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Art Deco · 05-11-2021, 08:26 AM

Game 1: The Rays scored 4 times in the first inning and rode a solid outing from Tyler Glasnow to a 4-2 win over the Red Sox at Tropicana Field. The first four Rays to bat all reached and scored against Boston rookie Tanner Houck with Randy Arozarena's bases-clearing double the big hit of the inning. The 3 RBI put Arozarena over 100 for the year, joining teammate Brandon Lowe in that department. Ji-Man Choi's grounder scored the 4th run. Glasnow meanwhile had his way with the Red Sox except for Bobby Dalbec, who hit a pair of solo moonshots off him to keep Boston in the game. He finished 7 7 2 2 1 7 and is now 11-5, 3.75. Diego Castillo struck out a pair in a perfect 8th and Nick Anderson nailed down save #26 with a 1-2-3 9th.

Game 2: The Rays downed the Red Sox today by a football score of 13-7. We'll start with the lowlights, i.e., the pitching staff as Rich Hill got his first start since originally going on the IL May 7 (he's only pitched in relief since then) and he wasn't very good despite being staked to a 6-1 lead in the 2nd. The only thing that can be said about his start is that he didn't get hurt, but 3.1 6 4 3 2 1 is getting hurt a different way. Brian Moran looked decent again in middle relief and got his 3rd win in the deal even though he was charged with 2 runs in his 3 innings of work as one of them scored when Cody Reed came relieved him and immediately gave up an Enrique Hernandez homer (that's 11 dingers allowed in 47.2 innings for a guy with 60 movement supposedly). Reed pitched through the 8th and Hunter Strickland finished the 9th. On offense there were many stars, including Kevin Padlo, who had an RBI double in that 6-run 2nd and later hit his first MLB homer, a 2-run shot in the 8th. Willy Adames had a big 2-run double in that 2nd inning and was 3-4 with 3 RBI, Brandon Lowe hit HR #37 and drove in 3, and Austin Meadows was on base 4 times in 5 PAs, with 2 hits, 2 walks and an RBI to go with 3 runs scored as the Rays were hitting all night.

September 1: Recalled P Chris Mazza from AAA Durham and P Ryan Thompson from AA Montgomery.

September roster expansion time. Not sure why Thompson was demoted to AA as he pitched well for us and was fine at Durham but that's the AI for you.

Game 3: The Rays made it three in a row over Boston with a 5-2 win behind homers from their big stars and some solid pitching from Luis Patino and the bullpen. Patino looked good going 5 4 2 2 2 5 with both runs against via the homer including a Rafael Devers shot to lead off the 6th and sent him to the showers. Ryan Thompson celebrated his return by getting through the 6th, Rafael Dolis went 1 2/3 to lower his ERA as a Ray to 1.00 in 18 innings and Peter Fairbanks got the final 4 outs with a pair of whiffs for his 4th save with Diego and Nick Anderson unavailable. They got all the runs they'd need in the 1st on Austin Meadows' 28th HR of the year leading off the game and a Randy Arozarena 2-run jack (#25) later in the inning. Yandy Diaz hit #12 in the 5th inning and Manuel Margot delivered a sac fly in the 8th for the other two runs.

MLB News: Jorge Soler hit 3 homers for Kansas City tonight but they still lost to Cleveland 8-7. KC is 1 game out of the 2nd wild card in a crazy, wide-open race for the two wild cards. The Mets aren't worrying about a wild card as they're up big in the NL East but they just lost their star slugger Pete Alonso to a fractured cheekbone and he'll miss 5-6 weeks which should put him out of the NLDS at least. His regular season finishes with an even 30 HR and 100 RBI.

Game 4: The Rays swept the 4-game series with Boston thanks to one of Chris Archer's best outings of the year in a 6-1 win. Archer went 7 3 0 0 1 8 and needed to put up those zeroes while he was in there as the Rays only led 2-0 when he departed. He's now 9-4, 3.80 and probably the team's #2 starter. Diego Castillo took over in the 8th and nearly let Boston tie it up or take the lead when he walked a pair and hit a man with nobody out to load the bases. But he got out of it with a sac fly and 2 whiffs and the lead remained intact at 2-1 after Brandon Lowe hit #38 in the 4th and Willy Adames doubled one home in the 7th. The Rays then broke the game open with 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th on a wild pitch which brought home a run, a Yandy Diaz sac fly and a 2-run jack from Randy Arozarena (#26) to tie Byron Buxton for the MLB RBI lead at 107. Chris Mazza got the call in the 9th and after walking the leadoff man he struck out the next three to finish the game.

Team record: 89-45. Magic number: 14. Next up: AL Central-leading Minnesota comes to the trop for 3 over the weekend.

05-11-2021, 08:26 AM	#50
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,403	August 30-September 2: vs Boston (4) Game 1: The Rays scored 4 times in the first inning and rode a solid outing from Tyler Glasnow to a 4-2 win over the Red Sox at Tropicana Field. The first four Rays to bat all reached and scored against Boston rookie Tanner Houck with Randy Arozarena's bases-clearing double the big hit of the inning. The 3 RBI put Arozarena over 100 for the year, joining teammate Brandon Lowe in that department. Ji-Man Choi's grounder scored the 4th run. Glasnow meanwhile had his way with the Red Sox except for Bobby Dalbec, who hit a pair of solo moonshots off him to keep Boston in the game. He finished 7 7 2 2 1 7 and is now 11-5, 3.75. Diego Castillo struck out a pair in a perfect 8th and Nick Anderson nailed down save #26 with a 1-2-3 9th. Game 2: The Rays downed the Red Sox today by a football score of 13-7. We'll start with the lowlights, i.e., the pitching staff as Rich Hill got his first start since originally going on the IL May 7 (he's only pitched in relief since then) and he wasn't very good despite being staked to a 6-1 lead in the 2nd. The only thing that can be said about his start is that he didn't get hurt, but 3.1 6 4 3 2 1 is getting hurt a different way. Brian Moran looked decent again in middle relief and got his 3rd win in the deal even though he was charged with 2 runs in his 3 innings of work as one of them scored when Cody Reed came relieved him and immediately gave up an Enrique Hernandez homer (that's 11 dingers allowed in 47.2 innings for a guy with 60 movement supposedly). Reed pitched through the 8th and Hunter Strickland finished the 9th. On offense there were many stars, including Kevin Padlo, who had an RBI double in that 6-run 2nd and later hit his first MLB homer, a 2-run shot in the 8th. Willy Adames had a big 2-run double in that 2nd inning and was 3-4 with 3 RBI, Brandon Lowe hit HR #37 and drove in 3, and Austin Meadows was on base 4 times in 5 PAs, with 2 hits, 2 walks and an RBI to go with 3 runs scored as the Rays were hitting all night. September 1: Recalled P Chris Mazza from AAA Durham and P Ryan Thompson from AA Montgomery. September roster expansion time. Not sure why Thompson was demoted to AA as he pitched well for us and was fine at Durham but that's the AI for you. Game 3: The Rays made it three in a row over Boston with a 5-2 win behind homers from their big stars and some solid pitching from Luis Patino and the bullpen. Patino looked good going 5 4 2 2 2 5 with both runs against via the homer including a Rafael Devers shot to lead off the 6th and sent him to the showers. Ryan Thompson celebrated his return by getting through the 6th, Rafael Dolis went 1 2/3 to lower his ERA as a Ray to 1.00 in 18 innings and Peter Fairbanks got the final 4 outs with a pair of whiffs for his 4th save with Diego and Nick Anderson unavailable. They got all the runs they'd need in the 1st on Austin Meadows' 28th HR of the year leading off the game and a Randy Arozarena 2-run jack (#25) later in the inning. Yandy Diaz hit #12 in the 5th inning and Manuel Margot delivered a sac fly in the 8th for the other two runs. MLB News: Jorge Soler hit 3 homers for Kansas City tonight but they still lost to Cleveland 8-7. KC is 1 game out of the 2nd wild card in a crazy, wide-open race for the two wild cards. The Mets aren't worrying about a wild card as they're up big in the NL East but they just lost their star slugger Pete Alonso to a fractured cheekbone and he'll miss 5-6 weeks which should put him out of the NLDS at least. His regular season finishes with an even 30 HR and 100 RBI. Game 4: The Rays swept the 4-game series with Boston thanks to one of Chris Archer's best outings of the year in a 6-1 win. Archer went 7 3 0 0 1 8 and needed to put up those zeroes while he was in there as the Rays only led 2-0 when he departed. He's now 9-4, 3.80 and probably the team's #2 starter. Diego Castillo took over in the 8th and nearly let Boston tie it up or take the lead when he walked a pair and hit a man with nobody out to load the bases. But he got out of it with a sac fly and 2 whiffs and the lead remained intact at 2-1 after Brandon Lowe hit #38 in the 4th and Willy Adames doubled one home in the 7th. The Rays then broke the game open with 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th on a wild pitch which brought home a run, a Yandy Diaz sac fly and a 2-run jack from Randy Arozarena (#26) to tie Byron Buxton for the MLB RBI lead at 107. Chris Mazza got the call in the 9th and after walking the leadoff man he struck out the next three to finish the game. Team record: 89-45. Magic number: 14. Next up: AL Central-leading Minnesota comes to the trop for 3 over the weekend. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-11-2021 at 11:19 PM.