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Art Deco · 05-12-2021, 10:10 PM

Game 1: Ryan Yarbrough and Jose Berrios were both electric tonight but Berrios was better as Minnesota blanked the Rays 3-0. Yarbrough had his strikeout pitch tonight, getting a season-high 10 in 6 2/3 innings while only allowing 4 hits and a walk but 2 of those hits were homers from Mitch Garver in the 2nd and Luis Arraez in the 7th, the latter chasing him from the game. Rafael Dolis went 1 1/3 scoreless but Cody Reed continued his homer-allowing ways by letting Garver go deep for the 2nd time in the game. Meanwhile Berrios was mowing Rays hitters down to the tune of 7 3 0 0 2 10; the only threat they sort of had was in the 5th when Joey Wendle singled and was thrown out stealing and Manuel Margot followed that with a double. Former Ray Alex Colome got the save by getting Willy Adames looking to end the game as the Rays SS had the golden sombrero tonight. Still, Toronto lost so the magic # was reduced to 13.

Minor League Update: Our DSL 1 team won the DSL championship after a 4-2 victory over Cleveland's DSL 1 team to sweep the series 3-0. Oneill Manzueta was .429-1-8 in the playoffs to pace the hitters.

Game 2: The Twins made it two in a row over Tampa Bay with 8-5 win thanks to Byron Buxton's 3-run homer off Nick Anderson in the top of the 9th. All the scoring before Buxton's blast came in the first four innings. The Rays jumped out to a 4-0 lead thanks in large part to Austin Meadows' 29th HR of the year, a 3-run shot in the 2nd. And with Tyler Glasnow on the mound the Rays had reason to feel good. But those good feelings lasted precisely one half of an inning as Glasnow lost it in the 3rd, walking the bases loaded, giving up a 2-run double to Buxton and allowing Minnesota to tie it right up. He yielded another run in the 4th and left with a strange 4 5 5 5 5 6 line on 98 pitches. The Rays did battle back to equalize in the bottom of the 4th on a Brandon Lowe RBI single, and we stayed tied at 5 thanks to two shutout innings from Chris Mazza and one each from Pete Fairbanks and Diego Castillo. But after striking out the leadoff man in the 9th, Anderson but two on ahead of Buxton, and Anderson's bugaboo the gopher ball came back to haunt him again as that now makes 11 homers in 46 innings this season for the Tampa Bay closer. The homer was Buxton's 41st of the year to go with 112 RBI and combined with his CF defense makes him an MVP front-runner along with Lowe. Perhaps the Rays don't need to win again this season; Toronto lost to reduce their magic number to 12.

Game 3: Rich Hill took a no-hitter into the 6th but it all unraveled quickly and the Rays ended up being swept by Minnesota after a 6-1 loss. Manuel Margot's 3rd inning RBI double held up until the 6th on a day when Brandon Lowe and Austin Meadows had to rest, and the Rays offense suffered as a result with hitting into 3 double plays not helping. And Hill got the first two out in the 6th before he walked Andrelton Simmons and then gave up a single to Jorge Polanco. I probably should have pulled him there but left him in around 90 pitches to face Nelson Cruz, who hit a game-tying RBI single. Chaz Roe came in, walked Alex Kirilloff to load the bases and then gave up a bases-clearing double to Miguel Sano and just like that it was 4-1 Twins. After Roe put a man on in the 7th, Cody Reed came in and got two outs before giving up yet another homer, this one to Polanco to make it 6-1 and that was that. Ryan Thompson went 1 2/3 scoreless and Brian Moran got a couple of outs at the end while Hill ended up going 5.2 2 3 3 3 2 to drop to 7-3, 3.00. But Toronto lost yet again, so the magic number keeps dwindling, now down to 11.

Team record: 89-48. Next up: 3 games in Fenway.

05-12-2021, 10:10 PM	#51
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,395	September 3-5: vs Minnesota (3) Game 1: Ryan Yarbrough and Jose Berrios were both electric tonight but Berrios was better as Minnesota blanked the Rays 3-0. Yarbrough had his strikeout pitch tonight, getting a season-high 10 in 6 2/3 innings while only allowing 4 hits and a walk but 2 of those hits were homers from Mitch Garver in the 2nd and Luis Arraez in the 7th, the latter chasing him from the game. Rafael Dolis went 1 1/3 scoreless but Cody Reed continued his homer-allowing ways by letting Garver go deep for the 2nd time in the game. Meanwhile Berrios was mowing Rays hitters down to the tune of 7 3 0 0 2 10; the only threat they sort of had was in the 5th when Joey Wendle singled and was thrown out stealing and Manuel Margot followed that with a double. Former Ray Alex Colome got the save by getting Willy Adames looking to end the game as the Rays SS had the golden sombrero tonight. Still, Toronto lost so the magic # was reduced to 13. Minor League Update: Our DSL 1 team won the DSL championship after a 4-2 victory over Cleveland's DSL 1 team to sweep the series 3-0. Oneill Manzueta was .429-1-8 in the playoffs to pace the hitters. Game 2: The Twins made it two in a row over Tampa Bay with 8-5 win thanks to Byron Buxton's 3-run homer off Nick Anderson in the top of the 9th. All the scoring before Buxton's blast came in the first four innings. The Rays jumped out to a 4-0 lead thanks in large part to Austin Meadows' 29th HR of the year, a 3-run shot in the 2nd. And with Tyler Glasnow on the mound the Rays had reason to feel good. But those good feelings lasted precisely one half of an inning as Glasnow lost it in the 3rd, walking the bases loaded, giving up a 2-run double to Buxton and allowing Minnesota to tie it right up. He yielded another run in the 4th and left with a strange 4 5 5 5 5 6 line on 98 pitches. The Rays did battle back to equalize in the bottom of the 4th on a Brandon Lowe RBI single, and we stayed tied at 5 thanks to two shutout innings from Chris Mazza and one each from Pete Fairbanks and Diego Castillo. But after striking out the leadoff man in the 9th, Anderson but two on ahead of Buxton, and Anderson's bugaboo the gopher ball came back to haunt him again as that now makes 11 homers in 46 innings this season for the Tampa Bay closer. The homer was Buxton's 41st of the year to go with 112 RBI and combined with his CF defense makes him an MVP front-runner along with Lowe. Perhaps the Rays don't need to win again this season; Toronto lost to reduce their magic number to 12. Game 3: Rich Hill took a no-hitter into the 6th but it all unraveled quickly and the Rays ended up being swept by Minnesota after a 6-1 loss. Manuel Margot's 3rd inning RBI double held up until the 6th on a day when Brandon Lowe and Austin Meadows had to rest, and the Rays offense suffered as a result with hitting into 3 double plays not helping. And Hill got the first two out in the 6th before he walked Andrelton Simmons and then gave up a single to Jorge Polanco. I probably should have pulled him there but left him in around 90 pitches to face Nelson Cruz, who hit a game-tying RBI single. Chaz Roe came in, walked Alex Kirilloff to load the bases and then gave up a bases-clearing double to Miguel Sano and just like that it was 4-1 Twins. After Roe put a man on in the 7th, Cody Reed came in and got two outs before giving up yet another homer, this one to Polanco to make it 6-1 and that was that. Ryan Thompson went 1 2/3 scoreless and Brian Moran got a couple of outs at the end while Hill ended up going 5.2 2 3 3 3 2 to drop to 7-3, 3.00. But Toronto lost yet again, so the magic number keeps dwindling, now down to 11. Team record: 89-48. Next up: 3 games in Fenway. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-14-2021 at 12:15 AM.