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Art Deco · 01-16-2021, 01:31 PM

Game 1: Joe Barker and Jasson Dominguez were a two-man wrecking crew as the Rays beat the Astros 7-2. Barker put the Rays on the board with a 2-run 1st inning double, and Dominguez hit HR #22 in the 3rd to make it 3-0. And after Houston got within 3-2, Barker blasted a 3-run shot (#20) in the 7th, following by Dominguez's 2nd of the game (#23). Blake Money was the beneficiary of their run support, going 6 8 2 2 1 5 to improve to 7-6. With the score 3-2, Jose Alvarado got the first two outs of the 7th while putting a man on, bringing Rays-killer Eloy Jimenez to the plate. Daniel Espino came on and struck him out, and then Barker & Dominguez blew the game open in the bottom of the inning, allowing Evan Godwin and Jordan Diaz to clean up the final 2 innings.

Game 2: Shane McClanahan had a rough first inning, putting the Rays in a 2-0 hole before they came to bat. But they answered with 5 runs in the bottom of the frame, added 2 more in the third and cruised to an 8-2 win over the Astros. Jasson Dominguez, one of last night's heroes, was the hero again with a 2-run double in that 5-run 1st and a 2-run HR in the 3rd (#24). Bobby Witt Jr doubled in a run and Isaac DeLeon capped the 1st with a 2-run shot of his own (#16). Judson Fabian's RBI single in the 4th made it 8-2 and the offense was able to take the rest of the day off as Mac settled in after that rocky 1st to go 6.1 6 2 2 3 6, a line that would have looked prettier had he not walked the last two men he faced in the 7th. Romelo Canulon went the final 2 2/3 with 4 whiffs to finish off the game as Mac goes back above .500 to 7-6, 3.96.

Game 3: Mack Anglin was brilliant as the Rays got revenge on Houston for taking 3 of 4 from them a week and half ago with a sweep, winning 2-1. Anglin was 7.1 3 1 0 2 5 with the only run against him scoring after Spencer Torkelson booted what would have been the third out of the 5th. He's now 12-3 (tied for the MLB lead in wins), and although the ERA is high at 4.89 he's third in the AL in strikeouts and has 2.7 WAR already. Jose Alvarado got two whiffs to finish the 8th and Jasseel De La Cruz worked around a leadoff walk to Eloy Jimenez (not a bad thing) to grab save #17. Anglin's counterpart on the mound for Houston was former Ray Nick Frasso, who pitched out of jams through his 5 innings, walking 4 and giving up 4 hits and getting out of a bases-loaded nobody out situation in the 2nd with a Keibert Ruiz double play ball. It took a Dayle Jenkins-led double steal in the 4th to finally get a run across when Ruiz's sac fly scored him. The game-winner came in the 7th on a Nate Clark RBI single. Jenkins continues to impress, on base 3 of his 4 trips with 2 hits, a walk, and a pair of steals. He's 345/441/448, albeit it in only 29 at-bats but those numbers are in line with the ones he's put up at Durham.

Team record: 67-28. Next up: The All-Star break, then a lengthy AL East road trip starting in Toronto.

01-16-2021, 01:31 PM	#570
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,673	July 13-15, 2028: vs Houston (3) Game 1: Joe Barker and Jasson Dominguez were a two-man wrecking crew as the Rays beat the Astros 7-2. Barker put the Rays on the board with a 2-run 1st inning double, and Dominguez hit HR #22 in the 3rd to make it 3-0. And after Houston got within 3-2, Barker blasted a 3-run shot (#20) in the 7th, following by Dominguez's 2nd of the game (#23). Blake Money was the beneficiary of their run support, going 6 8 2 2 1 5 to improve to 7-6. With the score 3-2, Jose Alvarado got the first two outs of the 7th while putting a man on, bringing Rays-killer Eloy Jimenez to the plate. Daniel Espino came on and struck him out, and then Barker & Dominguez blew the game open in the bottom of the inning, allowing Evan Godwin and Jordan Diaz to clean up the final 2 innings. Game 2: Shane McClanahan had a rough first inning, putting the Rays in a 2-0 hole before they came to bat. But they answered with 5 runs in the bottom of the frame, added 2 more in the third and cruised to an 8-2 win over the Astros. Jasson Dominguez, one of last night's heroes, was the hero again with a 2-run double in that 5-run 1st and a 2-run HR in the 3rd (#24). Bobby Witt Jr doubled in a run and Isaac DeLeon capped the 1st with a 2-run shot of his own (#16). Judson Fabian's RBI single in the 4th made it 8-2 and the offense was able to take the rest of the day off as Mac settled in after that rocky 1st to go 6.1 6 2 2 3 6, a line that would have looked prettier had he not walked the last two men he faced in the 7th. Romelo Canulon went the final 2 2/3 with 4 whiffs to finish off the game as Mac goes back above .500 to 7-6, 3.96. Game 3: Mack Anglin was brilliant as the Rays got revenge on Houston for taking 3 of 4 from them a week and half ago with a sweep, winning 2-1. Anglin was 7.1 3 1 0 2 5 with the only run against him scoring after Spencer Torkelson booted what would have been the third out of the 5th. He's now 12-3 (tied for the MLB lead in wins), and although the ERA is high at 4.89 he's third in the AL in strikeouts and has 2.7 WAR already. Jose Alvarado got two whiffs to finish the 8th and Jasseel De La Cruz worked around a leadoff walk to Eloy Jimenez (not a bad thing) to grab save #17. Anglin's counterpart on the mound for Houston was former Ray Nick Frasso, who pitched out of jams through his 5 innings, walking 4 and giving up 4 hits and getting out of a bases-loaded nobody out situation in the 2nd with a Keibert Ruiz double play ball. It took a Dayle Jenkins-led double steal in the 4th to finally get a run across when Ruiz's sac fly scored him. The game-winner came in the 7th on a Nate Clark RBI single. Jenkins continues to impress, on base 3 of his 4 trips with 2 hits, a walk, and a pair of steals. He's 345/441/448, albeit it in only 29 at-bats but those numbers are in line with the ones he's put up at Durham. Team record: 67-28. Next up: The All-Star break, then a lengthy AL East road trip starting in Toronto. Last edited by Art Deco; 01-16-2021 at 06:14 PM.