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Art Deco · 04-19-2021, 08:21 PM

Game 1: The Rays were hoisted by their own petard or something like that as Yoshi Tsutsugo, dumped on Washington a month ago, dumped all over the Rays today with a big 3-run homer off Chris Archer to break a 2-2 tie in the 5th and later singled in another in the 7th to lead the Nationals to an 8-4 win over Tampa Bay. The Rays took a quick 2-0 lead early on a Ji-Man Choi RBI double in the 1st and Mike Zunino's 12th homer in the 2nd, but Archer couldn't hold it and had trouble with the Washington lineup throughout his outing. It was 2-2 in the 5th with 2 out and 2 on, and with his pitch count in the 90s I left Archer in to try and get one more out, but that backfired when Tsutsugo took him deep. Archer ended a pretty bad 4.2 8 5 5 3 4. Andrew Kittredge went 1 1/3 scoreless but Cody Reed gave up a couple in the 7th and Trea Turner took former teammate Hunter Strickland deep in the 8th. The Yankees won again with a 9th inning rally so what was once an 11-game lead has been pared down to 7 1/2.

Game 2: A tight, tense game into the 7th inning became a Washington laugher as they scored 7 times in bottom of the 7th on their way to an 11-2 win over the Rays, Tampa Bay's fourth loss in five games. It was a duel between veteran lefties Alex Wood and Patrick Corbin, and both left it as a 2-2 stalemate with Wood going a respectable 5.2 5 2 2 2 4 and Chaz Roe getting the final out in the 6th. The Rays got their second sac fly of the game in the 7th with Austin Meadows bringing home the equalizer, and things looked set up for the back end of the Rays pen to keep it there. But Peter Fairbanks was flat-out awful, and when the dust settled he allowed 5 baserunners, all of whom scored, and Diego Castillo wasn't much better trying to clean up his mess although a Willy Adames error wasn't helpful either and it was 9-2 Washington. Collin McHugh mopped up and allowed two more runs. New York lost so the lead stays at 7 1/2, but the Blue Jays won their 10th straight to pull within 1/2 game of the Yankees.

Team record: 50-31. Next up: An off-day then a weekend in Toronto against those red-hot Jays.

04-19-2021, 08:21 PM	#30
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,067	June 29-30: at Washington (2) Game 1: The Rays were hoisted by their own petard or something like that as Yoshi Tsutsugo, dumped on Washington a month ago, dumped all over the Rays today with a big 3-run homer off Chris Archer to break a 2-2 tie in the 5th and later singled in another in the 7th to lead the Nationals to an 8-4 win over Tampa Bay. The Rays took a quick 2-0 lead early on a Ji-Man Choi RBI double in the 1st and Mike Zunino's 12th homer in the 2nd, but Archer couldn't hold it and had trouble with the Washington lineup throughout his outing. It was 2-2 in the 5th with 2 out and 2 on, and with his pitch count in the 90s I left Archer in to try and get one more out, but that backfired when Tsutsugo took him deep. Archer ended a pretty bad 4.2 8 5 5 3 4. Andrew Kittredge went 1 1/3 scoreless but Cody Reed gave up a couple in the 7th and Trea Turner took former teammate Hunter Strickland deep in the 8th. The Yankees won again with a 9th inning rally so what was once an 11-game lead has been pared down to 7 1/2. Game 2: A tight, tense game into the 7th inning became a Washington laugher as they scored 7 times in bottom of the 7th on their way to an 11-2 win over the Rays, Tampa Bay's fourth loss in five games. It was a duel between veteran lefties Alex Wood and Patrick Corbin, and both left it as a 2-2 stalemate with Wood going a respectable 5.2 5 2 2 2 4 and Chaz Roe getting the final out in the 6th. The Rays got their second sac fly of the game in the 7th with Austin Meadows bringing home the equalizer, and things looked set up for the back end of the Rays pen to keep it there. But Peter Fairbanks was flat-out awful, and when the dust settled he allowed 5 baserunners, all of whom scored, and Diego Castillo wasn't much better trying to clean up his mess although a Willy Adames error wasn't helpful either and it was 9-2 Washington. Collin McHugh mopped up and allowed two more runs. New York lost so the lead stays at 7 1/2, but the Blue Jays won their 10th straight to pull within 1/2 game of the Yankees. Team record: 50-31. Next up: An off-day then a weekend in Toronto against those red-hot Jays. Last edited by Art Deco; 04-19-2021 at 10:11 PM.