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Art Deco · 03-29-2021, 05:08 PM

April 23: Placed C Kevan Smith on waivers and designated him for assignment; activated 1B Ji-Man Choi from the 10-day IL.

It'll be good to have Ji-Man back as the offense needs help, although he'll sit tonight against the lefty Hyun-jin Ryu.

Game 1: The Rays blew a 4-1 lead and lost to Toronto 5-4 today as they can't seem to escape the gravitational pull of the .500 mark. They were primarily done in by Teoscar Hernandez, who went 4-4 and missed the cycle by a double. Hernandez started tormenting Rays pitchers when he took Collin McHugh deep in the first, but his homer was answered by Brandon Lowe's off Hyun-jin Ryu in the bottom of the inning. And then the Rays struck for 3 in the second, with some help from a Toronto error. Willy Adames made it 7 RBI in 2 games with a 2-run double, and he scored on Mike Zunino's groundout. But the Jays hit back for a pair against McHugh in the 4th, although he made it through 6 and left with a 4-3 lead, going 6 4 3 3 1 8 in a largely impressive outing. Luis Patino got through the 7th but walked Cavan Biggio to lead off the 8th and then that man Hernandez again came through with a triple off Diego Castillo to tie the game up, and he came home on Vlad Guerrero Jr's sac fly to give the Jays the winning margin. The offense was non-existent after the first two innings as they only managed 5 hits on the night.

Game 2: It was the Tyler Glasnow show at the Trop on a Saturday as the Rays righty dominated the Blue Jays to the tune of 7 1 0 0 1 9 and picked up the win in a 3-0 decision. Glasnow allowed a Cavan Biggio single to lead off the game and gave up nothing else from there as he needed to be sharp with the team not doing much scoring for him. Diego Castillo pitched the 8th and Nick Anderson the 9th for save #4 and Glasnow is now 3-1. Ji-Man Choi made a triumphant return to the Rays lineup, figuring in both of their first two runs. In the 2nd he doubled and scored on Kevin Kiermaier's RBI single off Nate Pearson, and then in the 6th he doubled home Randy Arozarena. They added an insurance run in the 8th on a Yandy Diaz groundout scoring Brandon Lowe who had doubled to lead off the inning.

Game 3: Michael Wacha had his sinker working today and the Rays survived a shaky 9th inning from Peter Fairbanks in a 5-4 win over Toronto to get them 2 games over .500. Wacha had the Jays pounding the ball into the ground for 7 innings, getting 14 groundball outs and only allowing a Lourdes Gurriel homer in the 5th as the only Toronto hit before giving up a leadoff double in the 8th. Chaz Roe allowed that runner to score and Wacha ended 7 2 2 2 0 2 to improve to 3-0, albeit with a 4.29 ERA. It was 5-2 going into the 9th when Fairbanks put the first two men on, got a double play ball, and then allowed three consecutive singles to score 2 more runs before finally getting Randal Grichuk to fly to center to end the game. Fairbanks was called on because Diego Castillo and Nick Anderson were both tired, and he did pick up his first save despite not really deserving it. Randy Arozarena led the offense, homering off Robbie Ray with a man on in the 4th (#5) to make it 2-0 Rays, and he had an RBI single in the 6th to restore the 2-run lead at 3-1. Manuel Margot had a big RBI double in the 7th, and Mike Brosseau hit a massive 447-foot homer to LCF in the 8th (#2) which proved to be the margin of victory.

Team record: 12-10. Next up: Oakland comes to town for four games.

03-29-2021, 05:08 PM	#9
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,377	April 23-25: vs Toronto (3) April 23: Placed C Kevan Smith on waivers and designated him for assignment; activated 1B Ji-Man Choi from the 10-day IL. It'll be good to have Ji-Man back as the offense needs help, although he'll sit tonight against the lefty Hyun-jin Ryu. Game 1: The Rays blew a 4-1 lead and lost to Toronto 5-4 today as they can't seem to escape the gravitational pull of the .500 mark. They were primarily done in by Teoscar Hernandez, who went 4-4 and missed the cycle by a double. Hernandez started tormenting Rays pitchers when he took Collin McHugh deep in the first, but his homer was answered by Brandon Lowe's off Hyun-jin Ryu in the bottom of the inning. And then the Rays struck for 3 in the second, with some help from a Toronto error. Willy Adames made it 7 RBI in 2 games with a 2-run double, and he scored on Mike Zunino's groundout. But the Jays hit back for a pair against McHugh in the 4th, although he made it through 6 and left with a 4-3 lead, going 6 4 3 3 1 8 in a largely impressive outing. Luis Patino got through the 7th but walked Cavan Biggio to lead off the 8th and then that man Hernandez again came through with a triple off Diego Castillo to tie the game up, and he came home on Vlad Guerrero Jr's sac fly to give the Jays the winning margin. The offense was non-existent after the first two innings as they only managed 5 hits on the night. Game 2: It was the Tyler Glasnow show at the Trop on a Saturday as the Rays righty dominated the Blue Jays to the tune of 7 1 0 0 1 9 and picked up the win in a 3-0 decision. Glasnow allowed a Cavan Biggio single to lead off the game and gave up nothing else from there as he needed to be sharp with the team not doing much scoring for him. Diego Castillo pitched the 8th and Nick Anderson the 9th for save #4 and Glasnow is now 3-1. Ji-Man Choi made a triumphant return to the Rays lineup, figuring in both of their first two runs. In the 2nd he doubled and scored on Kevin Kiermaier's RBI single off Nate Pearson, and then in the 6th he doubled home Randy Arozarena. They added an insurance run in the 8th on a Yandy Diaz groundout scoring Brandon Lowe who had doubled to lead off the inning. Game 3: Michael Wacha had his sinker working today and the Rays survived a shaky 9th inning from Peter Fairbanks in a 5-4 win over Toronto to get them 2 games over .500. Wacha had the Jays pounding the ball into the ground for 7 innings, getting 14 groundball outs and only allowing a Lourdes Gurriel homer in the 5th as the only Toronto hit before giving up a leadoff double in the 8th. Chaz Roe allowed that runner to score and Wacha ended 7 2 2 2 0 2 to improve to 3-0, albeit with a 4.29 ERA. It was 5-2 going into the 9th when Fairbanks put the first two men on, got a double play ball, and then allowed three consecutive singles to score 2 more runs before finally getting Randal Grichuk to fly to center to end the game. Fairbanks was called on because Diego Castillo and Nick Anderson were both tired, and he did pick up his first save despite not really deserving it. Randy Arozarena led the offense, homering off Robbie Ray with a man on in the 4th (#5) to make it 2-0 Rays, and he had an RBI single in the 6th to restore the 2-run lead at 3-1. Manuel Margot had a big RBI double in the 7th, and Mike Brosseau hit a massive 447-foot homer to LCF in the 8th (#2) which proved to be the margin of victory. Team record: 12-10. Next up: Oakland comes to town for four games. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-29-2021 at 10:46 PM.