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Art Deco · 03-24-2021, 02:22 PM

Game 1: The only thing colder than the temperature at Fenway on an April night (34 degrees, with a 44-minute rain delay) were the Rays' bats as they fell 2-0 to Boston. Trevor Richards opened for Rich Hill, and pitched a scoreless first before having to leave with wrist soreness. Hill took over and was OK, but ran into trouble with a couple of walks in the 5th and with a couple of hits mixed in the Sox managed to score both their runs as Hill ended up 4 4 2 2 2 3 for his outing. Luis Patino was great again with 2 more scoreless innings in relief and Cody Reed made his season debut, pitching around a pair of errors to retire Boston in the 8th. The bats only managed 5 hits for the game and really didn't come to life until the 9th against Boston closer Adam Ottavino as Brandon Lowe singled to center and Randy Arozarena beat out an infield hit. Pinch-hitter Yoshi Tsutsugo should have made the final out but Bobby Dalbec booted his grounder to load the bases for Willy Adames, who grounded meekly back to Ottavino to end the game.

Game 2: After last night's pitchers' duel, tonight was the polar opposite as both teams scored early and often but the Rays came away with a 10-6 win to snap their 2-game mini-losing streak. Although the Rays got a 1st inning run on a Randy Arozarena ground out, Collin McHugh's Rays debut was one to forget as he served up a grand slam to Rafael Devers in the bottom of the inning and was tagged for 6 runs in total in a 3.1 7 6 6 1 1 nightmare outing. Fortunately for the Rays, Boston pitching was extraordinarily wild, issuing 11 walks on the night and Tampa Bay made them pay. Kevan Smith keyed a 4-run rally in the 2nd with a 2-run double as the Rays went back up 5-4 before McHugh gave that lead back. This set up the 6th where two walks (including a bases-loaded one to Mike Brosseau) and a hit loaded the bases for Joey Wendle, who took Matt Hall deep for a grand slam to break the tie. From there the bullpen took over, going 5 2/3 scoreless with Chaz Roe pitching the first 1 2/3 (and striking out the side in the 5th) and scoreless innings from Cody Reed, Peter Fairbanks, Diego Castillo and Nick Anderson to finish the game. Roe picked up his 2nd win of the young season.

Game 3: The bullpen let the Rays down in a big way today as they blew a 4-2 lead in the 7th and then Enrique Hernandez drilled a 2-run homer off Nick Anderson in the bottom of the 9th to give Boston a 7-5 win over Tampa Bay. Tyler Glasnow got the start and for 6 innings he was hooked in a duel with Boston's Eduardo Rodriguez with the Sox up 2-0 on a Bobby Dalbec homer and a Rafael Devers double. Glasnow finished 6 4 2 2 1 6 in another fine start but he looked to be a hard-luck loser until the Rays got to Rodriguez and the Boston pen in the 7th. They loaded the bases and pinch-hitter Joey Wendle, fresh off a grand slam the night before, drilled a bases-clearing double to make it 3-2 Tampa Bay. Manuel Margot, who had a 3-hit game, added an RBI double and it was 4-2 and things looked in good hands with the Fairbanks/Castillo/Anderson trio ready to go. But Fairbanks was terrible in the 7th, putting 2 on and giving up a 3-run homer to Kevin Plawecki of all people to put Boston back on top. But the Rays wouldn't quit, and Yandy Diaz's RBI single in the 8th tied it back up. Castillo did his job in the 8th with a pair of whiffs but Anderson gave up a leadoff single to Marwin Gonzalez and Hernandez took him over the Monster to send the Fenway Park crowd home walk-off winners.

Team record: 3-3. Next up: An off-day then we get to open the home portion of our season with the Yankees coming to town for the weekend.

03-24-2021, 02:22 PM	#3
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,121	April 5-7: at Boston (3) Game 1: The only thing colder than the temperature at Fenway on an April night (34 degrees, with a 44-minute rain delay) were the Rays' bats as they fell 2-0 to Boston. Trevor Richards opened for Rich Hill, and pitched a scoreless first before having to leave with wrist soreness. Hill took over and was OK, but ran into trouble with a couple of walks in the 5th and with a couple of hits mixed in the Sox managed to score both their runs as Hill ended up 4 4 2 2 2 3 for his outing. Luis Patino was great again with 2 more scoreless innings in relief and Cody Reed made his season debut, pitching around a pair of errors to retire Boston in the 8th. The bats only managed 5 hits for the game and really didn't come to life until the 9th against Boston closer Adam Ottavino as Brandon Lowe singled to center and Randy Arozarena beat out an infield hit. Pinch-hitter Yoshi Tsutsugo should have made the final out but Bobby Dalbec booted his grounder to load the bases for Willy Adames, who grounded meekly back to Ottavino to end the game. Game 2: After last night's pitchers' duel, tonight was the polar opposite as both teams scored early and often but the Rays came away with a 10-6 win to snap their 2-game mini-losing streak. Although the Rays got a 1st inning run on a Randy Arozarena ground out, Collin McHugh's Rays debut was one to forget as he served up a grand slam to Rafael Devers in the bottom of the inning and was tagged for 6 runs in total in a 3.1 7 6 6 1 1 nightmare outing. Fortunately for the Rays, Boston pitching was extraordinarily wild, issuing 11 walks on the night and Tampa Bay made them pay. Kevan Smith keyed a 4-run rally in the 2nd with a 2-run double as the Rays went back up 5-4 before McHugh gave that lead back. This set up the 6th where two walks (including a bases-loaded one to Mike Brosseau) and a hit loaded the bases for Joey Wendle, who took Matt Hall deep for a grand slam to break the tie. From there the bullpen took over, going 5 2/3 scoreless with Chaz Roe pitching the first 1 2/3 (and striking out the side in the 5th) and scoreless innings from Cody Reed, Peter Fairbanks, Diego Castillo and Nick Anderson to finish the game. Roe picked up his 2nd win of the young season. Game 3: The bullpen let the Rays down in a big way today as they blew a 4-2 lead in the 7th and then Enrique Hernandez drilled a 2-run homer off Nick Anderson in the bottom of the 9th to give Boston a 7-5 win over Tampa Bay. Tyler Glasnow got the start and for 6 innings he was hooked in a duel with Boston's Eduardo Rodriguez with the Sox up 2-0 on a Bobby Dalbec homer and a Rafael Devers double. Glasnow finished 6 4 2 2 1 6 in another fine start but he looked to be a hard-luck loser until the Rays got to Rodriguez and the Boston pen in the 7th. They loaded the bases and pinch-hitter Joey Wendle, fresh off a grand slam the night before, drilled a bases-clearing double to make it 3-2 Tampa Bay. Manuel Margot, who had a 3-hit game, added an RBI double and it was 4-2 and things looked in good hands with the Fairbanks/Castillo/Anderson trio ready to go. But Fairbanks was terrible in the 7th, putting 2 on and giving up a 3-run homer to Kevin Plawecki of all people to put Boston back on top. But the Rays wouldn't quit, and Yandy Diaz's RBI single in the 8th tied it back up. Castillo did his job in the 8th with a pair of whiffs but Anderson gave up a leadoff single to Marwin Gonzalez and Hernandez took him over the Monster to send the Fenway Park crowd home walk-off winners. Team record: 3-3. Next up: An off-day then we get to open the home portion of our season with the Yankees coming to town for the weekend. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-25-2021 at 11:54 AM.