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Art Deco · 05-11-2021, 09:08 AM

Game 1: Another Tampa Bay beatdown as the Rays clobbered Milwaukee 15-2 at Publix Park. An 8-run 3rd inning turned a 1-0 Rays lead into a 9-0 rout, thanks both to the usual suspects and some unusual ones. In the former category was Jaiden Hardaway, whose insane season continued today with a 3-3, 2-walk performance which included a 3-run homer in that 3rd inning (#29). His batting slash is 372/481/642 and there's no sign of him slowing down. The unusual suspect was Melvin Gutierrez, who had a bases-clearing double in that 3rd inning and later hit a solo homer (#4), going back-to-back with Luis Corpus (#10). In the middle of all this Nate Clark homered twice and drove in 3 to hit the 40-dinger mark and Victor de Jesus had a bases-clearing triple. Coasting with all the run support was Jon Soranno, who was 6 4 1 1 2 8 to up his record to 14-3, 3.05. Kevin Kerstetter gave up a run in his 2 innings, and Jim Connors mopped up with a 1-2-3 9th.

Game 2: Yeah, I'm not going to bother trying to recap this ridiculous game from this ridiculous team:

I will say to give it up for Milwaukee's Robby Campbell, who somehow managed to pitch 3 2/3 scoreless innings in all this. Unsurprisingly, we took all 3 spots for the players of the day:

Game 3: We had something resembling a normal baseball game today with Milwaukee ahead 2-1 in the 6th and the game 3-3 in the 7th but in the end the Rays' hitting attack was too much for the Brewers once again and Tampa Bay came away with a 7-3 win. It was 1-1 through 4 on a Luis Corpus RBI double and then the Brewers took a 2-1 lead off Nate Thompson in the 5th when former Ray Ryan Jeffers went deep. Thompson put the first two on in the top of the 6th but Jim Connors came to his rescue, striking out the next 3 Milwaukee hitters and in the bottom of the inning Corpus struck again with a 2-run homer (#11) to put the Rays in front 3-2. But the battle of the hitting catchers continued when Jeffers went deep again in the 7th, this time off Connors, to tie it at 3. The Rays then responded in the bottom of the 7th as Omar Rodriguez's RBI double broke the deadlock and Corpus had the last laugh on Jeffers by adding a sac fly to give him a 4-RBI day. After Tim Siqueiros had a 1-2-3 2K 8th, Nate Clark hit HR #41 with a man aboard in the 8th to make it comfortable. Jordan Diaz followed with a 3-up, 3-down 9th to close it out to preserve win #3 for Connors.

Team record: 89-24. Next up: An off-day then Boston comes in for 2 games.

05-11-2021, 09:08 AM	#898
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,371	August 5-7, 2033: vs Milwaukee (3) Game 1: Another Tampa Bay beatdown as the Rays clobbered Milwaukee 15-2 at Publix Park. An 8-run 3rd inning turned a 1-0 Rays lead into a 9-0 rout, thanks both to the usual suspects and some unusual ones. In the former category was Jaiden Hardaway, whose insane season continued today with a 3-3, 2-walk performance which included a 3-run homer in that 3rd inning (#29). His batting slash is 372/481/642 and there's no sign of him slowing down. The unusual suspect was Melvin Gutierrez, who had a bases-clearing double in that 3rd inning and later hit a solo homer (#4), going back-to-back with Luis Corpus (#10). In the middle of all this Nate Clark homered twice and drove in 3 to hit the 40-dinger mark and Victor de Jesus had a bases-clearing triple. Coasting with all the run support was Jon Soranno, who was 6 4 1 1 2 8 to up his record to 14-3, 3.05. Kevin Kerstetter gave up a run in his 2 innings, and Jim Connors mopped up with a 1-2-3 9th. Game 2: Yeah, I'm not going to bother trying to recap this ridiculous game from this ridiculous team: I will say to give it up for Milwaukee's Robby Campbell, who somehow managed to pitch 3 2/3 scoreless innings in all this. Unsurprisingly, we took all 3 spots for the players of the day: Game 3: We had something resembling a normal baseball game today with Milwaukee ahead 2-1 in the 6th and the game 3-3 in the 7th but in the end the Rays' hitting attack was too much for the Brewers once again and Tampa Bay came away with a 7-3 win. It was 1-1 through 4 on a Luis Corpus RBI double and then the Brewers took a 2-1 lead off Nate Thompson in the 5th when former Ray Ryan Jeffers went deep. Thompson put the first two on in the top of the 6th but Jim Connors came to his rescue, striking out the next 3 Milwaukee hitters and in the bottom of the inning Corpus struck again with a 2-run homer (#11) to put the Rays in front 3-2. But the battle of the hitting catchers continued when Jeffers went deep again in the 7th, this time off Connors, to tie it at 3. The Rays then responded in the bottom of the 7th as Omar Rodriguez's RBI double broke the deadlock and Corpus had the last laugh on Jeffers by adding a sac fly to give him a 4-RBI day. After Tim Siqueiros had a 1-2-3 2K 8th, Nate Clark hit HR #41 with a man aboard in the 8th to make it comfortable. Jordan Diaz followed with a 3-up, 3-down 9th to close it out to preserve win #3 for Connors. Team record: 89-24. Next up: An off-day then Boston comes in for 2 games. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-11-2021 at 03:43 PM.