Game 1: The Rays' malaise continued as they dropped the series opener to Texas 4-2 and only managed 5 hits. They were done in by a former farmhand of theirs Nick Solak, who went 4-5 and drove in 3 of the Ranger runs, including a homer off Joe Ryan, who went 5 8 3 3 1 7. Mike Brosseau and Manuel Margot had RBI doubles to get the Rays within 3-2 in the 6th, but the offense continues to sputter.
You gotta be kidding me:
McClanahan must have run over an old gypsy woman in a Native American burial ground to have this happen. Already out 7 more months with a torn labrum, now he'll miss the early part of 2023.
Game 2: The Rays snapped their 4-game losing streak, but it was mainly due to Matt Peacock rather than any offensive resurgence as they edged Texas 3-1. Peacock was in command and improved to 8-0, 2.45 after going 7 5 1 1 2 5. Nick Anderson took care of the 8th and Ken Giles the 9th for save #10. All three runs came on sac flies as they only managed 5 hits again. Starting to see a lot of snowflakes on the lineup page.
Game 3: This team can no longer hit worth a damn and they dropped another 4-2 decision to Texas in the series finale. The grand total of hits tonight was 4, and 3 of them came from Wander Franco, who had a solo homer (#7). The other hit was also a solo shot, from Oscar Colas (#11). Ryan Yarbrough gave up 2 more homers as he went 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 with one of them to Joey Gallo. The bats have now produced 4, 3, 7, 5, 4 and 4 hits in their last 6 games, 5 of which they lost.
Team record: 36-18. Despite their woes of the last week, their competition is just as bad as the Red Sox were swept by the Yankees, who now move back into second at 25-28, 11 games back. Next up: 3 games in Fenway.