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Art Deco · 04-29-2021, 11:19 PM

Game 1: The Rays came out on the wrong end of a pitchers' duel tonight as Mario Candelaria, one of the league's better starters with 4.3 WAR last year, held the Rays to 1 hit in his 6 innings of work in a 3-2 Boston win. The lone hit was a 4th-inning solo shot from Rodolfo Rivas (#7) that gave them a brief 1-0 lead, but Leo Ortega coughed up that lead in the bottom of the inning and then surrendered back-to-back jacks in the 6th to put Boston ahead. He finished 6 7 3 3 1 6 with Tim Siqueiros and Mike Wherry combining for 2 scoreless. The Rays didn't manage another hit again until the 8th when Ricky Widmar and Dayle Jenkins hit back-to-back doubles to plate the 2nd Tampa Bay run but that was all they'd get in terms of hits as well as runs.

Durham News: Kevin Kerstetter pitched a 2-hit shutout tonight against Scranton WB, walking 3 and whiffing 11. The Bulls are off to a Rays-like 21-7 start themselves.

Game 2: It was a struggle for Nate Schultz but the bullpen picked him up and the Rays went on a fairly comfortable 7-2 win over Boston. Schultz was battling all day, taking him 37 pitches to get out of the first but allowing only one run, and that was the template for the rest of his start as he couldn't make it through 5, going 4.1 9 2 2 3 6 on 112 pitches and at least limiting the damage. He left with two on in the 5th and Tim Siqueiros got him out of that with a pair of whiffs and added a scoreless 6th to pick up his 4th relief win of the year already. As the Rays expanded their lead, Bob Sirna came on in the 7th and ended up finishing the game with a 56-pitch 3-inning save, his first as a Ray which saw him hold Boston hitless but walk 3 and whiff 4. The offense got two big hits from Bo Angeac early: a second-inning RBI single and a 2-run double in the 4th to put them ahead to stay. Jaiden Hardaway had a pair of doubles and an RBI in the early innings as well with Victor de Jesus hitting HR #10 in the 6th to cap the scoring.

Game 3: The Rays won another pitchers' duel today, taking a 3-1 decision over the Red Sox behind the ultra-efficient pitching of Jon Soranno. It looked like it might be a long day for the Rays lefty after Luisangel Acuna homered to lead the game off against him but that would turn out to be all he'd allow and he was pitching so effectively that he entered the 9th inning on a nice 69 pitches with a 4-hitter going. But he put two men on with one out, and if the game hadn't been so close I'd have left him in at 80 pitches but it wasn't so Kikuo Kawase came in and struck out the two men he faced to nobody's surprise. Soranno finished 8.1 5 1 1 1 4 and is now 7-0, 2.49 as he remains our most consistent starter while Kawase notched save #4. The bats were held silent for a long time by Boston's Beau Hullinger, who retired the first 11 Rays before Nate Clark singled. The offensive breakthrough came in the 5th when Victor de Jesus continued on his homer binge by hitting #11 and his 4th in 5 games to tie it, and then they put a couple of more men whom Ricky Widmar doubled home to make it 3-1. Still they only managed 5 hits for the game.

Team record: 31-9. Next up: We head to Cleveland for 3 games.

04-29-2021, 11:19 PM	#869
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,652	May 13-15, 2033: at Boston (3) Game 1: The Rays came out on the wrong end of a pitchers' duel tonight as Mario Candelaria, one of the league's better starters with 4.3 WAR last year, held the Rays to 1 hit in his 6 innings of work in a 3-2 Boston win. The lone hit was a 4th-inning solo shot from Rodolfo Rivas (#7) that gave them a brief 1-0 lead, but Leo Ortega coughed up that lead in the bottom of the inning and then surrendered back-to-back jacks in the 6th to put Boston ahead. He finished 6 7 3 3 1 6 with Tim Siqueiros and Mike Wherry combining for 2 scoreless. The Rays didn't manage another hit again until the 8th when Ricky Widmar and Dayle Jenkins hit back-to-back doubles to plate the 2nd Tampa Bay run but that was all they'd get in terms of hits as well as runs. Durham News: Kevin Kerstetter pitched a 2-hit shutout tonight against Scranton WB, walking 3 and whiffing 11. The Bulls are off to a Rays-like 21-7 start themselves. Game 2: It was a struggle for Nate Schultz but the bullpen picked him up and the Rays went on a fairly comfortable 7-2 win over Boston. Schultz was battling all day, taking him 37 pitches to get out of the first but allowing only one run, and that was the template for the rest of his start as he couldn't make it through 5, going 4.1 9 2 2 3 6 on 112 pitches and at least limiting the damage. He left with two on in the 5th and Tim Siqueiros got him out of that with a pair of whiffs and added a scoreless 6th to pick up his 4th relief win of the year already. As the Rays expanded their lead, Bob Sirna came on in the 7th and ended up finishing the game with a 56-pitch 3-inning save, his first as a Ray which saw him hold Boston hitless but walk 3 and whiff 4. The offense got two big hits from Bo Angeac early: a second-inning RBI single and a 2-run double in the 4th to put them ahead to stay. Jaiden Hardaway had a pair of doubles and an RBI in the early innings as well with Victor de Jesus hitting HR #10 in the 6th to cap the scoring. Game 3: The Rays won another pitchers' duel today, taking a 3-1 decision over the Red Sox behind the ultra-efficient pitching of Jon Soranno. It looked like it might be a long day for the Rays lefty after Luisangel Acuna homered to lead the game off against him but that would turn out to be all he'd allow and he was pitching so effectively that he entered the 9th inning on a nice 69 pitches with a 4-hitter going. But he put two men on with one out, and if the game hadn't been so close I'd have left him in at 80 pitches but it wasn't so Kikuo Kawase came in and struck out the two men he faced to nobody's surprise. Soranno finished 8.1 5 1 1 1 4 and is now 7-0, 2.49 as he remains our most consistent starter while Kawase notched save #4. The bats were held silent for a long time by Boston's Beau Hullinger, who retired the first 11 Rays before Nate Clark singled. The offensive breakthrough came in the 5th when Victor de Jesus continued on his homer binge by hitting #11 and his 4th in 5 games to tie it, and then they put a couple of more men whom Ricky Widmar doubled home to make it 3-1. Still they only managed 5 hits for the game. Team record: 31-9. Next up: We head to Cleveland for 3 games. Last edited by Art Deco; 04-30-2021 at 12:08 PM.