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Art Deco · 05-09-2021, 05:41 PM

One of our famous Florida thunderstorms hit on Monday night so we were rained out, meaning a Tuesday doubleheader.

July 26: Recalled P Gil Wayne from AAA Durham.

Time to finally get a look at Gil Wayne, our 3rd round pick from 2027 who was once our top pitching prospect and ranked in the 30s-40s overall in MLB. He's lost some of his luster and is now ranked as the overall #183 prospect and #13 on our team list. He's battled some nagging injuries, several of which haven't been arm-related but has pitched well for Durham this year when healthy, 5-3, 3.25 with a 15/66 BB/K ratio in 72 innings and coming off an 11-5, 2.28 season last year. He has average stuff, but decent movement (55) and 70 control which is his calling card. He'll start Game 2 as the 27th man and go back to Durham after the game.

Game 1: Young Oriole lefty Zach Farese shut down the high-powered Rays lineup in a 3-0 shutout win for Baltimore in the day game of the doubleheader. He wasn't overpowering but he was effective, going 7.2 4 0 0 4 4, getting 3 double plays and the beneficiary of a lot of at-'em balls. Oriole closer Jeff Moyer was overpowering, though, striking out Vlad Jr, Nate Clark, Victor de Jesus and Rodolfo Rivas in order to close out the game. Jon Soranno wasn't his sharpest, going 5 8 3 3 2 5 and dropping to 12-3, with one of the Baltimore runs coming on a Mike Harms sac fly. Jim Connors has cottoned to his new role as a long man and went 3 1-hit shutout innings while Kevin Kerstetter struck out the side in his.

Game 2: The Rays bounced back to split the doubleheader with Baltimore thanks to an impressive MLB debut from Gil Wayne and the evergreen bat of Jaiden Hardaway to take a 7-2 win. Wayne was excellent, going 5.2 6 2 2 0 6, showing off his pinpoint control and an excellent curveball which brought several swinging strikeouts. The only damage against him was a 2-run Luis Urias homer in the 4th which briefly put Baltimore ahead and he allowed a single with 2 out in the 6th ahead of the lefty slugger Tommy McDougal who already had 2 hits off Wayne, so Mike Wherry came in and got McDougal on a fly ball. By then the Rays were ahead 3-2 thanks to an infield RBI single from Erik Batchelder, a bases-loaded walk to Hardaway, and a solo HR (#27) from Rodolfo Rivas. Tim Siqueiros got 5 outs between the 7th and 8th and Kikuo Kawase was summoned to face his teammate of last week, Mike Harms, and whiffed him for strikeout #100 this season. And then in the bottom of the 8th the Rays broke it open on a 2-out grand slam from Hardaway, his 25th HR of the season. With a 5-run lead, Kawase sat back down and Bob Sirna came in to get all 3 outs in the 9th on strikes after a McDougal single to preserve the win for Wayne in his first MLB start.

Game 3: Once the Rays put 5 on the board in the 2nd this became a laugher and the final was 12-0 Tampa Bay. Nate Schultz was completely dominant, going 7 2 0 0 1 8 to improve to 13-1, 3.18 with an AL-best 160 strikeouts in 124.2 innings. Danny Medina pitched two hitless innings to finish it out. Omar Rodriguez led off the 2nd with HR #11, and Alex Buitrago started a further rally with a double which saw Melvin Gutierrez single in a run, Vlad Jr. single in two more, and then Rodriguez batted for the second time in the inning and singled home its 5th run. Victor de Jesus truly broke it open with a 3-run shot (a career-high #37) in the 5th, and a 4-run 7th saw Danny Ayala hit his first MLB homer, a 2-run blast just clearing the wall in LF which could have been a grand slam had Baltimore's Joseph Charles not thrown consecutive wild pitches to score runners earlier in Ayala's at-bat. The Rays had 19 hits in all with every starter collecting at least one, including 4 from Vlad Jr. in his best day as a Ray.

Team record: 79-23. Next up: 4 games at Yankee Stadium.

05-09-2021, 05:41 PM	#894
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,937	July 25-27, 2033: vs Baltimore (3) One of our famous Florida thunderstorms hit on Monday night so we were rained out, meaning a Tuesday doubleheader. July 26: Recalled P Gil Wayne from AAA Durham. Time to finally get a look at Gil Wayne, our 3rd round pick from 2027 who was once our top pitching prospect and ranked in the 30s-40s overall in MLB. He's lost some of his luster and is now ranked as the overall #183 prospect and #13 on our team list. He's battled some nagging injuries, several of which haven't been arm-related but has pitched well for Durham this year when healthy, 5-3, 3.25 with a 15/66 BB/K ratio in 72 innings and coming off an 11-5, 2.28 season last year. He has average stuff, but decent movement (55) and 70 control which is his calling card. He'll start Game 2 as the 27th man and go back to Durham after the game. Game 1: Young Oriole lefty Zach Farese shut down the high-powered Rays lineup in a 3-0 shutout win for Baltimore in the day game of the doubleheader. He wasn't overpowering but he was effective, going 7.2 4 0 0 4 4, getting 3 double plays and the beneficiary of a lot of at-'em balls. Oriole closer Jeff Moyer was overpowering, though, striking out Vlad Jr, Nate Clark, Victor de Jesus and Rodolfo Rivas in order to close out the game. Jon Soranno wasn't his sharpest, going 5 8 3 3 2 5 and dropping to 12-3, with one of the Baltimore runs coming on a Mike Harms sac fly. Jim Connors has cottoned to his new role as a long man and went 3 1-hit shutout innings while Kevin Kerstetter struck out the side in his. Game 2: The Rays bounced back to split the doubleheader with Baltimore thanks to an impressive MLB debut from Gil Wayne and the evergreen bat of Jaiden Hardaway to take a 7-2 win. Wayne was excellent, going 5.2 6 2 2 0 6, showing off his pinpoint control and an excellent curveball which brought several swinging strikeouts. The only damage against him was a 2-run Luis Urias homer in the 4th which briefly put Baltimore ahead and he allowed a single with 2 out in the 6th ahead of the lefty slugger Tommy McDougal who already had 2 hits off Wayne, so Mike Wherry came in and got McDougal on a fly ball. By then the Rays were ahead 3-2 thanks to an infield RBI single from Erik Batchelder, a bases-loaded walk to Hardaway, and a solo HR (#27) from Rodolfo Rivas. Tim Siqueiros got 5 outs between the 7th and 8th and Kikuo Kawase was summoned to face his teammate of last week, Mike Harms, and whiffed him for strikeout #100 this season. And then in the bottom of the 8th the Rays broke it open on a 2-out grand slam from Hardaway, his 25th HR of the season. With a 5-run lead, Kawase sat back down and Bob Sirna came in to get all 3 outs in the 9th on strikes after a McDougal single to preserve the win for Wayne in his first MLB start. Game 3: Once the Rays put 5 on the board in the 2nd this became a laugher and the final was 12-0 Tampa Bay. Nate Schultz was completely dominant, going 7 2 0 0 1 8 to improve to 13-1, 3.18 with an AL-best 160 strikeouts in 124.2 innings. Danny Medina pitched two hitless innings to finish it out. Omar Rodriguez led off the 2nd with HR #11, and Alex Buitrago started a further rally with a double which saw Melvin Gutierrez single in a run, Vlad Jr. single in two more, and then Rodriguez batted for the second time in the inning and singled home its 5th run. Victor de Jesus truly broke it open with a 3-run shot (a career-high #37) in the 5th, and a 4-run 7th saw Danny Ayala hit his first MLB homer, a 2-run blast just clearing the wall in LF which could have been a grand slam had Baltimore's Joseph Charles not thrown consecutive wild pitches to score runners earlier in Ayala's at-bat. The Rays had 19 hits in all with every starter collecting at least one, including 4 from Vlad Jr. in his best day as a Ray. Team record: 79-23. Next up: 4 games at Yankee Stadium. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-09-2021 at 08:08 PM.