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Art Deco · 06-28-2021, 07:52 PM

Game 1: The bats blasted out 10 runs on 18 hits to overcome another shaky Nate Thompson start in a 10-5 win over Toronto on a lovely Memorial Day afternoon at Publix Park. Thompson gave up hits to the first 4 Jays which brought in 3 runs, but in the bottom of the inning the Rays answered with back-to-back-to-back homers from Victor de Jesus (#9), Danny Ayala (#21) and Bo Angeac (#6) and kept tacking on runs. Blowing things open was Omar Rodriguez with a 2-run single in the 5th and a 3-run homer (#8) in the 7th. Thompson hung around long enough to go to 4-2 with a 5.1 10 4 4 2 4 outing, keeping his ERA up at an ugly 6.86. Bob Sirna got the final two outs of the 6th to get him out of a jam and Ron Adams went the final 3, allowing a run, to pick up his first MLB save.

Game 2: Another double-digit drubbing of Toronto as the Rays won 14-5 and were up 11-0 by the 2nd inning. It was 5-0 after the first on a 2-run Dayle Jenkins HR (#4) and a 3-run double from Jeff Baez, then in the 2nd Eric Titcombe launched a grand slam (#12). Bo Angeac (#7) and Danny Ayala (#22) added solo shots in the 4th. Josh Hanna was excellent with all the run support, going 6 2 2 0 2 7 to improve to 6-1, 2.53, while Raymher Costa couldn't get the 3-inning save after giving up a 3-run homer in the 7th and putting two on to lead off the 8th so Bob Sirna went the final 2 with 3 whiffs.

Game 3: Nate Schultz took a no-hitter into the 8th inning and the Rays completed the series sweep with a 4-2 win over Toronto. Schultz was unhittable until Gabriel Moreno singled to lead off the 8th, and the next two batters also singled to bring home a run. Tim Siqueiros came on and allowed another run to score but got 3 outs in the process and Kikuo Kawase pitched around a hit, a walk, and a 20-minute rain delay to get save #13. Schultz improves to 9-0, 2.67 with today's 7 3 2 2 2 8 gem. It wasn't the offensive orgy of the last two days but they did enough, paced by Omar Rodriguez going 3-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored while Eric Titcombe and Bo Angeac were each 2-4 with a double and an RBI.

Team record: 39-14. Next up: 4 at home vs Minnesota.

06-28-2021, 07:52 PM	#1051
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,422	May 28-30, 2035: vs Toronto (3) Game 1: The bats blasted out 10 runs on 18 hits to overcome another shaky Nate Thompson start in a 10-5 win over Toronto on a lovely Memorial Day afternoon at Publix Park. Thompson gave up hits to the first 4 Jays which brought in 3 runs, but in the bottom of the inning the Rays answered with back-to-back-to-back homers from Victor de Jesus (#9), Danny Ayala (#21) and Bo Angeac (#6) and kept tacking on runs. Blowing things open was Omar Rodriguez with a 2-run single in the 5th and a 3-run homer (#8) in the 7th. Thompson hung around long enough to go to 4-2 with a 5.1 10 4 4 2 4 outing, keeping his ERA up at an ugly 6.86. Bob Sirna got the final two outs of the 6th to get him out of a jam and Ron Adams went the final 3, allowing a run, to pick up his first MLB save. Game 2: Another double-digit drubbing of Toronto as the Rays won 14-5 and were up 11-0 by the 2nd inning. It was 5-0 after the first on a 2-run Dayle Jenkins HR (#4) and a 3-run double from Jeff Baez, then in the 2nd Eric Titcombe launched a grand slam (#12). Bo Angeac (#7) and Danny Ayala (#22) added solo shots in the 4th. Josh Hanna was excellent with all the run support, going 6 2 2 0 2 7 to improve to 6-1, 2.53, while Raymher Costa couldn't get the 3-inning save after giving up a 3-run homer in the 7th and putting two on to lead off the 8th so Bob Sirna went the final 2 with 3 whiffs. Game 3: Nate Schultz took a no-hitter into the 8th inning and the Rays completed the series sweep with a 4-2 win over Toronto. Schultz was unhittable until Gabriel Moreno singled to lead off the 8th, and the next two batters also singled to bring home a run. Tim Siqueiros came on and allowed another run to score but got 3 outs in the process and Kikuo Kawase pitched around a hit, a walk, and a 20-minute rain delay to get save #13. Schultz improves to 9-0, 2.67 with today's 7 3 2 2 2 8 gem. It wasn't the offensive orgy of the last two days but they did enough, paced by Omar Rodriguez going 3-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored while Eric Titcombe and Bo Angeac were each 2-4 with a double and an RBI. Team record: 39-14. Next up: 4 at home vs Minnesota. Last edited by Art Deco; 06-29-2021 at 10:41 AM.