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Art Deco · 03-20-2021, 12:03 PM

Game 1: The Rays took a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Yankees at the Stadium today with Bobby Witt Jr's 13th HR of the year in the 9th off Durbin Feltman the game-winner. It was quite the pitchers' duel between Jon Hayes and Yankee ace Eric Peterson, and the Yankees jumped out ahead first in the 6th on Matt Thaiss' RBI triple. But the Rays answered back in the top of the 7th with Victor de Jesus delivering an RBI single in an inning the Rays should have scored more as de Jesus was caught stealing and then the next three hitters singled, but they couldn't get anyone home. Hayes was solid throughout, going 7.2 7 1 1 0 4 before giving way to Jose Alvarado, who got Vlad Jr to get out of the 8th and picked up his 2nd win of the season when Witt homered. Alvarado stayed on and struck out the side in the 9th to preserve his own win as he's now at 2.9 WAR, a ridiculous number for a relief pitcher.

Game 2: Connor Kirkley had a monster game and Christian Little was his usual dominant self as the Rays routed the Yankees 7-1, further burying New York's fading playoff hopes. Having once looked a lock for a wild card, the Yankees have lost 5 straight now, falling to .500 and are 2 1/2 out of the second wild card and 1/2 game behind Detroit. Today they can thank Kirkley for their predicament as the Rays second sacker blasted a pair of homers and drove in 5 runs. His first longball came in the 2nd with a man on off Yankee starter Dave Falco, he added an RBI single in the 4th and then took onetime Ray farmhand Hunter Barco deep for a 2-run shot (#28) in the 9th. The other two runs scored off a Rodolfo Rivas sac fly and a wild pitch. Little was excellent again in facing the high-powered Yankee lineup going 6 3 1 0 2 9, improving to 16-6, 3.43 and moving past the 5 WAR mark for the season. Jon Whiteleather, Evan Godwin and Nate Thompson each pitched a scoreless inning in relief.

Game 3: The Rays completed the sweep of the Yankees with a 5-3 win and they remain poised to break their own MLB single-season win record of 122 wins set in 2028, needing to go only 15-11 over their final 26 games to do so. Jon Soranno got the start and he continued his perfect 4-for-4 record with a 7 4 1 1 2 3 outing to lower his ERA to 2.08. Soranno had to survive some shaky bullpen work from both Mike Mooney, who gave up a leadoff homer and put two more on in the 8th, and Jordan Diaz, who allowed 2 hits and 2 walks to score a run and left the bases loaded to still pick up save #21. The offense wasn't very efficient today as it took 14 hits and 7 walks to generate 5 runs with 14 men left on base. It was still enough and the runs started with HR #14 for Bobby Witt Jr and Dane Ayers' RBI single in the 2nd to make it 2-0, and Joe Barker's RBI single in the 7th made it 3-1 before they added a pair in the 8th on Victor de Jesus's RBI double and a Barker sac fly. Jasson Dominguez was 4-4 and Ayers had a 3-hit day off the bench.

Team record: 108-28. Next up: The road trip heads west to Detroit for 3 games. The Tigers, winners of the AL Central the last 3 years, had a bad first half but are making a outside-shot run at a wild card at the moment.

03-20-2021, 12:03 PM	#754
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,541	September 5-7, 2031: at NY Yankees (3) Game 1: The Rays took a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Yankees at the Stadium today with Bobby Witt Jr's 13th HR of the year in the 9th off Durbin Feltman the game-winner. It was quite the pitchers' duel between Jon Hayes and Yankee ace Eric Peterson, and the Yankees jumped out ahead first in the 6th on Matt Thaiss' RBI triple. But the Rays answered back in the top of the 7th with Victor de Jesus delivering an RBI single in an inning the Rays should have scored more as de Jesus was caught stealing and then the next three hitters singled, but they couldn't get anyone home. Hayes was solid throughout, going 7.2 7 1 1 0 4 before giving way to Jose Alvarado, who got Vlad Jr to get out of the 8th and picked up his 2nd win of the season when Witt homered. Alvarado stayed on and struck out the side in the 9th to preserve his own win as he's now at 2.9 WAR, a ridiculous number for a relief pitcher. Game 2: Connor Kirkley had a monster game and Christian Little was his usual dominant self as the Rays routed the Yankees 7-1, further burying New York's fading playoff hopes. Having once looked a lock for a wild card, the Yankees have lost 5 straight now, falling to .500 and are 2 1/2 out of the second wild card and 1/2 game behind Detroit. Today they can thank Kirkley for their predicament as the Rays second sacker blasted a pair of homers and drove in 5 runs. His first longball came in the 2nd with a man on off Yankee starter Dave Falco, he added an RBI single in the 4th and then took onetime Ray farmhand Hunter Barco deep for a 2-run shot (#28) in the 9th. The other two runs scored off a Rodolfo Rivas sac fly and a wild pitch. Little was excellent again in facing the high-powered Yankee lineup going 6 3 1 0 2 9, improving to 16-6, 3.43 and moving past the 5 WAR mark for the season. Jon Whiteleather, Evan Godwin and Nate Thompson each pitched a scoreless inning in relief. Game 3: The Rays completed the sweep of the Yankees with a 5-3 win and they remain poised to break their own MLB single-season win record of 122 wins set in 2028, needing to go only 15-11 over their final 26 games to do so. Jon Soranno got the start and he continued his perfect 4-for-4 record with a 7 4 1 1 2 3 outing to lower his ERA to 2.08. Soranno had to survive some shaky bullpen work from both Mike Mooney, who gave up a leadoff homer and put two more on in the 8th, and Jordan Diaz, who allowed 2 hits and 2 walks to score a run and left the bases loaded to still pick up save #21. The offense wasn't very efficient today as it took 14 hits and 7 walks to generate 5 runs with 14 men left on base. It was still enough and the runs started with HR #14 for Bobby Witt Jr and Dane Ayers' RBI single in the 2nd to make it 2-0, and Joe Barker's RBI single in the 7th made it 3-1 before they added a pair in the 8th on Victor de Jesus's RBI double and a Barker sac fly. Jasson Dominguez was 4-4 and Ayers had a 3-hit day off the bench. Team record: 108-28. Next up: The road trip heads west to Detroit for 3 games. The Tigers, winners of the AL Central the last 3 years, had a bad first half but are making a outside-shot run at a wild card at the moment. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-20-2021 at 03:51 PM.