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Art Deco · 03-05-2021, 03:39 PM

Game 1: The Rays' 12-game winning streak came to a merciless end today as Oakland dominated them 9-3. Alec Sachais was piling up the strikeouts but A's hitters were piling up the hits and runs as they got to him for 5 runs and 8 hits in 5 innings despite 8 whiffs. Nate Thompson relieved him in the 6th and gave up a run of his own, and then after the Rays crept back within 6-3 in the 7th, Thompson was hit for 3 more runs in the 8th to put the game out of reach. Mike Mooney went the final 1 1/3 as the only Rays pitcher unscored upon. Former Ray Jhon Diaz, off to a rough start coming in at .196, was a thorn in our side today as he went 3-5 with 2 RBI and was in the middle of most of Oakland's rallies. Jose Inostroza was a tough customer for Rays hitters, keeping them off the board until Dayle Jenkins' sac fly in the 6th and solo homers from the still-hot Rodolfo Rivas (#4) and Bobby Witt Jr (#2) in the 7th as he improved to 6-2 for Oakland.

Game 2: The Rays were saddled with another mediocre-to-terrible outing from a starter, but unlike the yesterday the bullpen held serve, enabling the Rays to come back and take a 5-4 win over Oakland. Like Alec Sachais yesterday, Jon Hayes piled up the strikeouts but started the game ridiculously wild and then after getting over that, starting getting hit hard later. Hayes inexplicably walked the first four batters of the game and that along with a sac fly meant Oakland scored twice without a hit in the 1st. After Dayle Jenkins' 3rd HR of the year and a Rodolfo Rivas RBI single tied it at 2 in the 3rd, Hayes gave it right back in the 4th allowing 2 more runs on 3 hits. He made it through the 5th and ended with a strange 5 5 4 4 4 9 line on 113 pitches. Jon Whiteleather took over for the 6th and got four outs and then Brad Ballmann came on after him in the 7th. And in his fourth straight appearance Ballmann picked up a win when the offense came back on his watch. First Joe Barker hit a game-tying 2-run homer (#8) in the 7th, and then in the 8th the Rays managed a 2-out rally with Nate Clark drawing a walk, going to third on a Barker single and scoring on a Taj Bradley wild pitch to make it 5-4. Jordan Diaz took over in the 9th and retired Oakland 1-2-3 to pick up save #8. He lowered his ERA to 2.37 and now has a 15-game, 17-inning scoreless streak after starting the season by allowing 5 runs in his first 2 innings and blowing a pair of saves.

Game 3: Marc Wagner took the mound for the first time against his old team and although he started off wild he settled in as the Rays took care of Oakland 6-1. In a performance reminiscent of Jon Hayes yesterday Wagner walked a couple in the first, and two more in the second when he wild pitched one of them in to give the A's a brief 1-0 lead. But Bobby Witt Jr homered for the second time in three games (#4) as he's heating up after his somnambulant start to the season to tie it up in the 3rd, and in the 4th Nate Clark was hit by a pitch, stole second, went to third on the bad throw, and scored on Victor de Jesus's grounder to give the Rays the lead for good. Joe Barker, also hot, hit a 2-run HR in the 6th (#9) to make it 4-1, and Jakob Runnels doubled in a run and Ricky Widmar tripled in another in the 7th to round out the scoring. Wagner meanwhile got into a grove and ended 6 1 1 1 4 7 on 110 pitches to improve to 6-1, 3.77. Tim Siqueiros was brilliant yet again with 2 perfect innings striking out 3, and after an 88-minute rain delay thanks to a Florida summertime thunderstorm, Evan Godwin pitched a scoreless 9th as he finished off the team 2-hitter.

Game 4: The buzz before the game was for the return of Blake Money, both to Publix Park and to the active roster this season after missing 10 months with a torn UCL shortly after the Rays traded him to Oakland. But Dane Ayers and Andy Aparicio stole the show in a 5-3 Rays win. Ayers welcomed Money back to Tampa Bay and back to MLB by drilling a 1-2 pitch into the LF stands to lead off the game for the Rays, and after Oakland had pulled to within 3-2 in the 7th he went deep off Taj Bradley to almost the same spot. It's getting ridiculous how productive he's been in limited appearances this year as he added a single as well and is now 395/443/741 with 8 HR and 18 RBI in 81 AB. Aparicio meanwhile was dominant again, even if he had his usual scattering of hits. He struck out a career-high 13 in 6 1/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 8 hits and walking only one to improve to 6-0, 1.44. Billy Benedetto got him for a homer in the 4th and I pushed him too far in the 7th as he got into the 110s in pitches and allowed another run. Brad Ballmann came on and got him out of the 7th but gave up a homer of his own in the 8th to lefty Bo Naylor. Jon Whiteleather got the call in his first high-leverage situation and passed the audition, retiring both batters he faced to get through the 8th and record his first MLB hold. Nate Clark hit HR #14 in the bottom of the 8th to restore the 2-run lead and Jordan Diaz stayed on his roll by getting the A's 1-2-3 for save #9. Jasson Dominguez had HR #9 in the 2nd off Money as well, who ended 5 4 3 3 4 2 in his return.

Team record: 38-7. Next up: Seattle comes to town for 3, bringing along Adley Rutschman who will hopefully continue not to hit at Publix Park.

03-05-2021, 03:39 PM	#720
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,831	May 22-25, 2031: vs Oakland (4) Game 1: The Rays' 12-game winning streak came to a merciless end today as Oakland dominated them 9-3. Alec Sachais was piling up the strikeouts but A's hitters were piling up the hits and runs as they got to him for 5 runs and 8 hits in 5 innings despite 8 whiffs. Nate Thompson relieved him in the 6th and gave up a run of his own, and then after the Rays crept back within 6-3 in the 7th, Thompson was hit for 3 more runs in the 8th to put the game out of reach. Mike Mooney went the final 1 1/3 as the only Rays pitcher unscored upon. Former Ray Jhon Diaz, off to a rough start coming in at .196, was a thorn in our side today as he went 3-5 with 2 RBI and was in the middle of most of Oakland's rallies. Jose Inostroza was a tough customer for Rays hitters, keeping them off the board until Dayle Jenkins' sac fly in the 6th and solo homers from the still-hot Rodolfo Rivas (#4) and Bobby Witt Jr (#2) in the 7th as he improved to 6-2 for Oakland. Game 2: The Rays were saddled with another mediocre-to-terrible outing from a starter, but unlike the yesterday the bullpen held serve, enabling the Rays to come back and take a 5-4 win over Oakland. Like Alec Sachais yesterday, Jon Hayes piled up the strikeouts but started the game ridiculously wild and then after getting over that, starting getting hit hard later. Hayes inexplicably walked the first four batters of the game and that along with a sac fly meant Oakland scored twice without a hit in the 1st. After Dayle Jenkins' 3rd HR of the year and a Rodolfo Rivas RBI single tied it at 2 in the 3rd, Hayes gave it right back in the 4th allowing 2 more runs on 3 hits. He made it through the 5th and ended with a strange 5 5 4 4 4 9 line on 113 pitches. Jon Whiteleather took over for the 6th and got four outs and then Brad Ballmann came on after him in the 7th. And in his fourth straight appearance Ballmann picked up a win when the offense came back on his watch. First Joe Barker hit a game-tying 2-run homer (#8) in the 7th, and then in the 8th the Rays managed a 2-out rally with Nate Clark drawing a walk, going to third on a Barker single and scoring on a Taj Bradley wild pitch to make it 5-4. Jordan Diaz took over in the 9th and retired Oakland 1-2-3 to pick up save #8. He lowered his ERA to 2.37 and now has a 15-game, 17-inning scoreless streak after starting the season by allowing 5 runs in his first 2 innings and blowing a pair of saves. Game 3: Marc Wagner took the mound for the first time against his old team and although he started off wild he settled in as the Rays took care of Oakland 6-1. In a performance reminiscent of Jon Hayes yesterday Wagner walked a couple in the first, and two more in the second when he wild pitched one of them in to give the A's a brief 1-0 lead. But Bobby Witt Jr homered for the second time in three games (#4) as he's heating up after his somnambulant start to the season to tie it up in the 3rd, and in the 4th Nate Clark was hit by a pitch, stole second, went to third on the bad throw, and scored on Victor de Jesus's grounder to give the Rays the lead for good. Joe Barker, also hot, hit a 2-run HR in the 6th (#9) to make it 4-1, and Jakob Runnels doubled in a run and Ricky Widmar tripled in another in the 7th to round out the scoring. Wagner meanwhile got into a grove and ended 6 1 1 1 4 7 on 110 pitches to improve to 6-1, 3.77. Tim Siqueiros was brilliant yet again with 2 perfect innings striking out 3, and after an 88-minute rain delay thanks to a Florida summertime thunderstorm, Evan Godwin pitched a scoreless 9th as he finished off the team 2-hitter. Game 4: The buzz before the game was for the return of Blake Money, both to Publix Park and to the active roster this season after missing 10 months with a torn UCL shortly after the Rays traded him to Oakland. But Dane Ayers and Andy Aparicio stole the show in a 5-3 Rays win. Ayers welcomed Money back to Tampa Bay and back to MLB by drilling a 1-2 pitch into the LF stands to lead off the game for the Rays, and after Oakland had pulled to within 3-2 in the 7th he went deep off Taj Bradley to almost the same spot. It's getting ridiculous how productive he's been in limited appearances this year as he added a single as well and is now 395/443/741 with 8 HR and 18 RBI in 81 AB. Aparicio meanwhile was dominant again, even if he had his usual scattering of hits. He struck out a career-high 13 in 6 1/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 8 hits and walking only one to improve to 6-0, 1.44. Billy Benedetto got him for a homer in the 4th and I pushed him too far in the 7th as he got into the 110s in pitches and allowed another run. Brad Ballmann came on and got him out of the 7th but gave up a homer of his own in the 8th to lefty Bo Naylor. Jon Whiteleather got the call in his first high-leverage situation and passed the audition, retiring both batters he faced to get through the 8th and record his first MLB hold. Nate Clark hit HR #14 in the bottom of the 8th to restore the 2-run lead and Jordan Diaz stayed on his roll by getting the A's 1-2-3 for save #9. Jasson Dominguez had HR #9 in the 2nd off Money as well, who ended 5 4 3 3 4 2 in his return. Team record: 38-7. Next up: Seattle comes to town for 3, bringing along Adley Rutschman who will hopefully continue not to hit at Publix Park. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-05-2021 at 11:08 PM.