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Art Deco · 01-20-2021, 08:48 PM

Game 1: Blake Money dominated his old team and Joe Barker hit a big 3-run homer off yet another former Ray as Tampa Bay downed Seattle 5-1 for its 9th straight win. Money was a bit pitch-inefficient but made it through 6 throwing a season-high 109 pitches in going 6 3 0 0 3 10 and upping his record to 10-7, 4.18. Andy Aparicio pitched the final 3 innings, whiffing 7 and allowing only a Mike Brosseau (everyone's a former Ray it seems) homer, for his 2nd save. Barker's blow (#24) came off one-time Rays starter Chris Paddack, and it followed a wild pitch that brought home a run and made it 4-0 in the 3rd. The Rays tacked on a run in the 5th thanks to Bobby Witt Jr's RBI single.

Game 2: The Rays fell behind 4-0 in the 4th but that was no sweat for a team as good and hot as they are as Joe Barker's 10th inning HR (#25) off still another former Ray, Steven Casey, completed the comeback in a 5-4 walk-off win, the team's 10th straight. Mack Anglin had his patented one bad inning in the 4th, giving up a 2-run single and a 2-run double to (you guessed it, a former Rays farmhand) Dawson Dimon to put them in a 4-0 hole which wasn't helped by a Ricky Widmar error, his fifth in seven games (a lot for a 65 defender). They started chipping away in the 5th with a 2-run single from the red-hot Connor Kirkley, who at one point a few weeks ago was thisclose to losing his starting job to Dane Ayers. Widmar atoned for his error with a 2-run single in the 7th to tie it up. After Anglin left after a decent 6 7 4 3 1 8 outing, the bullpen was lights-out for the next four innings, collectively allowing 0 hits, only 2 walks, and striking out 8 Mariners. Evan Godwin, Daniel Espino, Jose Alvarado and Jasseel De La Cruz each had a solid inning of work and when Barker hit his walk-off homer, JDLC collected his 3rd win.

Game 3: The Rays were outhit 14-8 but it didn't matter as they won 10-4 over Seattle to make it 11 in a row. I'd point to Seattle walking 7 Rays batters but Rays pitchers walked 5 themselves as they simply made the most of their opportunities while the Mariners didn't. It was a 1-1 game through 5 and Shane McClanahan departed having thrown 94 pitches and gone 5 5 1 1 4 5 in a night that was a struggle for him but he got the big outs when needed. Jordan Diaz came on for the 6th and gave up a run to put the Mariners on top but the offense, which had been held to 5 2 1 1 3 6 by Jorge Remon who also had to leave with a high pitch count, teed off on Chris Clarke, who gave up 3 hits, 3 walks and all 6 of those baserunners scored thanks to a 2-run HR from Isaac DeLeon (#21) who made it 3-2, and a 3-run shot from Judson Fabian (#21). Jhon Diaz had an RBI infield single in between the homers. They tacked on 2 more in the 7th on a Carlos Perez single, and a dropped fly ball in the 8th brought them a 10th run. Diaz, who picked up his 4th win, stayed on in the 7th and put a man on with one out, and Romulo Canelon gave up consecutive doubles to score one of Diaz's runners and one of his own. Canelon settled down and pitched through the 8th, and Mike Mooney gave up 3 singles in the 9th but had 3 strikeouts to keep anyone from scoring. Joe Barker was 4-5 with 3 runs scored and a steal, Dayle Jenkins drew 3 walks, stole a base, scored 2 runs and threw a runner out at 3rd, and Connor Kirkley drew 2 walks including one with the bases loaded in the 2nd for the first run and was hit by a pitch to reach 3 times as well.

Team record: 85-33. Next up: The wild card-contending Blue Jays come to town for 3 on the weekend.

01-20-2021, 08:48 PM	#580
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,575	August 14-16, 2029: vs Seattle (3) Game 1: Blake Money dominated his old team and Joe Barker hit a big 3-run homer off yet another former Ray as Tampa Bay downed Seattle 5-1 for its 9th straight win. Money was a bit pitch-inefficient but made it through 6 throwing a season-high 109 pitches in going 6 3 0 0 3 10 and upping his record to 10-7, 4.18. Andy Aparicio pitched the final 3 innings, whiffing 7 and allowing only a Mike Brosseau (everyone's a former Ray it seems) homer, for his 2nd save. Barker's blow (#24) came off one-time Rays starter Chris Paddack, and it followed a wild pitch that brought home a run and made it 4-0 in the 3rd. The Rays tacked on a run in the 5th thanks to Bobby Witt Jr's RBI single. Game 2: The Rays fell behind 4-0 in the 4th but that was no sweat for a team as good and hot as they are as Joe Barker's 10th inning HR (#25) off still another former Ray, Steven Casey, completed the comeback in a 5-4 walk-off win, the team's 10th straight. Mack Anglin had his patented one bad inning in the 4th, giving up a 2-run single and a 2-run double to (you guessed it, a former Rays farmhand) Dawson Dimon to put them in a 4-0 hole which wasn't helped by a Ricky Widmar error, his fifth in seven games (a lot for a 65 defender). They started chipping away in the 5th with a 2-run single from the red-hot Connor Kirkley, who at one point a few weeks ago was thisclose to losing his starting job to Dane Ayers. Widmar atoned for his error with a 2-run single in the 7th to tie it up. After Anglin left after a decent 6 7 4 3 1 8 outing, the bullpen was lights-out for the next four innings, collectively allowing 0 hits, only 2 walks, and striking out 8 Mariners. Evan Godwin, Daniel Espino, Jose Alvarado and Jasseel De La Cruz each had a solid inning of work and when Barker hit his walk-off homer, JDLC collected his 3rd win. Game 3: The Rays were outhit 14-8 but it didn't matter as they won 10-4 over Seattle to make it 11 in a row. I'd point to Seattle walking 7 Rays batters but Rays pitchers walked 5 themselves as they simply made the most of their opportunities while the Mariners didn't. It was a 1-1 game through 5 and Shane McClanahan departed having thrown 94 pitches and gone 5 5 1 1 4 5 in a night that was a struggle for him but he got the big outs when needed. Jordan Diaz came on for the 6th and gave up a run to put the Mariners on top but the offense, which had been held to 5 2 1 1 3 6 by Jorge Remon who also had to leave with a high pitch count, teed off on Chris Clarke, who gave up 3 hits, 3 walks and all 6 of those baserunners scored thanks to a 2-run HR from Isaac DeLeon (#21) who made it 3-2, and a 3-run shot from Judson Fabian (#21). Jhon Diaz had an RBI infield single in between the homers. They tacked on 2 more in the 7th on a Carlos Perez single, and a dropped fly ball in the 8th brought them a 10th run. Diaz, who picked up his 4th win, stayed on in the 7th and put a man on with one out, and Romulo Canelon gave up consecutive doubles to score one of Diaz's runners and one of his own. Canelon settled down and pitched through the 8th, and Mike Mooney gave up 3 singles in the 9th but had 3 strikeouts to keep anyone from scoring. Joe Barker was 4-5 with 3 runs scored and a steal, Dayle Jenkins drew 3 walks, stole a base, scored 2 runs and threw a runner out at 3rd, and Connor Kirkley drew 2 walks including one with the bases loaded in the 2nd for the first run and was hit by a pitch to reach 3 times as well. Team record: 85-33. Next up: The wild card-contending Blue Jays come to town for 3 on the weekend. Last edited by Art Deco; 01-20-2021 at 11:20 PM.