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Art Deco · 06-23-2021, 10:01 AM

Game 1: The Rays took care of the Orioles 4-2 in the first game back at Publix Park after a long road trip. Leo Ortega was excellent, going 7 5 2 2 0 7 to improve to 2-1, 3.38 and the usual 8th/9th combo of Tim Siqueiros and Kikuo Kawase got the job done with Kawase striking out the side in the 9th for save #5. The offense was primarily the result of Baltimore's Zack Farese walking the bases loaded in the 1st, then walking Bo Angeac to force in a run and giving up a 2-run single to Omar Rodriguez. Victor de Jesus added HR #4 in the 3rd before the bats took the rest of the night off, something Ortega & Co. allowed them to do.

Game 2: Bo Angeac's dramatic 2-run, 2-out walk-off homer in the bottom of the 9th (#4) gave Rays a 6-5 win over Baltimore to improve their franchise-best start to 16-2. Dayle Jenkins had walked to lead off the inning but looked to be stranded when the next two batters were retired before Angeac hit one just over the fence in RCF. Prior to that the Rays had fallen into a 5-3 hole when Josh Hanna continued struggling with his control. He was brilliant through 4, whiffing 7 and allowing only one hit and 2 walks, but he gave up a single and then walked the next two to load the bases for Brady House, who took him deep for a grand slam. By this point Hanna was at 100 pitches so Raymher Costa came on and immediately served up a homer to Mike Harms. Costa got the next 7 outs without incident while Willie Bertone took care of the 8th and Mike Wherry notched win #2 by pitching a 1-2-3 2K 9th. Hanna, meanwhile, has now walked 17 in 22 innings over 4 starts, 7.0/9 while he averaged 3.3/9 the previous two seasons, so hopefully this is a blip. Danny Ayala drove in 3 of the first 4 Rays runs, 2 on a homer (#8) and one on a bases-loaded walk, while a rare Will Quintana triple brought the other one home.

Game 3: Unlike yesterday the Rays couldn't outscore their pitching problems and fell 9-6 to Baltimore for only their third loss of the season. Nate Thompson was rolling through 3 2/3 and suddenly loaded the bases and gave up a double to clear them, then coughed up a homer in the 5th, put two more on who scored, and finished with an ugly 4 7 6 6 1 4 line as he tasted defeat for the first time this season. Kevin Kerstetter wasn't much better, wild-pitching one of Thompson's runners home then later giving up a 3-run homer himself. Only Bob Sirna with 2 1/3 scoreless could hold his head high today on the Rays' staff. The offense tried their best to keep up with a couple of slightly more unlikely guys the hitting stars: Jeff Baez was 4-5 with 2 doubles and an RBI and Mike McKee was 2-5 with a 2-run double and an RBI single. Dayle Jenkins was 3-5 with an RBI as well but several of the bigger names (Hardaway, de Jesus, Angeac, Jimenez) wore the collar today.

Team record: 16-3. Next up: 3 at home vs Boston.

06-23-2021, 10:01 AM	#1039
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,679	April 17-19, 2035: vs Baltimore (3) Game 1: The Rays took care of the Orioles 4-2 in the first game back at Publix Park after a long road trip. Leo Ortega was excellent, going 7 5 2 2 0 7 to improve to 2-1, 3.38 and the usual 8th/9th combo of Tim Siqueiros and Kikuo Kawase got the job done with Kawase striking out the side in the 9th for save #5. The offense was primarily the result of Baltimore's Zack Farese walking the bases loaded in the 1st, then walking Bo Angeac to force in a run and giving up a 2-run single to Omar Rodriguez. Victor de Jesus added HR #4 in the 3rd before the bats took the rest of the night off, something Ortega & Co. allowed them to do. Game 2: Bo Angeac's dramatic 2-run, 2-out walk-off homer in the bottom of the 9th (#4) gave Rays a 6-5 win over Baltimore to improve their franchise-best start to 16-2. Dayle Jenkins had walked to lead off the inning but looked to be stranded when the next two batters were retired before Angeac hit one just over the fence in RCF. Prior to that the Rays had fallen into a 5-3 hole when Josh Hanna continued struggling with his control. He was brilliant through 4, whiffing 7 and allowing only one hit and 2 walks, but he gave up a single and then walked the next two to load the bases for Brady House, who took him deep for a grand slam. By this point Hanna was at 100 pitches so Raymher Costa came on and immediately served up a homer to Mike Harms. Costa got the next 7 outs without incident while Willie Bertone took care of the 8th and Mike Wherry notched win #2 by pitching a 1-2-3 2K 9th. Hanna, meanwhile, has now walked 17 in 22 innings over 4 starts, 7.0/9 while he averaged 3.3/9 the previous two seasons, so hopefully this is a blip. Danny Ayala drove in 3 of the first 4 Rays runs, 2 on a homer (#8) and one on a bases-loaded walk, while a rare Will Quintana triple brought the other one home. Game 3: Unlike yesterday the Rays couldn't outscore their pitching problems and fell 9-6 to Baltimore for only their third loss of the season. Nate Thompson was rolling through 3 2/3 and suddenly loaded the bases and gave up a double to clear them, then coughed up a homer in the 5th, put two more on who scored, and finished with an ugly 4 7 6 6 1 4 line as he tasted defeat for the first time this season. Kevin Kerstetter wasn't much better, wild-pitching one of Thompson's runners home then later giving up a 3-run homer himself. Only Bob Sirna with 2 1/3 scoreless could hold his head high today on the Rays' staff. The offense tried their best to keep up with a couple of slightly more unlikely guys the hitting stars: Jeff Baez was 4-5 with 2 doubles and an RBI and Mike McKee was 2-5 with a 2-run double and an RBI single. Dayle Jenkins was 3-5 with an RBI as well but several of the bigger names (Hardaway, de Jesus, Angeac, Jimenez) wore the collar today. Team record: 16-3. Next up: 3 at home vs Boston. Last edited by Art Deco; 06-23-2021 at 01:10 PM.