; 01-10-2021 at 05:39 PM.