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Art Deco · 07-10-2021, 06:51 PM

Game 1: A back-and-forth game ended with Rays taking a walk-off 4-3 win over Detroit at Publix Park. After Kikuo Kawase had a rare blown save in the top of the 9th (although he did strand a man who was at 3rd with 0 out thanks to 3 straight whiffs to keep it tied), Mike McKee singled, Melvin Gutierrez pinch-ran for him, stole second and went to third on the bad throw, and scored when Shohei Ohtani dropped Dayle Jenkins' fly ball in right trying to throw home, although Gutierrez would have likely scored either way. Kawase vultured his 2nd win of the year. Danny Ayala hit a pair of solo homers to give him 46 and Jenkins earlier beat out an infield single to score the other. Leo Ortega started and settled down after a 1st-inning 2-run homer from Gleyber Torres to finish 5 6 2 2 0 9, Danny Medina had 2 scoreless innings and Tim Siqueiros one.

Game 2: The Rays took a second straight 4-3 win over Detroit today behind a fine start from Josh Hanna and some timely hitting. The lefty went 6.2 6 1 1 3 6 to improve to 13-4, 3.14 and left ahead 2-1. Jeff Baez's 12th homer and Omar Rodriguez's sac fly made it 4-1, but in the 8th Tim Siqueiros served up a 2-run homer to Shohei Ohtani to cut the lead back to 4-3. Jim Golunski took over and got the final four outs for his 1st Rays save and 9th overall. The Rays picked up their first two runs on a Detroit error and a Will Quintana RBI single. Quintana also doubled as part of a 2-3 day.

August 19: Activated P Ron Adams from the 10-day IL, optioned P Eric Riley to AAA Durham.

Decided to bring Adams back right away to the big club rather than do rehab, since it's been less than a month and he'll be pitching in long relief anyway with Ortega back. Riley goes down and either he or Willie Bertone will back in a couple of weeks when the rosters expand.

Game 3: 17-3 was the score of today's Rays rout of the Tigers, and 17-3 is Nate Thompson's record now after winning his start. After a mini-team slump with only 10 runs scored in their last 4 games, the offense broke out big-time today led by who other than Danny Ayala. He hit 3-run homers in both the 2nd and 3rd innings after Detroit actually went ahead 3-1 in top of the 2nd. Ayala now has 48 HR and 133 RBI in only 113 games and is on pace for 62 HR and 172 RBI. If he were to end on those numbers it would be #8 and #7 on the all-time single-season HR & RBI lists respectively. Dayle Jenkins (#15), Chris Peters (#5) and Omar Rodriguez (#22) also homered, and Victor de Jesus was 4-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI before leaving with a mild abdominal strain which will sideline him a couple of days. Thompson again didn't have a pretty outing but got the run support, going 6 6 3 2 2 6 and at least settling down after his rough first 2 innings. Ron Adams returned from the IL and was electric over the final 3 innings, whiffing 4 and giving up only a hit as he was awarded his 3rd save despite the score.

Team record: 99-26. Next up: Seattle comes in for 3 games.

07-10-2021, 06:51 PM	#1079
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,992	August 17-19, 2035: vs Detroit (3) Game 1: A back-and-forth game ended with Rays taking a walk-off 4-3 win over Detroit at Publix Park. After Kikuo Kawase had a rare blown save in the top of the 9th (although he did strand a man who was at 3rd with 0 out thanks to 3 straight whiffs to keep it tied), Mike McKee singled, Melvin Gutierrez pinch-ran for him, stole second and went to third on the bad throw, and scored when Shohei Ohtani dropped Dayle Jenkins' fly ball in right trying to throw home, although Gutierrez would have likely scored either way. Kawase vultured his 2nd win of the year. Danny Ayala hit a pair of solo homers to give him 46 and Jenkins earlier beat out an infield single to score the other. Leo Ortega started and settled down after a 1st-inning 2-run homer from Gleyber Torres to finish 5 6 2 2 0 9, Danny Medina had 2 scoreless innings and Tim Siqueiros one. Game 2: The Rays took a second straight 4-3 win over Detroit today behind a fine start from Josh Hanna and some timely hitting. The lefty went 6.2 6 1 1 3 6 to improve to 13-4, 3.14 and left ahead 2-1. Jeff Baez's 12th homer and Omar Rodriguez's sac fly made it 4-1, but in the 8th Tim Siqueiros served up a 2-run homer to Shohei Ohtani to cut the lead back to 4-3. Jim Golunski took over and got the final four outs for his 1st Rays save and 9th overall. The Rays picked up their first two runs on a Detroit error and a Will Quintana RBI single. Quintana also doubled as part of a 2-3 day. August 19: Activated P Ron Adams from the 10-day IL, optioned P Eric Riley to AAA Durham. Decided to bring Adams back right away to the big club rather than do rehab, since it's been less than a month and he'll be pitching in long relief anyway with Ortega back. Riley goes down and either he or Willie Bertone will back in a couple of weeks when the rosters expand. Game 3: 17-3 was the score of today's Rays rout of the Tigers, and 17-3 is Nate Thompson's record now after winning his start. After a mini-team slump with only 10 runs scored in their last 4 games, the offense broke out big-time today led by who other than Danny Ayala. He hit 3-run homers in both the 2nd and 3rd innings after Detroit actually went ahead 3-1 in top of the 2nd. Ayala now has 48 HR and 133 RBI in only 113 games and is on pace for 62 HR and 172 RBI. If he were to end on those numbers it would be #8 and #7 on the all-time single-season HR & RBI lists respectively. Dayle Jenkins (#15), Chris Peters (#5) and Omar Rodriguez (#22) also homered, and Victor de Jesus was 4-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI before leaving with a mild abdominal strain which will sideline him a couple of days. Thompson again didn't have a pretty outing but got the run support, going 6 6 3 2 2 6 and at least settling down after his rough first 2 innings. Ron Adams returned from the IL and was electric over the final 3 innings, whiffing 4 and giving up only a hit as he was awarded his 3rd save despite the score. Team record: 99-26. Next up: Seattle comes in for 3 games. Last edited by Art Deco; 07-10-2021 at 07:57 PM.