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Art Deco · 01-24-2021, 09:19 AM

Game 1: Alec Sachais was dealing until he wasn't, and the Rays ended up being soundly beaten 7-1 by Seattle. Sachais was brilliant through the first 4 innings, allowing only a hit and striking out 5. But he struggled to get outs in the 5th and ended up allowing a pair of 3-run HRs, the first to former Ray Patrick Bailey who was traded to Seattle for Sachais (and Blake Money). After giving up a leadoff double in the 6th who eventually came around to score, Sachais ended 5 8 7 7 0 8. Romulo Canelon had a scoreless inning and Mike Mooney two to finish it out. Not much offense with the only run coming on a double play ball. Jhon Diaz did have 3 hits and a steal but everyone else kind of took the day off. The win was big for Seattle, which is only 1/2 game behind new AL West leader Texas, who beat the Angels and dropped LA 1 game behind.

Game 2: Bobby Witt Jr had the big hit as the Rays came back to beat Seattle 6-3 tonight. They trailed 2-1 going into the 7th with Mariners lefty Kannon Handy stifling them on 1 hit, Connor Kirkley's 17th HR of the year in the 3rd. Handy gave up a leadoff double to Jud Fabian, got Nate Clark to pop up but then had to leave with wrist soreness. Seattle brought on rookie Jake Estes and the Rays took advantage. Estes hit Jasson Dominguez and then served up a triple into the RF corner to score 2 runs and give the Rays a 3-2 lead. Dane Ayers singled in Witt to make it 4-2, and they added 2 more in the 8th on a Dominguez sac fly and Witt's RBI double. Blake Money got the start against his old team and while he was tough to hit, he was somewhat wild and his two walks in the 3rd led to a pair of Seattle runs. Still though he was quite good, going 7 2 2 2 5 7 to improve to 12-9, 4.33. Evan Godwin gave up a solo homer in the 8th and Jasseel De La Cruz was more Jekyll than Hyde this time around, striking out the side for save #26.

Durham Playoff Update: The update is that there will be no playoffs for Durham this year, sadly. They were kind of stuck all season a few games over .500, went on a great run just recently winning 11 straight, but came up short after losing tonight 4-2 to Gwinnett. This is the first time in the 10 seasons of this save they've missed the playoffs.

Game 3: Jack Leiter had his best outing of the season and the Rays jumped all over old friend Chris Paddack for 4 in the 1st inning as they shut out Seattle 7-0 for season win #100. Leiter (11-3) went 7 3 0 0 1 8 and was never in any real trouble as his big second half continues. Over his last 9 starts he's allowed only 12 earned runs over 57 2/3 innings and he's 7-0, 1.87 during that stretch. The Rays kept the turnstiles going in the 1st with the first four batters reaching and scoring on RBI singles from Bobby Witt Jr (who has taken over the AL WAR lead at 6.3), Jasson Dominguez and Jhon Diaz, with Isaac DeLeon adding a sac fly. Connor Kirkley had a 2-run double in the 5th to finally chase Paddack, and Dominguez added HR #39 in the 7th to put him in a tie with Julio Rodriguez for the MLB lead. Romulo Canelon and Malachi Benford finished off the team shutout over the final 2 innings.

Team record: 100-42. Next up: An off-day, then finally back home for 3 against Boston, who are in the thick of the wild card race.

01-24-2021, 09:19 AM	#588
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,507	September 7-9, 2029: at Seattle (3) Game 1: Alec Sachais was dealing until he wasn't, and the Rays ended up being soundly beaten 7-1 by Seattle. Sachais was brilliant through the first 4 innings, allowing only a hit and striking out 5. But he struggled to get outs in the 5th and ended up allowing a pair of 3-run HRs, the first to former Ray Patrick Bailey who was traded to Seattle for Sachais (and Blake Money). After giving up a leadoff double in the 6th who eventually came around to score, Sachais ended 5 8 7 7 0 8. Romulo Canelon had a scoreless inning and Mike Mooney two to finish it out. Not much offense with the only run coming on a double play ball. Jhon Diaz did have 3 hits and a steal but everyone else kind of took the day off. The win was big for Seattle, which is only 1/2 game behind new AL West leader Texas, who beat the Angels and dropped LA 1 game behind. Game 2: Bobby Witt Jr had the big hit as the Rays came back to beat Seattle 6-3 tonight. They trailed 2-1 going into the 7th with Mariners lefty Kannon Handy stifling them on 1 hit, Connor Kirkley's 17th HR of the year in the 3rd. Handy gave up a leadoff double to Jud Fabian, got Nate Clark to pop up but then had to leave with wrist soreness. Seattle brought on rookie Jake Estes and the Rays took advantage. Estes hit Jasson Dominguez and then served up a triple into the RF corner to score 2 runs and give the Rays a 3-2 lead. Dane Ayers singled in Witt to make it 4-2, and they added 2 more in the 8th on a Dominguez sac fly and Witt's RBI double. Blake Money got the start against his old team and while he was tough to hit, he was somewhat wild and his two walks in the 3rd led to a pair of Seattle runs. Still though he was quite good, going 7 2 2 2 5 7 to improve to 12-9, 4.33. Evan Godwin gave up a solo homer in the 8th and Jasseel De La Cruz was more Jekyll than Hyde this time around, striking out the side for save #26. Durham Playoff Update: The update is that there will be no playoffs for Durham this year, sadly. They were kind of stuck all season a few games over .500, went on a great run just recently winning 11 straight, but came up short after losing tonight 4-2 to Gwinnett. This is the first time in the 10 seasons of this save they've missed the playoffs. Game 3: Jack Leiter had his best outing of the season and the Rays jumped all over old friend Chris Paddack for 4 in the 1st inning as they shut out Seattle 7-0 for season win #100. Leiter (11-3) went 7 3 0 0 1 8 and was never in any real trouble as his big second half continues. Over his last 9 starts he's allowed only 12 earned runs over 57 2/3 innings and he's 7-0, 1.87 during that stretch. The Rays kept the turnstiles going in the 1st with the first four batters reaching and scoring on RBI singles from Bobby Witt Jr (who has taken over the AL WAR lead at 6.3), Jasson Dominguez and Jhon Diaz, with Isaac DeLeon adding a sac fly. Connor Kirkley had a 2-run double in the 5th to finally chase Paddack, and Dominguez added HR #39 in the 7th to put him in a tie with Julio Rodriguez for the MLB lead. Romulo Canelon and Malachi Benford finished off the team shutout over the final 2 innings. Team record: 100-42. Next up: An off-day, then finally back home for 3 against Boston, who are in the thick of the wild card race. Last edited by Art Deco; 01-24-2021 at 01:48 PM.