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Art Deco · 06-26-2021, 07:21 PM

Game 1: A back-and-forth game ended the Rays' way as they scored twice in the 8th to take a 6-4 win over the Yankees at Publix Park. Chris Peters was today's hero with an RBI double to break a 4-4 tie and he scored on Jaiden Hardaway's 4th hit of the game, an RBI single to give the Rays the advantage. Mike Wherry pitched a scoreless 8th for his 3rd relief win of the year and Kikuo Kawase had a 1-2-3 9th for save #10. Before that it was a game of homers as the Yankees hit 3 off Josh Hanna, including a 2-run Brayan Buelvas pinch-hit blast in the 7th to tie the game at 4. Hanna finished 6.1 6 4 4 1 7 as at least he kept the walks down for a change. The Rays built a 4-2 lead in the 6th on solo homers from Victor de Jesus (#7) and Eric Titcombe (#9) and had an earlier blast from Jon Jimenez (#11), who also doubled twice including one to get the 8th-inning rally going.

Game 2: The Rays rode a 6-run 4th inning to blow open their game against the Yankees and take a 13-2 win. The big news though was that they finally got a good start out of the 5th starter slot as Kevin Kerstetter joined the rotation (perhaps temporarily, perhaps not) and went 6 5 2 0 2 6 for the win. Eric Riley, whose spot Kerstetter took, went the final 3 innings for save #1 despite walking the bases loaded in the 8th before getting an Ivan Vega strikeout to escape. The hitting hero among several was Danny Ayala, 4-4 with a homer (#14) and 4 RBI, but also having big days were Victor de Jesus, 3-5 with a double and 3 RBI, and Dayle Jenkins, 3-5 with an RBI triple. Chris Peters added a 2-run blast (#2) while Jaiden Hardaway was on base his usual 3 times on two hits and a walk with 3 runs scored.

Game 3: Nate Schultz continued his roll and the offense did its thing in an 8-3 win over the Yankees to sweep the series and make it 7 straight wins. Schultz shut New York out through 7 but ran out of gas in the 8th having started the inning on 85 pitches, giving up two hits and a run. Willie Bertone then came in and crapped the bed again, allowing 2 more runs and putting all 3 batters he faced on base. So it was Billy Hoyte to the rescue, escaping the inning with a couple of whiffs and no further damage and pitching the 9th for his 2nd save while Schultz finished 7 5 2 2 1 3 to improve to 6-0, 2.54. Danny Ayala and Dayle Jenkins led the offensive charge, each going 3-5 with 2 RBI with Ayala hitting HR #15 and Jenkins a 2-run triple. Omar Rodriguez was also 3-5 with a pair of doubles and an RBI.

Team record: 30-9. Next up: An off-day, then 2 games in Columbus.

06-26-2021, 07:21 PM	#1046
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,498	May 11-13, 2035: vs NY Yankees (3) Game 1: A back-and-forth game ended the Rays' way as they scored twice in the 8th to take a 6-4 win over the Yankees at Publix Park. Chris Peters was today's hero with an RBI double to break a 4-4 tie and he scored on Jaiden Hardaway's 4th hit of the game, an RBI single to give the Rays the advantage. Mike Wherry pitched a scoreless 8th for his 3rd relief win of the year and Kikuo Kawase had a 1-2-3 9th for save #10. Before that it was a game of homers as the Yankees hit 3 off Josh Hanna, including a 2-run Brayan Buelvas pinch-hit blast in the 7th to tie the game at 4. Hanna finished 6.1 6 4 4 1 7 as at least he kept the walks down for a change. The Rays built a 4-2 lead in the 6th on solo homers from Victor de Jesus (#7) and Eric Titcombe (#9) and had an earlier blast from Jon Jimenez (#11), who also doubled twice including one to get the 8th-inning rally going. Game 2: The Rays rode a 6-run 4th inning to blow open their game against the Yankees and take a 13-2 win. The big news though was that they finally got a good start out of the 5th starter slot as Kevin Kerstetter joined the rotation (perhaps temporarily, perhaps not) and went 6 5 2 0 2 6 for the win. Eric Riley, whose spot Kerstetter took, went the final 3 innings for save #1 despite walking the bases loaded in the 8th before getting an Ivan Vega strikeout to escape. The hitting hero among several was Danny Ayala, 4-4 with a homer (#14) and 4 RBI, but also having big days were Victor de Jesus, 3-5 with a double and 3 RBI, and Dayle Jenkins, 3-5 with an RBI triple. Chris Peters added a 2-run blast (#2) while Jaiden Hardaway was on base his usual 3 times on two hits and a walk with 3 runs scored. Game 3: Nate Schultz continued his roll and the offense did its thing in an 8-3 win over the Yankees to sweep the series and make it 7 straight wins. Schultz shut New York out through 7 but ran out of gas in the 8th having started the inning on 85 pitches, giving up two hits and a run. Willie Bertone then came in and crapped the bed again, allowing 2 more runs and putting all 3 batters he faced on base. So it was Billy Hoyte to the rescue, escaping the inning with a couple of whiffs and no further damage and pitching the 9th for his 2nd save while Schultz finished 7 5 2 2 1 3 to improve to 6-0, 2.54. Danny Ayala and Dayle Jenkins led the offensive charge, each going 3-5 with 2 RBI with Ayala hitting HR #15 and Jenkins a 2-run triple. Omar Rodriguez was also 3-5 with a pair of doubles and an RBI. Team record: 30-9. Next up: An off-day, then 2 games in Columbus. Last edited by Art Deco; 06-26-2021 at 10:49 PM.