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Art Deco · 02-04-2021, 04:56 PM

Game 1: The Rays used three solo homers and a strong outing from Jack Leiter to defeat the Mariners 4-2 at T-Mobile Park. After Evan White's longball off Leiter put the M's up 1-0 in the 4th, Connor Kirkley equalized with #4 of the season in the 5th. The game stayed at 1-1 until the 7th when the Rays caught a break as Kirkley's grounder, which should have been a double play ball to end the inning, was thrown away allowing the go-ahead run to score. Leiter meanwhile made it through 7, going 7 6 1 1 1 5 on 104 pitches and evening his record at 3-3. Jasson Dominguez's 9th HR of the season made it 3-1 in the top of the 8th, and Jasseel De La Cruz came on in the bottom. He got the first 2 out but gave up White's second HR of the game to cut it to 3-2, making it 4 homers allowed in only 8 1/3 innings for JDLC. Jose Alvarado relieved him at that point, getting the final out of the 8th to go with a 1-2-3 9th to nail down save #5 as he's become the preferred 9th inning option unless key lefties are due up earlier. Isaac DeLeon's 4th HR in the 9th gave Alvarado a little more breathing room. Toronto won so the lead stays at 5.

Game 2: I'm not sure how long this is sustainable but the Rays keep winning tight, low-scoring games and today was no exception in a 2-1 win. Blake Money was outstanding today against his old team, except for a homer allowed to Carlos Correa, his one bugaboo (he's allowed a whopping 10 dingers in 42 2/3 innings this year). Money went 6 4 1 1 2 7 to improve to 4-3, and in relief Evan Godwin was outstanding again, getting 5 outs. Jordan Diaz got the final out of the 8th, and Andy Aparicio was given the ball in the 9th and made it an adventure, allowing 2 hits to put men on 1st and 3rd with one out, but got a shallow fly ball and a grounder to end the game and get save #3. The less said about the offense the better, as they only managed 4 hits but did push across a pair of runs. Ricky Widmar singled to lead off the game, stole second and scored on a Jasson Dominguez single, and in the 6th the deadlock was broken when Nate Clark led off the inning with a triple and was brought home via Rodolfo Rivas's sac fly. The Blue Jays lost so the lead continues to grow, now at 6.

Game 3: We just had Groundhog Day IRL and it seems to have infected this save as the Rays take yet another low-scoring, one-run game from Seattle, this time by the score of 3-2. Christian Little got the start and he looked pretty rough in the early going, like Blake Money he's had a problem with the longball this year and he gave up his 9th in 55 innings and for the second straight day it was Carlos Correa who homered for Seattle. But he shut it down after that and ended with a 7 5 2 2 0 10 night, looking like the Christian Little we've become accustomed to. He's now 6-1 and gets his ERA back below 4 at 3.90. Jose Alvarado had a 1-2-3 2K 8th and has his ERA down to 0.63 (the man is ageless), and with Andy Aparicio unavailable I went back to JDLC for the save and he had a perfect inning with a whiff to get #6. So about the offense. It looked great through the first three innings, with Nate Clark singling in Dayle Jenkins who had doubled in the 1st, and they scored twice more in the 3rd on a Clark sac fly and an RBI single from Rodolfo Rivas. And they then stopped scoring. And stopped hitting. And stopped reaching base, as Seattle pitchers retired the final 19 Rays batters in order. Fortunately the pitching was strong enough to hold on, but man is this team is in an offensive funk except maybe for Clark. The good news is both that the hitting will come around and that Toronto lost again, so the lead is 7.

Team record: 30-11. Next up: 4 games at The Big A in Anaheim.

02-04-2021, 04:56 PM	#635
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,384	May 13-15, 2030: at Seattle (3) Game 1: The Rays used three solo homers and a strong outing from Jack Leiter to defeat the Mariners 4-2 at T-Mobile Park. After Evan White's longball off Leiter put the M's up 1-0 in the 4th, Connor Kirkley equalized with #4 of the season in the 5th. The game stayed at 1-1 until the 7th when the Rays caught a break as Kirkley's grounder, which should have been a double play ball to end the inning, was thrown away allowing the go-ahead run to score. Leiter meanwhile made it through 7, going 7 6 1 1 1 5 on 104 pitches and evening his record at 3-3. Jasson Dominguez's 9th HR of the season made it 3-1 in the top of the 8th, and Jasseel De La Cruz came on in the bottom. He got the first 2 out but gave up White's second HR of the game to cut it to 3-2, making it 4 homers allowed in only 8 1/3 innings for JDLC. Jose Alvarado relieved him at that point, getting the final out of the 8th to go with a 1-2-3 9th to nail down save #5 as he's become the preferred 9th inning option unless key lefties are due up earlier. Isaac DeLeon's 4th HR in the 9th gave Alvarado a little more breathing room. Toronto won so the lead stays at 5. Game 2: I'm not sure how long this is sustainable but the Rays keep winning tight, low-scoring games and today was no exception in a 2-1 win. Blake Money was outstanding today against his old team, except for a homer allowed to Carlos Correa, his one bugaboo (he's allowed a whopping 10 dingers in 42 2/3 innings this year). Money went 6 4 1 1 2 7 to improve to 4-3, and in relief Evan Godwin was outstanding again, getting 5 outs. Jordan Diaz got the final out of the 8th, and Andy Aparicio was given the ball in the 9th and made it an adventure, allowing 2 hits to put men on 1st and 3rd with one out, but got a shallow fly ball and a grounder to end the game and get save #3. The less said about the offense the better, as they only managed 4 hits but did push across a pair of runs. Ricky Widmar singled to lead off the game, stole second and scored on a Jasson Dominguez single, and in the 6th the deadlock was broken when Nate Clark led off the inning with a triple and was brought home via Rodolfo Rivas's sac fly. The Blue Jays lost so the lead continues to grow, now at 6. Game 3: We just had Groundhog Day IRL and it seems to have infected this save as the Rays take yet another low-scoring, one-run game from Seattle, this time by the score of 3-2. Christian Little got the start and he looked pretty rough in the early going, like Blake Money he's had a problem with the longball this year and he gave up his 9th in 55 innings and for the second straight day it was Carlos Correa who homered for Seattle. But he shut it down after that and ended with a 7 5 2 2 0 10 night, looking like the Christian Little we've become accustomed to. He's now 6-1 and gets his ERA back below 4 at 3.90. Jose Alvarado had a 1-2-3 2K 8th and has his ERA down to 0.63 (the man is ageless), and with Andy Aparicio unavailable I went back to JDLC for the save and he had a perfect inning with a whiff to get #6. So about the offense. It looked great through the first three innings, with Nate Clark singling in Dayle Jenkins who had doubled in the 1st, and they scored twice more in the 3rd on a Clark sac fly and an RBI single from Rodolfo Rivas. And they then stopped scoring. And stopped hitting. And stopped reaching base, as Seattle pitchers retired the final 19 Rays batters in order. Fortunately the pitching was strong enough to hold on, but man is this team is in an offensive funk except maybe for Clark. The good news is both that the hitting will come around and that Toronto lost again, so the lead is 7. Team record: 30-11. Next up: 4 games at The Big A in Anaheim. Last edited by Art Deco; 02-04-2021 at 09:50 PM.