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Art Deco · 06-27-2021, 07:39 PM

Game 1: Ryan Yarbrough pitched a fine game and Austin Meadows was involved in all 3 Tampa Bay runs as the Rays edged Baltimore 3-2 and snapped a 4-game losing streak. Yarbs went 6.2 6 2 2 0 7 to improve to 5-6, 3.64 as he looks to no longer be the only Rays starter with a losing record. Diego Castillo got a big out to end the 7th, pitched the 8th, and Ken Giles bounced back from his nightmare series in Houston by striking out the side in the 9th for save #20. Meadows doubled in a run in the 1st, scored on Brandon Lowe's RBI single, and then doubled again in the 3rd and scored on a Willy Adames single.

Game 2: Matt Peacock took a no-hitter into the 7th and a couple of Orioles errors led to a 4-run 5th for the Rays as they beat Baltimore again 5-1. Peacock went 6 1/3 without allowing a hit until he gave up a DJ Stewart double. He finished 7 1 0 0 2 3 and is now a remarkable 12-2, 2.32. Devin Williams came on in the 8th and loaded the bases with nobody out but Aaron Fletcher got him out of it with only an unearned run scoring off a Rays error. Speaking of errors, two of those by Baltimore plus two walks meant the Rays scored 4 in the 5th with only base hit. That hit was a big one, a bases-clearing double from Wander Franco. Brandon Lowe later hit a solo shot (#23) in the 8th.

Trade time again!

Always dealing as I took an undervalued asset off the hands of the Red Sox as we sent 19-year-old DSL-ball catcher Christian Cerda who may or may not amount to anything for outfielder Jarren Duran who's been stuck at AAA despite hitting 342/430/525 in his second straight year at Worcester. The scouts seem to think Duran can hit .280-.290 in the bigs with excellent gap power and hit about 10-12 HR/year. Defensively he's a 45 in CF which is where we need him but a 55 in RF. He's a lefty hitter who will take Josh Lowe's place on the roster as we've demoted Lowe to AAA Durham after hitting .167 and showing no signs of getting going. Of course Vidal Brujan is about a week away from a rehab assignment and did well earlier in the year, but was only a 35 in CF. We'll sort it all out later. Tristan Gray was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man for Duran.

Game 3: Brendan McKay continued his magical season in a 6-1 Rays win to sweep the series from Baltimore. McKay was 7 5 1 1 0 5 and lowered his league-leading ERA to 2.24 and upped his record to 10-1. Wander Franco continued to snap out of his slump with an RBI double in the 1st and Willy Adames singled him home right after. Then in the 2nd our new toy Jarren Duran tripled in his first MLB at-bat to drive in a run and scored on Randy Arozarena's sac fly.

Team record: 63-27, back up to a .700 win percentage. Next up: We return to where we started the season with 3 in Kansas City as this goofy OOTP post-expansion schedule with no interleague play means we double up on some non-division road trips.

MLB News: A remarkable series between the Twins and the Angels saw Minnesota no-hit twice within 3 days. In the first game it was a combined no-hitter for LA as James Paxton had to leave in the 6th with back stiffness with Justin Wilson (who walked two to lose the team perfect game) and Joe Kelly finishing up. Two nights later, Andrew Heaney pitched a more conventional no-no against the Twins, walking one and whiffing 9 on only 101 pitches. Based on my crack research (the Wikipedia list of MLB no-hitters), this is only the third time in MLB history there have been two no-hitters in the same series. The first time was on May 5-6, 1917 when Ernie Koob and Bob Groom no-hit the White Sox on consecutive days for the St. Louis Browns, so at least the Twins avoided that fate. The other was on September 17-18, 1968 when Gaylord Perry no-hit the Cardinals for the Giants and then the next night Ray Washburn no-hit the Giants for the Cardinals.

06-27-2021, 07:39 PM	#120
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,585	July 13-15, 2022: vs Baltimore (3) Game 1: Ryan Yarbrough pitched a fine game and Austin Meadows was involved in all 3 Tampa Bay runs as the Rays edged Baltimore 3-2 and snapped a 4-game losing streak. Yarbs went 6.2 6 2 2 0 7 to improve to 5-6, 3.64 as he looks to no longer be the only Rays starter with a losing record. Diego Castillo got a big out to end the 7th, pitched the 8th, and Ken Giles bounced back from his nightmare series in Houston by striking out the side in the 9th for save #20. Meadows doubled in a run in the 1st, scored on Brandon Lowe's RBI single, and then doubled again in the 3rd and scored on a Willy Adames single. Game 2: Matt Peacock took a no-hitter into the 7th and a couple of Orioles errors led to a 4-run 5th for the Rays as they beat Baltimore again 5-1. Peacock went 6 1/3 without allowing a hit until he gave up a DJ Stewart double. He finished 7 1 0 0 2 3 and is now a remarkable 12-2, 2.32. Devin Williams came on in the 8th and loaded the bases with nobody out but Aaron Fletcher got him out of it with only an unearned run scoring off a Rays error. Speaking of errors, two of those by Baltimore plus two walks meant the Rays scored 4 in the 5th with only base hit. That hit was a big one, a bases-clearing double from Wander Franco. Brandon Lowe later hit a solo shot (#23) in the 8th. Trade time again! Always dealing as I took an undervalued asset off the hands of the Red Sox as we sent 19-year-old DSL-ball catcher Christian Cerda who may or may not amount to anything for outfielder Jarren Duran who's been stuck at AAA despite hitting 342/430/525 in his second straight year at Worcester. The scouts seem to think Duran can hit .280-.290 in the bigs with excellent gap power and hit about 10-12 HR/year. Defensively he's a 45 in CF which is where we need him but a 55 in RF. He's a lefty hitter who will take Josh Lowe's place on the roster as we've demoted Lowe to AAA Durham after hitting .167 and showing no signs of getting going. Of course Vidal Brujan is about a week away from a rehab assignment and did well earlier in the year, but was only a 35 in CF. We'll sort it all out later. Tristan Gray was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man for Duran. Game 3: Brendan McKay continued his magical season in a 6-1 Rays win to sweep the series from Baltimore. McKay was 7 5 1 1 0 5 and lowered his league-leading ERA to 2.24 and upped his record to 10-1. Wander Franco continued to snap out of his slump with an RBI double in the 1st and Willy Adames singled him home right after. Then in the 2nd our new toy Jarren Duran tripled in his first MLB at-bat to drive in a run and scored on Randy Arozarena's sac fly. Team record: 63-27, back up to a .700 win percentage. Next up: We return to where we started the season with 3 in Kansas City as this goofy OOTP post-expansion schedule with no interleague play means we double up on some non-division road trips. MLB News: A remarkable series between the Twins and the Angels saw Minnesota no-hit twice within 3 days. In the first game it was a combined no-hitter for LA as James Paxton had to leave in the 6th with back stiffness with Justin Wilson (who walked two to lose the team perfect game) and Joe Kelly finishing up. Two nights later, Andrew Heaney pitched a more conventional no-no against the Twins, walking one and whiffing 9 on only 101 pitches. Based on my crack research (the Wikipedia list of MLB no-hitters), this is only the third time in MLB history there have been two no-hitters in the same series. The first time was on May 5-6, 1917 when Ernie Koob and Bob Groom no-hit the White Sox on consecutive days for the St. Louis Browns, so at least the Twins avoided that fate. The other was on September 17-18, 1968 when Gaylord Perry no-hit the Cardinals for the Giants and then the next night Ray Washburn no-hit the Giants for the Cardinals. Last edited by Art Deco; 06-27-2021 at 07:52 PM.