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Art Deco · 02-24-2021, 03:52 PM

Advantage, Rays.

Tampa Bay is on the brink of their seventh World Series trip in eight years thanks to a 5-1 win over Texas to take a 3-2 lead in the ALCS. After a slightly rough beginning, Christian Little turned in a great start and the offense came alive in the middle innings to propel the Rays to victory. Wander Franco led the game off with a single against Little, stole second, went to third on a grounder and scored on another one, and then Little gave up a double to Bobby Owens. But Nate Clark made a diving catch on Edgar Medina's liner to end the inning, and Little gave them nothing from there, finishing 6 3 1 1 0 6 on 95 pitches. Meanwhile Texas ace Victor Presas was mowing the Rays down, retiring the first 10 before Dayle Jenkins started a rally with a double, and Nate Clark and Victor de Jesus had RBI singles to give the Rays the lead. They expanded that lead in the 6th thanks to none other than Adley Rutschman, who earlier had a hit to keep the 4th inning rally alive and now came through with an RBI single in the 6th. We've had a few false dawns with him before so nobody's getting too excited, but it's good to see nonetheless. A second run scored on a wild pitch and Joe Barker added an RBI single in the 7th after Jenkins hit his second double of the game. Andy Aparicio came on in the 7th and threw two perfect innings. Usually I'd let him finish in these situations but with a day off tomorrow I figured taking him out would mean he'd be available for Game 6. So Jordan Diaz came on and got a 1-2-3 inning of his own to complete the team 3-hitter. Alec Sachais will look to clinch us the pennant in 48 hours' time.

Meanwhile, cue the Bee Gees as the Padres are stayin' alive:

Connor Walsh had a big game with a 2-RBI single in the 1st to erase a 2-run Columbus lead from the top of the inning and an RBI double in a 3-run third that put the Padres in front to stay, with Pavin Smith homering with Walsh aboard for the other two runs in that inning. Kolby Allard pitched well after that rough first inning to pick up the win.

02-24-2021, 03:52 PM	#693
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,377	October 18, 2030: ALCS Game 5 & NLCS Game 4 Advantage, Rays. Tampa Bay is on the brink of their seventh World Series trip in eight years thanks to a 5-1 win over Texas to take a 3-2 lead in the ALCS. After a slightly rough beginning, Christian Little turned in a great start and the offense came alive in the middle innings to propel the Rays to victory. Wander Franco led the game off with a single against Little, stole second, went to third on a grounder and scored on another one, and then Little gave up a double to Bobby Owens. But Nate Clark made a diving catch on Edgar Medina's liner to end the inning, and Little gave them nothing from there, finishing 6 3 1 1 0 6 on 95 pitches. Meanwhile Texas ace Victor Presas was mowing the Rays down, retiring the first 10 before Dayle Jenkins started a rally with a double, and Nate Clark and Victor de Jesus had RBI singles to give the Rays the lead. They expanded that lead in the 6th thanks to none other than Adley Rutschman, who earlier had a hit to keep the 4th inning rally alive and now came through with an RBI single in the 6th. We've had a few false dawns with him before so nobody's getting too excited, but it's good to see nonetheless. A second run scored on a wild pitch and Joe Barker added an RBI single in the 7th after Jenkins hit his second double of the game. Andy Aparicio came on in the 7th and threw two perfect innings. Usually I'd let him finish in these situations but with a day off tomorrow I figured taking him out would mean he'd be available for Game 6. So Jordan Diaz came on and got a 1-2-3 inning of his own to complete the team 3-hitter. Alec Sachais will look to clinch us the pennant in 48 hours' time. Meanwhile, cue the Bee Gees as the Padres are stayin' alive: Connor Walsh had a big game with a 2-RBI single in the 1st to erase a 2-run Columbus lead from the top of the inning and an RBI double in a 3-run third that put the Padres in front to stay, with Pavin Smith homering with Walsh aboard for the other two runs in that inning. Kolby Allard pitched well after that rough first inning to pick up the win. Last edited by Art Deco; 02-24-2021 at 04:04 PM.