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Art Deco · 03-17-2021, 09:43 AM

Game 1: Tonight's game featured a matchup of two hot teams with the Rays having won 6 straight and Texas 9 in a row. Only one could keep streaking and it turned out to be the Rangers, who downed the Rays 5-2. It was a matchup of Cy Young winners, with the AL holder Victor Presas starting for Texas and Christian Little for the Rays, and Presas looked more award-worthy tonight, going 7 5 2 1 1 7 while Little came undone in the 6th allowing 3 runs and ending 5.1 5 5 4 3 7. The Rays got a run in the 3rd on an error and a wild pitch, and Luis Corpus singled in a run in the 7th for their only offense. Nate Thompson looked impressive in relief of Little, going the final 2 2/3, allowing only one hit and whiffing four to keep the final score respectable.

Game 2: A disastrous day for the Rays as they suffered a couple of injuries in the 1st inning and went down to a 7-1 defeat by the red-hot Rangers. Alec Sachais started and only lasted 2 batters before having to leave with a herniated disc, an injury which will keep him out a couple of weeks. One of those batters reached and scored off him, so he took a tough-luck loss as it turned out. Tim Siqueiros took over and went 2 2/3 scoreless innings to keep them in the game, but my gambit to use Rodolfo Rivas in relief backfired as the Rangers were all over him, getting 4 runs in 1 1/3 innings, a total inflated by the oft-ineffective Brad Ballmann. Ballmann gave up a 2-run double and then a couple of runs of his own but at least he gave us length, pitching the final 3 2/3 on 66 pitches. Meanwhile, the offense lost Victor de Jesus in the 1st as well as he suffered a mild hamstring strain in the field, and he too will have that injury for a couple of weeks. It's considered "minimal" but I'm not going to chance him with a hamstring so he's IL-bound as well. The offense for the second day straight couldn't get anything going against a Texas ace with their other Cy Young winner, Wil Diaz, pitching a complete game against them allowing 8 hits, but only Dayle Jenkins' 9th homer in the 6th saw a Ray cross home plate.

August 17: Placed OF Victor de Jesus on the 10-day IL with a hamstring strain, placed P Alec Sachais on the 15-day IL with a herniated disc; recalled P Eric Carter and OF D'Andre Hodges from AAA Durham.

Carter is up to give us a fresh arm in the pen the next few days but I plan to turn to Jon Sorrano, the key piece in the deal which sent Jack Leiter to Cincinnati last winter, to take Sachais' spot in the rotation in 4 days. This means Danny Ceja's spot is safe for now, but he could lose it to Sorrano if he impresses more over the next few turns.

Game 3: You just knew the Rays weren't going to go down meekly three games in a row and they didn't, bouncing back to rout Texas 11-2 to snap the Rangers' 11-game winning streak. Of course it helped the Rays had the more favorable pitching matchup with Andy Aparicio going against reliever-turned-starter Blaine Knight, and AA did his usual thing. He went 7 7 2 2 1 7 against a tough Texas lineup and is now 16-1, 1.44. His consistency has been nothing short of amazing, having never allowed more than 3 runs in a start this year and only doing that twice, so in his other 21 it's been 2 runs or fewer. The just-recalled Eric Carter pitched the final two innings scoreless, looking good with 3 whiffs. After scoring three runs combined in the previous two games they had that many by the 2nd inning and then blew the game open with 7 in the 3rd. Nate Clark and Rodolfo Rivas had RBI singles in the 1st, supersub Dane Ayers went deep for #13 in the 2nd, and then the 7-run 3rd featured 2-run homers from Jasson Dominguez (#22) and Bobby Witt Jr (#11) and a 2-run double from Clark. Eloy Jimenez couldn't go the weekend without a homer, hitting #51 overall in the 9th and his 8th in 13 games as a Ray.

Team record: 92-25. Next up: We remain in the Lone Star State to play Houston the next four days.

03-17-2021, 09:43 AM	#748
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,527	August 15-17, 2031: at Texas (3) Game 1: Tonight's game featured a matchup of two hot teams with the Rays having won 6 straight and Texas 9 in a row. Only one could keep streaking and it turned out to be the Rangers, who downed the Rays 5-2. It was a matchup of Cy Young winners, with the AL holder Victor Presas starting for Texas and Christian Little for the Rays, and Presas looked more award-worthy tonight, going 7 5 2 1 1 7 while Little came undone in the 6th allowing 3 runs and ending 5.1 5 5 4 3 7. The Rays got a run in the 3rd on an error and a wild pitch, and Luis Corpus singled in a run in the 7th for their only offense. Nate Thompson looked impressive in relief of Little, going the final 2 2/3, allowing only one hit and whiffing four to keep the final score respectable. Game 2: A disastrous day for the Rays as they suffered a couple of injuries in the 1st inning and went down to a 7-1 defeat by the red-hot Rangers. Alec Sachais started and only lasted 2 batters before having to leave with a herniated disc, an injury which will keep him out a couple of weeks. One of those batters reached and scored off him, so he took a tough-luck loss as it turned out. Tim Siqueiros took over and went 2 2/3 scoreless innings to keep them in the game, but my gambit to use Rodolfo Rivas in relief backfired as the Rangers were all over him, getting 4 runs in 1 1/3 innings, a total inflated by the oft-ineffective Brad Ballmann. Ballmann gave up a 2-run double and then a couple of runs of his own but at least he gave us length, pitching the final 3 2/3 on 66 pitches. Meanwhile, the offense lost Victor de Jesus in the 1st as well as he suffered a mild hamstring strain in the field, and he too will have that injury for a couple of weeks. It's considered "minimal" but I'm not going to chance him with a hamstring so he's IL-bound as well. The offense for the second day straight couldn't get anything going against a Texas ace with their other Cy Young winner, Wil Diaz, pitching a complete game against them allowing 8 hits, but only Dayle Jenkins' 9th homer in the 6th saw a Ray cross home plate. August 17: Placed OF Victor de Jesus on the 10-day IL with a hamstring strain, placed P Alec Sachais on the 15-day IL with a herniated disc; recalled P Eric Carter and OF D'Andre Hodges from AAA Durham. Carter is up to give us a fresh arm in the pen the next few days but I plan to turn to Jon Sorrano, the key piece in the deal which sent Jack Leiter to Cincinnati last winter, to take Sachais' spot in the rotation in 4 days. This means Danny Ceja's spot is safe for now, but he could lose it to Sorrano if he impresses more over the next few turns. Game 3: You just knew the Rays weren't going to go down meekly three games in a row and they didn't, bouncing back to rout Texas 11-2 to snap the Rangers' 11-game winning streak. Of course it helped the Rays had the more favorable pitching matchup with Andy Aparicio going against reliever-turned-starter Blaine Knight, and AA did his usual thing. He went 7 7 2 2 1 7 against a tough Texas lineup and is now 16-1, 1.44. His consistency has been nothing short of amazing, having never allowed more than 3 runs in a start this year and only doing that twice, so in his other 21 it's been 2 runs or fewer. The just-recalled Eric Carter pitched the final two innings scoreless, looking good with 3 whiffs. After scoring three runs combined in the previous two games they had that many by the 2nd inning and then blew the game open with 7 in the 3rd. Nate Clark and Rodolfo Rivas had RBI singles in the 1st, supersub Dane Ayers went deep for #13 in the 2nd, and then the 7-run 3rd featured 2-run homers from Jasson Dominguez (#22) and Bobby Witt Jr (#11) and a 2-run double from Clark. Eloy Jimenez couldn't go the weekend without a homer, hitting #51 overall in the 9th and his 8th in 13 games as a Ray. Team record: 92-25. Next up: We remain in the Lone Star State to play Houston the next four days. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-17-2021 at 01:55 PM.