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Art Deco · 02-20-2021, 11:54 AM

Game 1: The good news is that nobody got hurt today, except for the baseballs Jon Hayes was throwing as the Blue Jays lit him up like a Christmas tree in a 9-3 win over the Rays. After a 1-2-3 1st and Connor Kirkley staking him to a 1-0 lead with HR #23, Hayes allowed two runs in the 2nd and then a 3-run HR to the same-handed former Ray Seth Beer and that was that. He allowed 3 more in the 6th with the last one coming on a homer Mike Mooney allowed, to finish a dreadful 4.2 10 8 8 0 6 and fall to 15-6, 3.70. Mooney pitched a scoreless 6th, and scoreless innings were thrown over the final 3 by Evan Godwin, Brad Ballmann and JDLC. Meanwhile the makeshift lineup was shut down by Carmen Mlodzinski for 6 innings and their final two runs came in the 9th on a Victor de Jesus homer (#7) and a Dane Ayers RBI single.

Game 2: Jack Leiter went a strong 7 2/3 innings and the Rays got just enough hitting in a 4-2 win over Toronto. Leiter wasn't overpowering but he was effective, allowing only one unearned run in a 7.2 5 1 0 0 5 outing. The performance improved his record to 15-7, 3.25 and he now leads the club in ERA. Jose Alvarado got him out of a mini-jam in the 8th after a runner reached via error with score 3-1, getting a strikeout. Alvarado stayed on for the 9th, gave up a leadoff triple to Heliot Ramos who scored on a fly ball but finished off the game for save #18. The bats were quiet until a 3-run 5th which saw Dayle Jenkins' sac fly tie the game and later in the inning Joe Barker hit a 2-run single with the bases loaded. Dane Ayers added some insurance in the bottom of the 8th with an RBI double.

September 5: Signed 2B/SS Nick Gordon to a minor league contract, added him to the active roster.

Just some veteran depth for the final month to give us another middle infield option. Gordon hasn't played since 2028 and I'm not expecting much here, just someone to spell Isaac DeLeon and Connor Kirkley.

Game 3: Marc Wagner broke out of his recent slump by turning in his best and most dominant performance as a Ray in a 6-0 win over the Blue Jays. Wagner took a no-hitter into the 5th before it was broken up by a Brady McConnell single with two out and he went 7 2 0 0 1 14 to go to 8-5, 3.30 with the Rays and 12-7, 3.20 overall. The 14 whiffs also tie him with Wil Diaz for the MLB strikeout lead at 257, as Diaz had 10 Ks today for Texas. Corbin Martin pitched the final two innings to combine with Wagner for the shutout. Nate Clark was the star on offense, with a first-inning sac fly to put the team on the board and then a 3-run HR (#45) in the 5th to make it 6-0. The 4 RBI today increase Clark's MLB-leading total to 125. Caleb Picciotti hit his first MLB homer in the 3rd to make it 2-0 and Connor Kirkley had an RBI groundout later in the inning.

Team record: 105-36. Next up: 3 more home games with Baltimore coming to town for the weekend.

02-20-2021, 11:54 AM	#670
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,569	September 3-5, 2030: vs Toronto (3) Game 1: The good news is that nobody got hurt today, except for the baseballs Jon Hayes was throwing as the Blue Jays lit him up like a Christmas tree in a 9-3 win over the Rays. After a 1-2-3 1st and Connor Kirkley staking him to a 1-0 lead with HR #23, Hayes allowed two runs in the 2nd and then a 3-run HR to the same-handed former Ray Seth Beer and that was that. He allowed 3 more in the 6th with the last one coming on a homer Mike Mooney allowed, to finish a dreadful 4.2 10 8 8 0 6 and fall to 15-6, 3.70. Mooney pitched a scoreless 6th, and scoreless innings were thrown over the final 3 by Evan Godwin, Brad Ballmann and JDLC. Meanwhile the makeshift lineup was shut down by Carmen Mlodzinski for 6 innings and their final two runs came in the 9th on a Victor de Jesus homer (#7) and a Dane Ayers RBI single. Game 2: Jack Leiter went a strong 7 2/3 innings and the Rays got just enough hitting in a 4-2 win over Toronto. Leiter wasn't overpowering but he was effective, allowing only one unearned run in a 7.2 5 1 0 0 5 outing. The performance improved his record to 15-7, 3.25 and he now leads the club in ERA. Jose Alvarado got him out of a mini-jam in the 8th after a runner reached via error with score 3-1, getting a strikeout. Alvarado stayed on for the 9th, gave up a leadoff triple to Heliot Ramos who scored on a fly ball but finished off the game for save #18. The bats were quiet until a 3-run 5th which saw Dayle Jenkins' sac fly tie the game and later in the inning Joe Barker hit a 2-run single with the bases loaded. Dane Ayers added some insurance in the bottom of the 8th with an RBI double. September 5: Signed 2B/SS Nick Gordon to a minor league contract, added him to the active roster. Just some veteran depth for the final month to give us another middle infield option. Gordon hasn't played since 2028 and I'm not expecting much here, just someone to spell Isaac DeLeon and Connor Kirkley. Game 3: Marc Wagner broke out of his recent slump by turning in his best and most dominant performance as a Ray in a 6-0 win over the Blue Jays. Wagner took a no-hitter into the 5th before it was broken up by a Brady McConnell single with two out and he went 7 2 0 0 1 14 to go to 8-5, 3.30 with the Rays and 12-7, 3.20 overall. The 14 whiffs also tie him with Wil Diaz for the MLB strikeout lead at 257, as Diaz had 10 Ks today for Texas. Corbin Martin pitched the final two innings to combine with Wagner for the shutout. Nate Clark was the star on offense, with a first-inning sac fly to put the team on the board and then a 3-run HR (#45) in the 5th to make it 6-0. The 4 RBI today increase Clark's MLB-leading total to 125. Caleb Picciotti hit his first MLB homer in the 3rd to make it 2-0 and Connor Kirkley had an RBI groundout later in the inning. Team record: 105-36. Next up: 3 more home games with Baltimore coming to town for the weekend. Last edited by Art Deco; 02-20-2021 at 03:22 PM.