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Art Deco · 05-25-2021, 07:19 PM

Game 1: Nate Schultz pitched his best game of the season and the Rays got just enough offense to take a 3-1 win at Oriole Park. Schultz had his sinker working, getting 14 groundball outs in an 8 4 1 1 2 4 performance to nab his first win of the year against two losses, as many as he had all of last season including the playoffs. With two tough lefties due to start the 9th, Billy Hoyte came on and walked the leadoff man, got a whiff, and then had to face the tough RHB and former Ray Mike Harms, but got him to ground into a fielder's choice. Kikuo Kawase was then available to come in and he got a strikeout to end the game and pick up save #8. Like last year Kawase's early numbers are insane: one walk and 19 strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings. Dayle Jenkins supplied 2/3 of the offense with RBI singles in the 5th and 7th scoring the first and third runs while Luis Corpus broke the 1-1 tie in the 7th with an RBI single of his own as the Rays were held to only 6 hits, all singles. Victor de Jesus had his 41-game on-base streak snapped tonight in an 0-4.

Game 2: Unlike last night the Rays brought the bats out for a 10-6 win over Baltimore, their 6th straight and giving them a sweep of the 2-game series. It was mainly the Luis Corpus, Jaiden Hardaway and Dayle Jenkins Show with Corpus going 4-4 with a 6th-inning solo HR (#3), Hardaway 4-5 with a double, RBI and two runs scored, and Jenkins 2-5 with 4 RBI including a 3-run homer, his first of the year, in the 3rd. Vlad Guerrero Jr added a 3-run jack (#6) in the 8th to break the game open and Victor de Jesus reached double digits in homers with a solo shot. Leo Ortega was dominant through 5, allowing only a Druw Jones homer, but gave up a run in the 6th and put two men on to start the 7th. Tim Siqueiros came in and wild-pitched them to 2nd and 3rd and then gave up a sac fly and single to score them both. That got the Orioles within 5-4 before a 5-run 8th made it comfortable. Edgar Rios gave up a 2-run homer in the 9th after getting through the 8th so Mike Wherry had to come in and get the final two outs of the game. Ortega finished 6 6 4 3 0 6 and is now 4-0, 4.15.

Team record: 17-6. Next up: Off to Fenway Park for a 3-game weekend set. With the loss tonight, Baltimore fell to 12-13 meaning the rest of the AL East is below .500 and the Rays have an early 6-game lead.

05-25-2021, 07:19 PM	#952
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,849	April 26-27, 2034: at Baltimore (2) Game 1: Nate Schultz pitched his best game of the season and the Rays got just enough offense to take a 3-1 win at Oriole Park. Schultz had his sinker working, getting 14 groundball outs in an 8 4 1 1 2 4 performance to nab his first win of the year against two losses, as many as he had all of last season including the playoffs. With two tough lefties due to start the 9th, Billy Hoyte came on and walked the leadoff man, got a whiff, and then had to face the tough RHB and former Ray Mike Harms, but got him to ground into a fielder's choice. Kikuo Kawase was then available to come in and he got a strikeout to end the game and pick up save #8. Like last year Kawase's early numbers are insane: one walk and 19 strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings. Dayle Jenkins supplied 2/3 of the offense with RBI singles in the 5th and 7th scoring the first and third runs while Luis Corpus broke the 1-1 tie in the 7th with an RBI single of his own as the Rays were held to only 6 hits, all singles. Victor de Jesus had his 41-game on-base streak snapped tonight in an 0-4. Game 2: Unlike last night the Rays brought the bats out for a 10-6 win over Baltimore, their 6th straight and giving them a sweep of the 2-game series. It was mainly the Luis Corpus, Jaiden Hardaway and Dayle Jenkins Show with Corpus going 4-4 with a 6th-inning solo HR (#3), Hardaway 4-5 with a double, RBI and two runs scored, and Jenkins 2-5 with 4 RBI including a 3-run homer, his first of the year, in the 3rd. Vlad Guerrero Jr added a 3-run jack (#6) in the 8th to break the game open and Victor de Jesus reached double digits in homers with a solo shot. Leo Ortega was dominant through 5, allowing only a Druw Jones homer, but gave up a run in the 6th and put two men on to start the 7th. Tim Siqueiros came in and wild-pitched them to 2nd and 3rd and then gave up a sac fly and single to score them both. That got the Orioles within 5-4 before a 5-run 8th made it comfortable. Edgar Rios gave up a 2-run homer in the 9th after getting through the 8th so Mike Wherry had to come in and get the final two outs of the game. Ortega finished 6 6 4 3 0 6 and is now 4-0, 4.15. Team record: 17-6. Next up: Off to Fenway Park for a 3-game weekend set. With the loss tonight, Baltimore fell to 12-13 meaning the rest of the AL East is below .500 and the Rays have an early 6-game lead. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-25-2021 at 09:57 PM.