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Art Deco · 04-09-2021, 12:48 PM

Game 1: The Rays nearly pulled off a miraculous 9th inning comeback but fell just short in a 6-5 loss to Kansas City. Trailing 6-2, they loaded the bases off KC closer Greg Holland with nobody out, and got a Yandy Diaz single to make it 6-3. It looked like the comeback was dead when Brandon Lowe hit a comebacker to Holland who turned it into a 1-2-3 double play. But Randy Arozarena drilled a triple off the RCF wall, just missing a game-tying homer, to make it 6-5. Alas, pinch-hitter Joey Wendle struck out and they came up short. Of course the previous 8 1/2 innings weren't so great for the Rays as Tyler Glasnow couldn't hold a 2-1 lead after 5, allowing the equalizer in the 6th and then getting hit hard in the 7th to finish 6.1 7 5 5 1 5. Chaz Roe got him out of the 7th but the Jorge Soler homer Ryan Thompson allowed in the 8th turned out to be big in retrospect. Earlier the Rays got HR #10 from Austin Meadows and a Diaz (who was 4-4 today) RBI single for their first two runs. The Yankees beat Toronto to pull back within 1 game.

MLB News: Minnesota's Byron Buxton homered 3 times tonight in a 7-0 win over Baltimore, and now has an amazing 22 HR in 46 games and 200 AB.

Game 2: A great night all around for the Rays as they pounded the Royals 9-0 behind a complete-game 4-hit shutout from Chris Archer who turned back the clock tonight. The shutout was Archer's first since 2015 and he walked none and struck out 6. He nearly pulled off a Maddux at 96 pitches facing the final batter Adalberto Mondesi but went into a deep count before striking him out to end the game as he evens his record at 2-2 and lowers his ERA to 4.79 after a rough start to the season. The bats put this one away early off Royals rookie Daniel Lynch, scoring 8 times in the first 4 innings. Yandy Diaz stayed red-hot, getting hits his first 3 times up after going 4-4 yesterday as his RBI double opened the scoring and he later added an RBI single. Mike Zunino homered again (#10) with a man on, Manuel Margot was 3-5 with an RBI and Willy Adames was 2-4 with an RBI double. They scored all these runs without two of their top hitters, Austin Meadows and Brandon Lowe, who were in need of a rest. The Yankees fell to Toronto so the lead is back up to 2 games.

Game 3: Much like the first game of this series, the Royals raced out to a big lead only for the Rays to come back later and make the score respectable. In today's 10-7 loss to Kansas City the Rays scored 5 times in the 7th after being down 10-2 and had the tying run at the plate but fell short. Michael Wacha was roughed up for a pair of homers including a solo shot from Bobby Witt Jr and a 3-run blast from Salvador Perez and ended an ugly 5 6 6 6 3 6 today. Andrew Kittredge was even worse, coughing up 4 runs in 2 innings including a 2-run Jorge Soler homer. Meanwhile the Rays were flummoxed in the early going by former Florida Gator standout Brady Singer, who retired them in order for the first 3 innings before hitting Austin Meadows and giving up a 2-run homer to Yandy Diaz (#3). He still held them to that one hit through 6 before he had a bout of wildness, the Rays picked up a couple of RBI infield singles from Yoshi Tsutsugo and Kevin Kiermaier, and a Hunter Dozier error all ended up leading to 5 runs before Josh Staumont got KC out of it. They didn't really threaten in the 8th and 9th while Pete Fairbanks and Diego Castillo each got in a scoreless inning of work. The Yankees beat Toronto to pull within 1 game.

Team record: 30-22. Next up: A rare Friday off-day, followed by 2 games at the Trop against Philadelphia.

04-09-2021, 12:48 PM	#19
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,070	May 25-27: vs Kansas City (3) Game 1: The Rays nearly pulled off a miraculous 9th inning comeback but fell just short in a 6-5 loss to Kansas City. Trailing 6-2, they loaded the bases off KC closer Greg Holland with nobody out, and got a Yandy Diaz single to make it 6-3. It looked like the comeback was dead when Brandon Lowe hit a comebacker to Holland who turned it into a 1-2-3 double play. But Randy Arozarena drilled a triple off the RCF wall, just missing a game-tying homer, to make it 6-5. Alas, pinch-hitter Joey Wendle struck out and they came up short. Of course the previous 8 1/2 innings weren't so great for the Rays as Tyler Glasnow couldn't hold a 2-1 lead after 5, allowing the equalizer in the 6th and then getting hit hard in the 7th to finish 6.1 7 5 5 1 5. Chaz Roe got him out of the 7th but the Jorge Soler homer Ryan Thompson allowed in the 8th turned out to be big in retrospect. Earlier the Rays got HR #10 from Austin Meadows and a Diaz (who was 4-4 today) RBI single for their first two runs. The Yankees beat Toronto to pull back within 1 game. MLB News: Minnesota's Byron Buxton homered 3 times tonight in a 7-0 win over Baltimore, and now has an amazing 22 HR in 46 games and 200 AB. Game 2: A great night all around for the Rays as they pounded the Royals 9-0 behind a complete-game 4-hit shutout from Chris Archer who turned back the clock tonight. The shutout was Archer's first since 2015 and he walked none and struck out 6. He nearly pulled off a Maddux at 96 pitches facing the final batter Adalberto Mondesi but went into a deep count before striking him out to end the game as he evens his record at 2-2 and lowers his ERA to 4.79 after a rough start to the season. The bats put this one away early off Royals rookie Daniel Lynch, scoring 8 times in the first 4 innings. Yandy Diaz stayed red-hot, getting hits his first 3 times up after going 4-4 yesterday as his RBI double opened the scoring and he later added an RBI single. Mike Zunino homered again (#10) with a man on, Manuel Margot was 3-5 with an RBI and Willy Adames was 2-4 with an RBI double. They scored all these runs without two of their top hitters, Austin Meadows and Brandon Lowe, who were in need of a rest. The Yankees fell to Toronto so the lead is back up to 2 games. Game 3: Much like the first game of this series, the Royals raced out to a big lead only for the Rays to come back later and make the score respectable. In today's 10-7 loss to Kansas City the Rays scored 5 times in the 7th after being down 10-2 and had the tying run at the plate but fell short. Michael Wacha was roughed up for a pair of homers including a solo shot from Bobby Witt Jr and a 3-run blast from Salvador Perez and ended an ugly 5 6 6 6 3 6 today. Andrew Kittredge was even worse, coughing up 4 runs in 2 innings including a 2-run Jorge Soler homer. Meanwhile the Rays were flummoxed in the early going by former Florida Gator standout Brady Singer, who retired them in order for the first 3 innings before hitting Austin Meadows and giving up a 2-run homer to Yandy Diaz (#3). He still held them to that one hit through 6 before he had a bout of wildness, the Rays picked up a couple of RBI infield singles from Yoshi Tsutsugo and Kevin Kiermaier, and a Hunter Dozier error all ended up leading to 5 runs before Josh Staumont got KC out of it. They didn't really threaten in the 8th and 9th while Pete Fairbanks and Diego Castillo each got in a scoreless inning of work. The Yankees beat Toronto to pull within 1 game. Team record: 30-22. Next up: A rare Friday off-day, followed by 2 games at the Trop against Philadelphia. Last edited by Art Deco; 04-09-2021 at 02:26 PM.