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Art Deco · 01-22-2021, 09:00 PM

Game 1: Alec Sachais was excellent tonight and the Rays finally broke through in the 7th to take a 5-2 win over the Angels in the series opener. Sachais went 7 4 2 2 1 10 and is now 12-2, 3.09. He gave up his obligatory homer but was otherwise in control. Jasson Dominguez blasted HR #34 off old friend Aaron Ashby, who started for LA, and Ricky Widmar had a 5th-inning RBI single as the game went 2-2 into the 7th. Joe Barker hit what would have been a sac fly except Alex Verdugo dropped the ball to give the Rays a 3-2 lead, Dominguez added a sac fly, and Dayle Jenkins drilled an RBI double into the RF corner for the 3rd run of the inning. Daniel Espino had a scoreless 8th and with JDLC unavailable Jose Alvarado pitched the 9th for save #7, striking out the side.

Game 2: Deja vu all over again as the Rays won for the second straight night 5-2, although they grabbed the lead a bit earlier tonight. Blake Money started, and just like Alec Sachais last night, surrendered a HR to slugging Angels rookie Chris Seddon, this one a 2-run shot in the first. But although Money battled runners all night, he bent instead of breaking and ended up 6.1 8 2 2 3 3 which was good enough to get him to 11-8. Jordan Diaz came in with one on and one out in the 7th and looked like he might be in meltdown mode again when he let the first two batters he faced reach. But he got Seddon to ground into a 5-4-3 double play to get out of the inning, Evan Godwin had a 1-2-3 2K 8th, and JDLC got save #24 with his own 1-2-3 inning. After the Seddon homer put the Rays in a quick hole, Judson Fabian answered right back with a solo shot (#23) in the bottom of the 1st. The Rays then took the lead for good in the 2nd when Jhon Diaz doubled in a run and Keibert Ruiz singled in Diaz. Diaz got the job done again in the 4th with a sac fly and Jasson Dominguez hit #35 in the 8th to make it 5-2. The loss was the Angels' 5th straight and their AL West lead is down to 1 1/2 over Seattle and 2 over Texas.

Game 3: The Rays swept the series from the Angels with a convincing 8-1 win behind another fine start from Jack Leiter and a balanced offense led by Joe Barker. Leiter continued his run (3 runs in his last 31.2 IP) with a 5.2 5 1 1 2 6 performance to go to 10-3, 3.75. Romulo Canelon got him out of the 6th but gave up 2 hits to start the 7th so Andy Aparicio came in and did his thing: 3 perfect innings with 7 whiffs for his 3rd save. Jhon Diaz kicked off the scoring with HR #17 in the 2nd to make it 1-0, but Barker had the big day, going 3-4 with 2 RBI and a stolen base (his 31st as he's 3 HR away from a 30-30 season). A 4-run 4th broke it open with an RBI single from Isaac DeLeon, an RBI double from Dane Ayers, and a 2-run single from Carlos Perez. Jasson Dominguez added an RBI double for good measure. The Angels' 6th straight loss drops them to .500 and 1/2 game ahead of Seattle in the west, two teams we'll be seeing again very soon.

Team record: 94-38. Next up: A 10-game west coast road swing begins with 3 in Oakland.

01-22-2021, 09:00 PM	#585
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,515	August 28-30, 2029: vs LA Angels (3) Game 1: Alec Sachais was excellent tonight and the Rays finally broke through in the 7th to take a 5-2 win over the Angels in the series opener. Sachais went 7 4 2 2 1 10 and is now 12-2, 3.09. He gave up his obligatory homer but was otherwise in control. Jasson Dominguez blasted HR #34 off old friend Aaron Ashby, who started for LA, and Ricky Widmar had a 5th-inning RBI single as the game went 2-2 into the 7th. Joe Barker hit what would have been a sac fly except Alex Verdugo dropped the ball to give the Rays a 3-2 lead, Dominguez added a sac fly, and Dayle Jenkins drilled an RBI double into the RF corner for the 3rd run of the inning. Daniel Espino had a scoreless 8th and with JDLC unavailable Jose Alvarado pitched the 9th for save #7, striking out the side. Game 2: Deja vu all over again as the Rays won for the second straight night 5-2, although they grabbed the lead a bit earlier tonight. Blake Money started, and just like Alec Sachais last night, surrendered a HR to slugging Angels rookie Chris Seddon, this one a 2-run shot in the first. But although Money battled runners all night, he bent instead of breaking and ended up 6.1 8 2 2 3 3 which was good enough to get him to 11-8. Jordan Diaz came in with one on and one out in the 7th and looked like he might be in meltdown mode again when he let the first two batters he faced reach. But he got Seddon to ground into a 5-4-3 double play to get out of the inning, Evan Godwin had a 1-2-3 2K 8th, and JDLC got save #24 with his own 1-2-3 inning. After the Seddon homer put the Rays in a quick hole, Judson Fabian answered right back with a solo shot (#23) in the bottom of the 1st. The Rays then took the lead for good in the 2nd when Jhon Diaz doubled in a run and Keibert Ruiz singled in Diaz. Diaz got the job done again in the 4th with a sac fly and Jasson Dominguez hit #35 in the 8th to make it 5-2. The loss was the Angels' 5th straight and their AL West lead is down to 1 1/2 over Seattle and 2 over Texas. Game 3: The Rays swept the series from the Angels with a convincing 8-1 win behind another fine start from Jack Leiter and a balanced offense led by Joe Barker. Leiter continued his run (3 runs in his last 31.2 IP) with a 5.2 5 1 1 2 6 performance to go to 10-3, 3.75. Romulo Canelon got him out of the 6th but gave up 2 hits to start the 7th so Andy Aparicio came in and did his thing: 3 perfect innings with 7 whiffs for his 3rd save. Jhon Diaz kicked off the scoring with HR #17 in the 2nd to make it 1-0, but Barker had the big day, going 3-4 with 2 RBI and a stolen base (his 31st as he's 3 HR away from a 30-30 season). A 4-run 4th broke it open with an RBI single from Isaac DeLeon, an RBI double from Dane Ayers, and a 2-run single from Carlos Perez. Jasson Dominguez added an RBI double for good measure. The Angels' 6th straight loss drops them to .500 and 1/2 game ahead of Seattle in the west, two teams we'll be seeing again very soon. Team record: 94-38. Next up: A 10-game west coast road swing begins with 3 in Oakland. Last edited by Art Deco; 01-22-2021 at 11:26 PM.