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Art Deco · 05-04-2021, 02:33 PM

Game 1: The Rays ran into a tough customer in Toronto starter Jimmy Shaffer, who's been one of the league's best the last couple of seasons, and dropped a 2-1 decision at Rogers Centre. Shaffer held the Rays to 7.2 4 1 1 2 8 with their only rally coming in the 8th when they loaded the bases with 2 out and Omar Rodriguez was walked to force in a run before Nate Clark flew to right to end the threat. Jays closer Jose Romero struck out the side in the 9th (Rivas, de Jesus, Angeac). The lack of offense wasted a good outing from Andy Aparicio (6 5 2 2 3 7) as he fell to 10-3 while Jim Connors went two scoreless to keep it close. Fortunately one of the four Rays hits came off the bat of Jaiden Hardaway, so his hitting streak remains alive at 21.

Nate Thompson Rehab Update: In his third start at Durham Thompson went 7 2 0 0 0 10 on 85 pitches. Going to go out on a limb and say he's ready to come back. He'll likely be called up in 5 days and either take the Kersetter/Sachais rotation spot or pitch long relief.

Game 2: Another low-scoring game, another Rays loss as they fell 2-1 in 11 innings. They should have won the game, having scored in the top of the 10th on an Omar Rodriguez RBI single but Jordan Diaz continued his unreliability by giving up a homer to Dan Phipps to lead off the bottom of the inning and then walking the first two men in the 11th as an Austin Beck single off Mike Wherry scored the first of those runners for a walk-off Toronto win. The lack of offense for the second straight night wasted Leo Ortega's best outing as a Ray and certainly one of the best of his career as he went 7 2 0 0 0 13 in a remarkable display of domination. Speaking of domination, Kikuo Kawase pitched the 8th and 9th, whiffing 3 more batters. The only Ray to do any hitting today (aside from Rodriguez) was Jaiden Hardaway, who led off the game with a single to extend his hitting streak to 22, and was on four of his five times up including a single to lead off the 10th with a stolen base ahead of Omar's RBI single. But perhaps the loss of Widmar, Jenkins, Corpus et al is finally catching up to them as they've lost 3 of their last 5 and in those three losses they've scored a combined total of three runs.

Team record: 54-14. Next up: 4 games in Detroit, where they have a pretty good pitching staff too.

05-04-2021, 02:33 PM	#879
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,386	June 14-15, 2033: at Toronto (2) Game 1: The Rays ran into a tough customer in Toronto starter Jimmy Shaffer, who's been one of the league's best the last couple of seasons, and dropped a 2-1 decision at Rogers Centre. Shaffer held the Rays to 7.2 4 1 1 2 8 with their only rally coming in the 8th when they loaded the bases with 2 out and Omar Rodriguez was walked to force in a run before Nate Clark flew to right to end the threat. Jays closer Jose Romero struck out the side in the 9th (Rivas, de Jesus, Angeac). The lack of offense wasted a good outing from Andy Aparicio (6 5 2 2 3 7) as he fell to 10-3 while Jim Connors went two scoreless to keep it close. Fortunately one of the four Rays hits came off the bat of Jaiden Hardaway, so his hitting streak remains alive at 21. Nate Thompson Rehab Update: In his third start at Durham Thompson went 7 2 0 0 0 10 on 85 pitches. Going to go out on a limb and say he's ready to come back. He'll likely be called up in 5 days and either take the Kersetter/Sachais rotation spot or pitch long relief. Game 2: Another low-scoring game, another Rays loss as they fell 2-1 in 11 innings. They should have won the game, having scored in the top of the 10th on an Omar Rodriguez RBI single but Jordan Diaz continued his unreliability by giving up a homer to Dan Phipps to lead off the bottom of the inning and then walking the first two men in the 11th as an Austin Beck single off Mike Wherry scored the first of those runners for a walk-off Toronto win. The lack of offense for the second straight night wasted Leo Ortega's best outing as a Ray and certainly one of the best of his career as he went 7 2 0 0 0 13 in a remarkable display of domination. Speaking of domination, Kikuo Kawase pitched the 8th and 9th, whiffing 3 more batters. The only Ray to do any hitting today (aside from Rodriguez) was Jaiden Hardaway, who led off the game with a single to extend his hitting streak to 22, and was on four of his five times up including a single to lead off the 10th with a stolen base ahead of Omar's RBI single. But perhaps the loss of Widmar, Jenkins, Corpus et al is finally catching up to them as they've lost 3 of their last 5 and in those three losses they've scored a combined total of three runs. Team record: 54-14. Next up: 4 games in Detroit, where they have a pretty good pitching staff too. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-04-2021 at 05:51 PM.