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Art Deco · 05-01-2021, 09:09 PM

Game 1: The Rays picked up where they left off in the Angels series, knocking the cover off the ball and building an 8-0 lead after 2 and a 10-2 lead into the 7th before the bullpen had its issues and they had to hold on to a 10-7 win, their 10th straight. The Rays scored 5 times in the 1st after the first two batters were retired, including 2-run doubles from Alex Buitrago and Luis Corpus. Back-to-back homers from Nate Clark (#21, with a man on) and Rodolfo Rivas (#11) made it 8-0 in the 2nd. Andy Aparicio gave up a 2-run homer in the 2nd and until he gave up a solo HR in the 7th that was the only hit he allowed. He gave up a leadoff double in the 8th and was relieved by Chris Hicks, who continues to struggle allowing AA's runner to score as well as one of his own and it was now 10-5. Aparicio finished 7 3 4 4 1 9 to improve to 8-2, and Jim Connors had to get Hicks out of the 8th before he ran into further trouble in the 9th, allowing 2 more runs to score. Kikuo Kawase was finally summoned to get the final out although in a surprise it was on a fly ball rather than a whiff, but still good enough for his 6th save.

Game 2: Ho hum, the Rays hit 4 more homers and scored 8 more runs and won to extend their winning streak to 11. The real news today was the extremely impressive outing from Alec Sachais, who pitched decently last time out after spending most of this season as a human batting practice machine. This afternoon Sachais looked like guy who's gone 75-20 over the last 4 1/2 seasons as he turned in a 7 2 1 1 1 7 performance. Overall for the season he's been somewhat the victim of bad BABIP luck in combination with some so-so pitching and although his ERA is a still-unsightly 6.92 his FIP is two runs lower at 4.89. Not great, but not horrendous. Bob Sirna gave up the 2nd Minnesota run in the 8th and Chris Hicks had a scoreless 9th with 3 whiffs in the 8-2 win. Victor de Jesus was the hitting star, blasting a pair of homers (#16 and 17) in the 2nd and 5th and driving in 3, while Will Quintana hit #2 and Jaiden Hardaway can't stop hitting them either as he launched #10, his 6th in 6 games as part of his 3-RBI day.

Game 3: The Rays completed the sweep of Minnesota with their winning streak now reaching 12, but it was the toughest game they've had to play recently as it took a 2-out, 3-run rally in the 9th inning to bring them a 5-2 win. It was a pretty good pitchers' duel between a couple of aces, the Rays' Leo Ortega and Minnesota's Jordan Wicks and it was 2-2 into the 6th when both had to leave after a 1-hour rain delay. The Rays had managed a pair of solo homers against Wicks, Rodolfo Rivas' 12th in the 2nd and Dayle Jenkins' 7th in the 5th. Tim Siqueiros took over after the delay and went an inning after Ortega finished 5.2 4 2 2 1 2, Mike Wherry got the final out of the 7th and the first one in the 8th, and Kikuo Kawase got the final two outs of the 8th. This brought us to the 9th Mike Harms was hit by a pitch and Erik Batchelder walked, but Melvin Gutierrez whiffed for the 2nd out so it was up to Omar Rodriguez and he came through with a 2-run double to break the tie. Jenkins singled him home for some insurance and Kawase struck out 3 Twins in the 9th around a double to pick up his 2nd win. He now has 54 whiffs in 24 1/3 innings with a 1.48 ERA but for some reason was not listed on the All-Star ballot among relievers. Unfortunately OOTP doesn't allow write-ins.

Team record: 43-10. Next up: 3 games in Texas.

05-01-2021, 09:09 PM	#873
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,393	May 27-29, 2033: at Minnesota (3) Game 1: The Rays picked up where they left off in the Angels series, knocking the cover off the ball and building an 8-0 lead after 2 and a 10-2 lead into the 7th before the bullpen had its issues and they had to hold on to a 10-7 win, their 10th straight. The Rays scored 5 times in the 1st after the first two batters were retired, including 2-run doubles from Alex Buitrago and Luis Corpus. Back-to-back homers from Nate Clark (#21, with a man on) and Rodolfo Rivas (#11) made it 8-0 in the 2nd. Andy Aparicio gave up a 2-run homer in the 2nd and until he gave up a solo HR in the 7th that was the only hit he allowed. He gave up a leadoff double in the 8th and was relieved by Chris Hicks, who continues to struggle allowing AA's runner to score as well as one of his own and it was now 10-5. Aparicio finished 7 3 4 4 1 9 to improve to 8-2, and Jim Connors had to get Hicks out of the 8th before he ran into further trouble in the 9th, allowing 2 more runs to score. Kikuo Kawase was finally summoned to get the final out although in a surprise it was on a fly ball rather than a whiff, but still good enough for his 6th save. Game 2: Ho hum, the Rays hit 4 more homers and scored 8 more runs and won to extend their winning streak to 11. The real news today was the extremely impressive outing from Alec Sachais, who pitched decently last time out after spending most of this season as a human batting practice machine. This afternoon Sachais looked like guy who's gone 75-20 over the last 4 1/2 seasons as he turned in a 7 2 1 1 1 7 performance. Overall for the season he's been somewhat the victim of bad BABIP luck in combination with some so-so pitching and although his ERA is a still-unsightly 6.92 his FIP is two runs lower at 4.89. Not great, but not horrendous. Bob Sirna gave up the 2nd Minnesota run in the 8th and Chris Hicks had a scoreless 9th with 3 whiffs in the 8-2 win. Victor de Jesus was the hitting star, blasting a pair of homers (#16 and 17) in the 2nd and 5th and driving in 3, while Will Quintana hit #2 and Jaiden Hardaway can't stop hitting them either as he launched #10, his 6th in 6 games as part of his 3-RBI day. Game 3: The Rays completed the sweep of Minnesota with their winning streak now reaching 12, but it was the toughest game they've had to play recently as it took a 2-out, 3-run rally in the 9th inning to bring them a 5-2 win. It was a pretty good pitchers' duel between a couple of aces, the Rays' Leo Ortega and Minnesota's Jordan Wicks and it was 2-2 into the 6th when both had to leave after a 1-hour rain delay. The Rays had managed a pair of solo homers against Wicks, Rodolfo Rivas' 12th in the 2nd and Dayle Jenkins' 7th in the 5th. Tim Siqueiros took over after the delay and went an inning after Ortega finished 5.2 4 2 2 1 2, Mike Wherry got the final out of the 7th and the first one in the 8th, and Kikuo Kawase got the final two outs of the 8th. This brought us to the 9th Mike Harms was hit by a pitch and Erik Batchelder walked, but Melvin Gutierrez whiffed for the 2nd out so it was up to Omar Rodriguez and he came through with a 2-run double to break the tie. Jenkins singled him home for some insurance and Kawase struck out 3 Twins in the 9th around a double to pick up his 2nd win. He now has 54 whiffs in 24 1/3 innings with a 1.48 ERA but for some reason was not listed on the All-Star ballot among relievers. Unfortunately OOTP doesn't allow write-ins. Team record: 43-10. Next up: 3 games in Texas. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-01-2021 at 11:41 PM.