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Art Deco · 03-03-2021, 09:23 AM

Game 1: Christian Little struck out 12 in 6 innings and Jasson Dominguez hit a 1st-inning grand slam to lead the Rays to a 5-3 win at Fenway Park in the opener of their 3-game series. Little went 6 4 3 3 1 12, allowing his obligatory homer (a 2-run shot to Eric Knatz in the 4th) and probably shouldn't have started the 7th at 93 pitches, allowing a double and a single for the 3rd Boston run. But Nate Thompson came in and was great again, nearly going the final 3 innings for a save before leaving after giving up a 2-out single in the 9th and the Sox sending Pierson Gibis to the plate. Jose Alvarado came on to face the slugging lefty-hitting catcher and got him to ground out to end the game for save #4 while Little is now 4-0 with a slightly high 4.04 ERA. All of the offense came in the first on Nate Clark's fielder's choice RBI and then Dominguez's 4th HR of the year with the sacks full off former Ray Shane Baz. They seemingly had runners on every inning after that with a chance to build the lead but couldn't do so, stranding 9 and hitting into 3 double plays.

Game 2: Alec Sachais pitched into the 8th and Jasson Dominguez went deep for the 2nd straight day as the Rays topped the Red Sox 4-1. Sachais had one of his better outings with the only blemish a Gabriel Arias homer in the 6th as he went 7.1 2 1 1 0 6 to improve to 3-0, 2.90. Jordan Diaz took over and got him out of the 8th and Jose Alvarado pitched around his own error to retire the other three batters in the 9th to notch save #5. Dominguez's 2nd inning solo HR (#5) put them on the board in the 2nd, Luis Corpus singled in Connor Kirkley (who continued ablaze with 2 doubles in a 3-3, one-walk day) in the 5th, Ricky Widmar singled in a run in the 7th and Victor de Jesus blasted #7 with the bases empty in the 8th. The de Jesus/Kirkley combo remains 1-2 in the AL in WAR, Kirkley is 1st in OPS with de Jesus 3rd and Kirkley's .372 BA is 2nd.

Game 3: The Rays swept the Red Sox 12-3 behind something that had only been done 14 times befire in MLB history prior to today: a batter hitting two grand slams in the same game. Nate Clark cleared the bases in a 6-run 2nd and a 5-run 5th, becoming the second MLB player to hit multiple slams in a game along with Miguel Sano for the Yankees last season since Josh Willingham in 2009. The two homers give Clark 6 and propelled him to the MLB RBI lead with 30, and the 8 RBI ties the Rays' single-game record set by Ben Zobrist in 2011 and by Wander Franco in this same ballpark back in 2024. Ricky Widmar led off the game with his 6th HR of the year, an omen for the rest of the day. Boston tied it up on an unearned run off Jon Hayes in the bottom of the inning, but in the 2nd wildness from Boston starter Nelson Berkwich saw him walk Widmar with the bases loaded to force in the go-ahead run, Dayle Jenkins singled in a run, and then Clark hit the first of his two slams to make it 7-1. Reliever Tyson Miller was also wild for the Sox and he walked Jenkins to bring home a run in the 5th before Clark hit slam #2 and it was 12-1. Hayes coasted with all the run support until he ran out of gas in the 8th and allowed a couple of runs, still finishing 7.1 7 3 2 1 5 before Brad Ballmann finished things off for the last 1 2/3. Given the historic nature of Clark's feat, here's the offensive part of the box score for posterity:

Also in interesting MLB feats tonight Wander Franco hit for the cycle for Texas, something he did twice with the Rays.

Team record: 23-5. Next up: Back home for four against Texas.

03-03-2021, 09:23 AM	#715
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,826	May 5-7, 2031: at Boston (3) Game 1: Christian Little struck out 12 in 6 innings and Jasson Dominguez hit a 1st-inning grand slam to lead the Rays to a 5-3 win at Fenway Park in the opener of their 3-game series. Little went 6 4 3 3 1 12, allowing his obligatory homer (a 2-run shot to Eric Knatz in the 4th) and probably shouldn't have started the 7th at 93 pitches, allowing a double and a single for the 3rd Boston run. But Nate Thompson came in and was great again, nearly going the final 3 innings for a save before leaving after giving up a 2-out single in the 9th and the Sox sending Pierson Gibis to the plate. Jose Alvarado came on to face the slugging lefty-hitting catcher and got him to ground out to end the game for save #4 while Little is now 4-0 with a slightly high 4.04 ERA. All of the offense came in the first on Nate Clark's fielder's choice RBI and then Dominguez's 4th HR of the year with the sacks full off former Ray Shane Baz. They seemingly had runners on every inning after that with a chance to build the lead but couldn't do so, stranding 9 and hitting into 3 double plays. Game 2: Alec Sachais pitched into the 8th and Jasson Dominguez went deep for the 2nd straight day as the Rays topped the Red Sox 4-1. Sachais had one of his better outings with the only blemish a Gabriel Arias homer in the 6th as he went 7.1 2 1 1 0 6 to improve to 3-0, 2.90. Jordan Diaz took over and got him out of the 8th and Jose Alvarado pitched around his own error to retire the other three batters in the 9th to notch save #5. Dominguez's 2nd inning solo HR (#5) put them on the board in the 2nd, Luis Corpus singled in Connor Kirkley (who continued ablaze with 2 doubles in a 3-3, one-walk day) in the 5th, Ricky Widmar singled in a run in the 7th and Victor de Jesus blasted #7 with the bases empty in the 8th. The de Jesus/Kirkley combo remains 1-2 in the AL in WAR, Kirkley is 1st in OPS with de Jesus 3rd and Kirkley's .372 BA is 2nd. Game 3: The Rays swept the Red Sox 12-3 behind something that had only been done 14 times befire in MLB history prior to today: a batter hitting two grand slams in the same game. Nate Clark cleared the bases in a 6-run 2nd and a 5-run 5th, becoming the second MLB player to hit multiple slams in a game along with Miguel Sano for the Yankees last season since Josh Willingham in 2009. The two homers give Clark 6 and propelled him to the MLB RBI lead with 30, and the 8 RBI ties the Rays' single-game record set by Ben Zobrist in 2011 and by Wander Franco in this same ballpark back in 2024. Ricky Widmar led off the game with his 6th HR of the year, an omen for the rest of the day. Boston tied it up on an unearned run off Jon Hayes in the bottom of the inning, but in the 2nd wildness from Boston starter Nelson Berkwich saw him walk Widmar with the bases loaded to force in the go-ahead run, Dayle Jenkins singled in a run, and then Clark hit the first of his two slams to make it 7-1. Reliever Tyson Miller was also wild for the Sox and he walked Jenkins to bring home a run in the 5th before Clark hit slam #2 and it was 12-1. Hayes coasted with all the run support until he ran out of gas in the 8th and allowed a couple of runs, still finishing 7.1 7 3 2 1 5 before Brad Ballmann finished things off for the last 1 2/3. Given the historic nature of Clark's feat, here's the offensive part of the box score for posterity: Also in interesting MLB feats tonight Wander Franco hit for the cycle for Texas, something he did twice with the Rays. Team record: 23-5. Next up: Back home for four against Texas. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-03-2021 at 03:21 PM.