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Art Deco · 01-20-2021, 10:24 AM

Game 1: The Rays were being shut down by Michael Baez through 5 and trailed 2-0, but they scored 3 in the 6th and then broke it open in the 8th on their way to a 9-2 win over the Dodgers. Jasson Dominguez ended the shutout in the 6th with his 30th HR of the season, a 2-run shot, and the Rays continued the rally afterwards with Connor Kirkley's sac fly giving them the lead. A 5-run 8th made it a blowout with the highlight being Isaac DeLeon's 2-run pinch-hit double (giving him 5 RBI in the last 2 games on pinch hits) and Keibert Ruiz capped a 4-hit day against his old team with HR #11 in the 9th. Ricky Widmar and Jhon Diaz had 3-hit games as well. Shane McClanahan went from potential hard-luck loser to comfortable winner in the end, going a fine 6 4 2 2 1 5 against a lineup that features in order Austin Meadows, Fernando Tatis Jr, Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts and Pete Alonso. Mac goes to 10-7 and Jose Alvarado (while it was 3-2), Jordan Diaz and Mike Mooney each had a scoreless inning in relief.

Game 2: The Rays built a 5-0 lead only for Alec Sachais to throw it away within an inning and a half, but Fernando Tatis Jr threw it right back when his 2-out toss to get a force at 2nd was wild and allowed the Rays to win it 6-5 in the 9th. Early on it looked like another rout with Joe Barker's RBI single and Connor Kirkley's 2-RBI single making it 3-0 in the 4th and Judson Fabian's 20th HR with a man on in the 5th making it 5-0. But Sachais, who had been cruising, gave up a 2-out RBI single in the bottom of the 5th to former Ray Nick Gonzales and then served up a 2-run HR to another former Ray, Austin Meadows. Then yours truly made a decision to regret in the top of the 6th when the Rays had 1st and 3rd with 1 out and Sachais due up on 77 pitches. I left him in to hit, he whiffed, and Ricky Widmar couldn't get the run home. And then Sachais repaid my faith by giving up back-to-back dingers to Mookie Betts and Pete Alonso to tie the game at 5. Andy Aparicio came in and got 5 outs, Daniel Espino walked the bases loaded with 2 out in the 8th but Jose Alvarado got him out of it, and that brought us to the 9th. The Rays had 2nd and 3rd with one out, but Bobby Witt Jr grounded at the drawn-in Tatis for out #2 and Jhon Diaz walked to load the bases. Kirkley hit a grounder to Tatis that should have ended the inning with an easy force at 2nd but the Dodger SS's throw pulled Gonzales off the bag and allowed the winning run to score. Alvarado got 2 out in the 9th but allowed a single to Cody Bellinger to put men on 1st and 3rd so JDLC came in and struck out Betts to end the game and grab save #22. Alvarado picked up win #4.

Game 3: Isaac DeLeon probably just had the most productive week in the history of MLB with the fewest at-bats. Having hit a pinch-hit 3-run HR against Arizona earlier in the week and a 2-run pinch-hit double against the Dodgers on Friday, he got the start today and hit a 3-run HR and a 2-run HR, giving him 3 HR and 10 RBI in only 6 ABs. His two homers and shutout pitching from Jack Leiter and two relievers helped the Rays to a 6-0 win (their 8th straight) and a series sweep of LA in what could possibly be a World Series preview. DeLeon's first came in the 4th after Brusdar Graterol put two men but had to leave with an elbow issue, and he greeted reliever Enyel De Los Santos by sending his fastball into the LF seats to make it 3-0. Two innings later, Nate Clark (#27) and DeLeon (#20) victimized De Los Santos again to double the lead. That was more than enough for Leiter, who negotiated the tough Dodgers lineup with ease, going 6.2 4 0 0 1 6 and improving to 7-3, 4.33. Evan Godwin got him out of a little jam in the 7th when he put two on and pitched through the 8th with Jordan Diaz finishing off Tatis, Bellinger and Betts in order with a pair of whiffs in the 9th.

Team record: 82-33. Next up: An off-day, then finally back home to face Seattle for the first time this season.

01-20-2021, 10:24 AM	#579
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,677	August 10-12, 2029: at LA Dodgers (3) Game 1: The Rays were being shut down by Michael Baez through 5 and trailed 2-0, but they scored 3 in the 6th and then broke it open in the 8th on their way to a 9-2 win over the Dodgers. Jasson Dominguez ended the shutout in the 6th with his 30th HR of the season, a 2-run shot, and the Rays continued the rally afterwards with Connor Kirkley's sac fly giving them the lead. A 5-run 8th made it a blowout with the highlight being Isaac DeLeon's 2-run pinch-hit double (giving him 5 RBI in the last 2 games on pinch hits) and Keibert Ruiz capped a 4-hit day against his old team with HR #11 in the 9th. Ricky Widmar and Jhon Diaz had 3-hit games as well. Shane McClanahan went from potential hard-luck loser to comfortable winner in the end, going a fine 6 4 2 2 1 5 against a lineup that features in order Austin Meadows, Fernando Tatis Jr, Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts and Pete Alonso. Mac goes to 10-7 and Jose Alvarado (while it was 3-2), Jordan Diaz and Mike Mooney each had a scoreless inning in relief. Game 2: The Rays built a 5-0 lead only for Alec Sachais to throw it away within an inning and a half, but Fernando Tatis Jr threw it right back when his 2-out toss to get a force at 2nd was wild and allowed the Rays to win it 6-5 in the 9th. Early on it looked like another rout with Joe Barker's RBI single and Connor Kirkley's 2-RBI single making it 3-0 in the 4th and Judson Fabian's 20th HR with a man on in the 5th making it 5-0. But Sachais, who had been cruising, gave up a 2-out RBI single in the bottom of the 5th to former Ray Nick Gonzales and then served up a 2-run HR to another former Ray, Austin Meadows. Then yours truly made a decision to regret in the top of the 6th when the Rays had 1st and 3rd with 1 out and Sachais due up on 77 pitches. I left him in to hit, he whiffed, and Ricky Widmar couldn't get the run home. And then Sachais repaid my faith by giving up back-to-back dingers to Mookie Betts and Pete Alonso to tie the game at 5. Andy Aparicio came in and got 5 outs, Daniel Espino walked the bases loaded with 2 out in the 8th but Jose Alvarado got him out of it, and that brought us to the 9th. The Rays had 2nd and 3rd with one out, but Bobby Witt Jr grounded at the drawn-in Tatis for out #2 and Jhon Diaz walked to load the bases. Kirkley hit a grounder to Tatis that should have ended the inning with an easy force at 2nd but the Dodger SS's throw pulled Gonzales off the bag and allowed the winning run to score. Alvarado got 2 out in the 9th but allowed a single to Cody Bellinger to put men on 1st and 3rd so JDLC came in and struck out Betts to end the game and grab save #22. Alvarado picked up win #4. Game 3: Isaac DeLeon probably just had the most productive week in the history of MLB with the fewest at-bats. Having hit a pinch-hit 3-run HR against Arizona earlier in the week and a 2-run pinch-hit double against the Dodgers on Friday, he got the start today and hit a 3-run HR and a 2-run HR, giving him 3 HR and 10 RBI in only 6 ABs. His two homers and shutout pitching from Jack Leiter and two relievers helped the Rays to a 6-0 win (their 8th straight) and a series sweep of LA in what could possibly be a World Series preview. DeLeon's first came in the 4th after Brusdar Graterol put two men but had to leave with an elbow issue, and he greeted reliever Enyel De Los Santos by sending his fastball into the LF seats to make it 3-0. Two innings later, Nate Clark (#27) and DeLeon (#20) victimized De Los Santos again to double the lead. That was more than enough for Leiter, who negotiated the tough Dodgers lineup with ease, going 6.2 4 0 0 1 6 and improving to 7-3, 4.33. Evan Godwin got him out of a little jam in the 7th when he put two on and pitched through the 8th with Jordan Diaz finishing off Tatis, Bellinger and Betts in order with a pair of whiffs in the 9th. Team record: 82-33. Next up: An off-day, then finally back home to face Seattle for the first time this season. Last edited by Art Deco; 01-20-2021 at 05:16 PM.