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Art Deco · 03-27-2021, 01:11 PM

Game 1: A heartbreaking loss for the Rays as Gleyber Torres hit a walk-off homer off Andrew Kittredge in the bottom of the 9th to give the Yankees a 3-2 win after the Rays came back late from down 2-0. Trevor Richards opened for the Rays and was terrible, giving the Yankees two runs in the 1st inning. Rich Hill took over and was excellent, going 5 3 0 0 0 6 in his bulk outing, and Chaz Roe and Diego Castillo pitched scoreless innings to get them through the 8th. The bats were slow to wake against Jordan Montgomery, who held them to 3 hits and 1 run in 6 1/3 with the run scoring in the 7th on Joey Wendle's pinch-hit sac fly, giving him a team-leading 13 RBI. Brandon Lowe homered for the 4th straight game to tie it in the 8th, and it could have been a 2-run shot but Austin Meadows was caught stealing during Lowe's at-bat. They still only managed 4 hits on the night but were in it until Kittredge gave up the Torres homer after retiring the first two Yankees in the 9th.

Game 2: As tough as last night's loss was, today's win was just as exhilarating. The Rays scored 4 times in the 9th, with both of the key hits coming against Aroldis Chapman, to break a 3-3 tie and beat the Yankees 7-3. Leading off the away 9th Joey Wendle drew a walk against Justin Wilson and stole second, leading the Yankees to bring in Chapman. The Rays caught a break when Manuel Margot's popup was dropped by Caleb Kowart with one out, putting men on 1st and 3rd for Yandy Diaz, who singled off Chapman to give them the lead. And then two batters Randy Arozarena took the Cuban Missile deep to RCF to give the Rays ample breathing room. The homer was Arozarena's 3rd of the season and extended his hitting streak to 12 games in his last at-bat. Luis Patino picked up the win, pitching the final 2 1/3 with 3 whiffs. Collin McHugh started and was rudely greeted by Mike Tauchman, who took him deep to lead off the game, but settled in from there and only allowed a Luke Voit solo homer the rest of the way in a 6 5 2 2 1 2 outing. Cody Reed took over in the 7th and unfortunately gave up a run that allowed the Yankees to tie it at 3. The Rays had scored earlier on a Diaz RBI double, Kevin Kiermaier's RBI single, and Zunino's sac fly.

Game 3: The final score said Yankees 10, Rays 7, but it wasn't really that close of a game as New York bombed Tyler Glasnow for 8 runs in 1 2/3 innings, or should I say Gleyber Torres bombed Glasnow as he hit a first-inning grand slam then a 2-run shot in the 2nd. It was 8-0 at that point and it was 10-4 going into the 9th when Randy Arozarena hit another 3-run homer (#4) in the 9th that wasn't quite as thrilling as yesterday's. He earlier had a 2-run single to give him a 5-RBI day and extend his hitting streak to 13 as he and Brandon Lowe (2-5 today) seem to be the only Rays consistently hitting with Kevin Kiermaier (just barely at .208) the only other regular above the Mendoza Line. Trevor Richards (2 1/3, 1 run allowed) and Andrew Kittredge (3 scoreless innings) mopped up Glasnow's mess while Chaz Roe allowed a run in his inning of work. Meanwhile Blake Snell went 9 1 0 0 1 11 today for San Diego against the Dodgers of all teams.

Team record: 8-8. Next up: We head to Kansas City for 3 games.

03-27-2021, 01:11 PM	#7
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,072	April 16-18: at NY Yankees (3) Game 1: A heartbreaking loss for the Rays as Gleyber Torres hit a walk-off homer off Andrew Kittredge in the bottom of the 9th to give the Yankees a 3-2 win after the Rays came back late from down 2-0. Trevor Richards opened for the Rays and was terrible, giving the Yankees two runs in the 1st inning. Rich Hill took over and was excellent, going 5 3 0 0 0 6 in his bulk outing, and Chaz Roe and Diego Castillo pitched scoreless innings to get them through the 8th. The bats were slow to wake against Jordan Montgomery, who held them to 3 hits and 1 run in 6 1/3 with the run scoring in the 7th on Joey Wendle's pinch-hit sac fly, giving him a team-leading 13 RBI. Brandon Lowe homered for the 4th straight game to tie it in the 8th, and it could have been a 2-run shot but Austin Meadows was caught stealing during Lowe's at-bat. They still only managed 4 hits on the night but were in it until Kittredge gave up the Torres homer after retiring the first two Yankees in the 9th. Game 2: As tough as last night's loss was, today's win was just as exhilarating. The Rays scored 4 times in the 9th, with both of the key hits coming against Aroldis Chapman, to break a 3-3 tie and beat the Yankees 7-3. Leading off the away 9th Joey Wendle drew a walk against Justin Wilson and stole second, leading the Yankees to bring in Chapman. The Rays caught a break when Manuel Margot's popup was dropped by Caleb Kowart with one out, putting men on 1st and 3rd for Yandy Diaz, who singled off Chapman to give them the lead. And then two batters Randy Arozarena took the Cuban Missile deep to RCF to give the Rays ample breathing room. The homer was Arozarena's 3rd of the season and extended his hitting streak to 12 games in his last at-bat. Luis Patino picked up the win, pitching the final 2 1/3 with 3 whiffs. Collin McHugh started and was rudely greeted by Mike Tauchman, who took him deep to lead off the game, but settled in from there and only allowed a Luke Voit solo homer the rest of the way in a 6 5 2 2 1 2 outing. Cody Reed took over in the 7th and unfortunately gave up a run that allowed the Yankees to tie it at 3. The Rays had scored earlier on a Diaz RBI double, Kevin Kiermaier's RBI single, and Zunino's sac fly. Game 3: The final score said Yankees 10, Rays 7, but it wasn't really that close of a game as New York bombed Tyler Glasnow for 8 runs in 1 2/3 innings, or should I say Gleyber Torres bombed Glasnow as he hit a first-inning grand slam then a 2-run shot in the 2nd. It was 8-0 at that point and it was 10-4 going into the 9th when Randy Arozarena hit another 3-run homer (#4) in the 9th that wasn't quite as thrilling as yesterday's. He earlier had a 2-run single to give him a 5-RBI day and extend his hitting streak to 13 as he and Brandon Lowe (2-5 today) seem to be the only Rays consistently hitting with Kevin Kiermaier (just barely at .208) the only other regular above the Mendoza Line. Trevor Richards (2 1/3, 1 run allowed) and Andrew Kittredge (3 scoreless innings) mopped up Glasnow's mess while Chaz Roe allowed a run in his inning of work. Meanwhile Blake Snell went 9 1 0 0 1 11 today for San Diego against the Dodgers of all teams. Team record: 8-8. Next up: We head to Kansas City for 3 games. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-27-2021 at 09:24 PM.