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Art Deco · 04-07-2021, 10:00 AM

Game 1: The Rays took a hard-fought 3-2 win over Cleveland thanks to solid pitching and the bat of Jasson Dominguez. Alec Sachais went 7 4 2 2 1 6 to improve to 8-1, 3.58 with his only blemish a 2-run homer from former Rays farmhand Jordan Evangelista, who is now tied with Nate Clark for the AL HR lead at 19. In fact it looked like the trade which sent Evangelista to Cleveland 5 years ago would haunt them tonight as another of the players shipped in the deal for Daniel Espino, Jimmy West, was keeping the Rays in check through 6, allowing only a 2-run Bo Angeac single in the 2nd. But Dominguez came through with HR #15 to break the deadlock in the 7th as part of his 3-hit day. Jordan Diaz pitched the 8th and with lefties due in the 9th Alexander Beltre got his first Rays save as he seems to be over the slump he was in when acquired from San Diego. Ricky Widmar returned to the lineup for the first time in 8 days and was 0-4. The Yankees were off so the lead grows to 3 1/2.

Game 2: Apparently this was too good of a team to flounder around a few games over .500 as the Rays continue to put their recent struggles in the rear-view mirror with their 10th win in 11 games, a 10-2 thrashing of Cleveland. Things were looking a lot like last night's tight, low-scoring affair as the game was 1-1 through 5 innings. But they loaded the bases with one out in the top of the 6th for Ricky Widmar, who drilled a double down the LF line to clear them, and Dayle Jenkins continued on his home run tear with a 2-run shot (#10) and within 2 batters a 1-1 game became a 6-1 game. They tacked on four more in the 8th on RBI singles from Jaiden Hardaway and Dane Ayers before Jenkins added a 2-run double. Jon Soranno got the start and was excellent again, going 6.2 7 2 2 0 4 and improving to 5-2, 3.13. Jose Alvarado took over for him getting the final out of the 7th and pitched so efficiently in the 8th he ended up finishing the game in an unusually lengthy 2 1/3-inning outing for him. The Yankees lost at home to Colorado (with old friend Caleb Picciotti driving in a pair), so the lead is now 4 1/2 games.

Game 3: The Rays picked up where they left off last night, hammering Cleveland and old friend Evan Godwin 11-0 behind a 5-hit shutout from Andy Aparicio. The game was 8-0 by the 4th inning and Aparicio was pitching from his rocking chair the rest of the night, going 9 5 0 0 0 4, getting a lot of weak contact and going to 9-3, 3.93. The shutout was his first of the season after twirling 3 in his magical Cy Young/MVP season last year. Meanwhile Godwin, a Ray for the previous 7 seasons pitching middle relief, got his second start of the year against the Rays. He had to leave the first one after two batters when he tweaked his back, and he probably wishes he tweaked it again in the 1st inning tonight as the Rays jumped all over him. Rodolfo Rivas' solo HR (#14) in the 2nd and a Jaiden Hardaway RBI groundout in the 3rd made it 2-0, and then the watershed broke in the 4th. D'Andre Hodges and Xavier Edwards delivered RBI singles before Ricky Widmar hit a grand slam to make it 8-0. Later on they added a 2-run HR from Hodges (#3) and a second from Widmar (#7) for the other 3 runs. It was impressive that they put 11 runs on the board considering their entire starting OF of Nate Clark, Jasson Dominguez and Dayle Jenkins needed to sit with fatigue. In addition to Hodges' homer and 3 RBI, Edwards was 2-3 with a walk, RBI and steal. The division lead stays 4 1/2 with the Yankees winning today.

Team record: 44-26. Next up: An off-day then the road trip continues in Baltimore for four this weekend, including a Saturday doubleheader.

04-07-2021, 10:00 AM	#807
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,119	June 21-23, 2032: at Cleveland (3) Game 1: The Rays took a hard-fought 3-2 win over Cleveland thanks to solid pitching and the bat of Jasson Dominguez. Alec Sachais went 7 4 2 2 1 6 to improve to 8-1, 3.58 with his only blemish a 2-run homer from former Rays farmhand Jordan Evangelista, who is now tied with Nate Clark for the AL HR lead at 19. In fact it looked like the trade which sent Evangelista to Cleveland 5 years ago would haunt them tonight as another of the players shipped in the deal for Daniel Espino, Jimmy West, was keeping the Rays in check through 6, allowing only a 2-run Bo Angeac single in the 2nd. But Dominguez came through with HR #15 to break the deadlock in the 7th as part of his 3-hit day. Jordan Diaz pitched the 8th and with lefties due in the 9th Alexander Beltre got his first Rays save as he seems to be over the slump he was in when acquired from San Diego. Ricky Widmar returned to the lineup for the first time in 8 days and was 0-4. The Yankees were off so the lead grows to 3 1/2. Game 2: Apparently this was too good of a team to flounder around a few games over .500 as the Rays continue to put their recent struggles in the rear-view mirror with their 10th win in 11 games, a 10-2 thrashing of Cleveland. Things were looking a lot like last night's tight, low-scoring affair as the game was 1-1 through 5 innings. But they loaded the bases with one out in the top of the 6th for Ricky Widmar, who drilled a double down the LF line to clear them, and Dayle Jenkins continued on his home run tear with a 2-run shot (#10) and within 2 batters a 1-1 game became a 6-1 game. They tacked on four more in the 8th on RBI singles from Jaiden Hardaway and Dane Ayers before Jenkins added a 2-run double. Jon Soranno got the start and was excellent again, going 6.2 7 2 2 0 4 and improving to 5-2, 3.13. Jose Alvarado took over for him getting the final out of the 7th and pitched so efficiently in the 8th he ended up finishing the game in an unusually lengthy 2 1/3-inning outing for him. The Yankees lost at home to Colorado (with old friend Caleb Picciotti driving in a pair), so the lead is now 4 1/2 games. Game 3: The Rays picked up where they left off last night, hammering Cleveland and old friend Evan Godwin 11-0 behind a 5-hit shutout from Andy Aparicio. The game was 8-0 by the 4th inning and Aparicio was pitching from his rocking chair the rest of the night, going 9 5 0 0 0 4, getting a lot of weak contact and going to 9-3, 3.93. The shutout was his first of the season after twirling 3 in his magical Cy Young/MVP season last year. Meanwhile Godwin, a Ray for the previous 7 seasons pitching middle relief, got his second start of the year against the Rays. He had to leave the first one after two batters when he tweaked his back, and he probably wishes he tweaked it again in the 1st inning tonight as the Rays jumped all over him. Rodolfo Rivas' solo HR (#14) in the 2nd and a Jaiden Hardaway RBI groundout in the 3rd made it 2-0, and then the watershed broke in the 4th. D'Andre Hodges and Xavier Edwards delivered RBI singles before Ricky Widmar hit a grand slam to make it 8-0. Later on they added a 2-run HR from Hodges (#3) and a second from Widmar (#7) for the other 3 runs. It was impressive that they put 11 runs on the board considering their entire starting OF of Nate Clark, Jasson Dominguez and Dayle Jenkins needed to sit with fatigue. In addition to Hodges' homer and 3 RBI, Edwards was 2-3 with a walk, RBI and steal. The division lead stays 4 1/2 with the Yankees winning today. Team record: 44-26. Next up: An off-day then the road trip continues in Baltimore for four this weekend, including a Saturday doubleheader. Last edited by Art Deco; 04-07-2021 at 03:14 PM.