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Art Deco · 01-23-2021, 07:22 PM

Game 1: The Rays lost a tough one at Anaheim today, 2-1. They outhit the Angels 9-3 but couldn't string them together at the right time, while LA did, getting a Mike Trout HR to tie it up and two hits and a walk to score a second run in the 4th inning off Blake Money. That was of course all Money allowed, going 6 3 2 2 4 7 while Jordan Diaz and Malachi Benford pitched scoreless innings. The Rays' lone run came in the top of the 4th when Bobby Witt Jr singled in Jasson Dominguez.

Game 2: The Rays clinched their 8th straight AL East title tonight, but the celebrations were muted as the Angels scored 3 times in the bottom of the 9th off Jasseel De La Cruz to pull out an 8-6 win. The clinching came earlier in the night when the Yankees lost at home to the White Sox around the time this game got started and the Rays looked in control early, opening up a 6-1 lead in the 6th behind the red-hot Jack Leiter, who was in the process of another brilliant start. But he had a hard time getting the 3rd out in the 6th, and loaded the bases for the powerful Bobby Dalbec, who took him deep for a grand slam to cut the Rays' lead to 6-5. Still Daniel Espino and Jose Alvarado had scoreless innings to bring us to the 9th, but JDLC crapped the bed. He couldn't get anyone out, giving up a double, single, RBI single (with a man thrown out at 3rd) to tie and then a 2-run homer to Kyren Paris for LA to walk it off. This after he had seemed to turn the corner on his 2nd half struggles with 4 straight scoreless outings. The Rays scored their 6 runs by the 4th inning with the first two coming after a batter had reached, stole second, and went to 3rd on Shea Langeliers' throwing error, with a Judson Fabian groundout and a Connor Kirkley sac fly driving them in. Then with the bases loaded in the 4th Isaac DeLeon hit one of the longest homers in Anaheim Stadium history, a grand slam (#22) which traveled 522 feet over the batters' eye berm and onto the pavilion above. Unfortunately they couldn't get anything going after that with Joe Musgrove coming on in relief and shutting them out for 3 2/3.

Game 3: After losing two straight to the Angels and 3 out of 4 overall the Rays bounced back with a 7-2 win tonight. The big blow came courtesy of Nate Clark, whose 3-run HR (#33) in the 5th turned a 2-1 Angels lead in to a 4-2 Rays one. Judson Fabian made it 5-2 with an RBI single in the 7th and Dayle Jenkins opened it up for Tampa Bay in the 8th with a 2-run shot (#4). Mack Anglin pitched pretty well in notching his MLB-leading 17th win, going 6.1 8 2 2 1 9 while Daniel Espino got the final two outs of the 7th and after it went to 7-2 Malachi Benford and Jordan Diaz each went a scoreless inning.

Game 4: Bombs away as the Rays blasted 6 homers in an 11-2 rout of the Angels to salvage a split of the 4-game series. Their leading HR hitter led the way as Jasson Dominguez hit #s 37 and 38 tonight, the first of which was a 2-run job in the 4th which gave the Rays the lead to stay at 2-1. Ricky Widmar expanded the lead with a 2-run shot in the 5th (#17), one of his four hits on the night. Connor Kirkley's 3-run blast (#17) in the 6th broke the game open at 7-1, with Dominguez following with his 2nd later in the inning. For good measure Jud Fabian added a 2-run HR (#25) off old friend Aaron Ashby in the 8th and Joe Barker capped the day with #33 in the 9th. Barker's homer also made him the first Ray to reach the 100 RBI plateau. Clark (93) and Dominguez (87) should also get there before season's end. Shane McClanahan was in his rocking chair while all this was going on, scattering 10 hits but allowing only 2 runs through 7 with 0 walks and 6 strikeouts. He gave up 2 of those singles to start the 8th and Andy Aparicio came in and went 6 up, 6 down with 4 whiffs in one of his typical outings.

Team record: 98-41. Next up: The west coast journey continues in Seattle for 3 over the weekend.

01-23-2021, 07:22 PM	#587
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,507	September 3-6, 2028: at LA Angels (4) Game 1: The Rays lost a tough one at Anaheim today, 2-1. They outhit the Angels 9-3 but couldn't string them together at the right time, while LA did, getting a Mike Trout HR to tie it up and two hits and a walk to score a second run in the 4th inning off Blake Money. That was of course all Money allowed, going 6 3 2 2 4 7 while Jordan Diaz and Malachi Benford pitched scoreless innings. The Rays' lone run came in the top of the 4th when Bobby Witt Jr singled in Jasson Dominguez. Game 2: The Rays clinched their 8th straight AL East title tonight, but the celebrations were muted as the Angels scored 3 times in the bottom of the 9th off Jasseel De La Cruz to pull out an 8-6 win. The clinching came earlier in the night when the Yankees lost at home to the White Sox around the time this game got started and the Rays looked in control early, opening up a 6-1 lead in the 6th behind the red-hot Jack Leiter, who was in the process of another brilliant start. But he had a hard time getting the 3rd out in the 6th, and loaded the bases for the powerful Bobby Dalbec, who took him deep for a grand slam to cut the Rays' lead to 6-5. Still Daniel Espino and Jose Alvarado had scoreless innings to bring us to the 9th, but JDLC crapped the bed. He couldn't get anyone out, giving up a double, single, RBI single (with a man thrown out at 3rd) to tie and then a 2-run homer to Kyren Paris for LA to walk it off. This after he had seemed to turn the corner on his 2nd half struggles with 4 straight scoreless outings. The Rays scored their 6 runs by the 4th inning with the first two coming after a batter had reached, stole second, and went to 3rd on Shea Langeliers' throwing error, with a Judson Fabian groundout and a Connor Kirkley sac fly driving them in. Then with the bases loaded in the 4th Isaac DeLeon hit one of the longest homers in Anaheim Stadium history, a grand slam (#22) which traveled 522 feet over the batters' eye berm and onto the pavilion above. Unfortunately they couldn't get anything going after that with Joe Musgrove coming on in relief and shutting them out for 3 2/3. Game 3: After losing two straight to the Angels and 3 out of 4 overall the Rays bounced back with a 7-2 win tonight. The big blow came courtesy of Nate Clark, whose 3-run HR (#33) in the 5th turned a 2-1 Angels lead in to a 4-2 Rays one. Judson Fabian made it 5-2 with an RBI single in the 7th and Dayle Jenkins opened it up for Tampa Bay in the 8th with a 2-run shot (#4). Mack Anglin pitched pretty well in notching his MLB-leading 17th win, going 6.1 8 2 2 1 9 while Daniel Espino got the final two outs of the 7th and after it went to 7-2 Malachi Benford and Jordan Diaz each went a scoreless inning. Game 4: Bombs away as the Rays blasted 6 homers in an 11-2 rout of the Angels to salvage a split of the 4-game series. Their leading HR hitter led the way as Jasson Dominguez hit #s 37 and 38 tonight, the first of which was a 2-run job in the 4th which gave the Rays the lead to stay at 2-1. Ricky Widmar expanded the lead with a 2-run shot in the 5th (#17), one of his four hits on the night. Connor Kirkley's 3-run blast (#17) in the 6th broke the game open at 7-1, with Dominguez following with his 2nd later in the inning. For good measure Jud Fabian added a 2-run HR (#25) off old friend Aaron Ashby in the 8th and Joe Barker capped the day with #33 in the 9th. Barker's homer also made him the first Ray to reach the 100 RBI plateau. Clark (93) and Dominguez (87) should also get there before season's end. Shane McClanahan was in his rocking chair while all this was going on, scattering 10 hits but allowing only 2 runs through 7 with 0 walks and 6 strikeouts. He gave up 2 of those singles to start the 8th and Andy Aparicio came in and went 6 up, 6 down with 4 whiffs in one of his typical outings. Team record: 98-41. Next up: The west coast journey continues in Seattle for 3 over the weekend. Last edited by Art Deco; 01-23-2021 at 11:04 PM.