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Art Deco · 07-12-2021, 08:46 PM

Game 1: Back-to-back homers from Eric Titcombe (#23) and Danny Ayala (#49) in the top of the 9th gave the Rays a 4-2 win at Angel Stadium of Anaheim tonight. A Dayle Jenkins fielder's choice and a Bo Angeac solo homer (#25) off former Ray Jon Hayes gave the Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead before Leo Ortega gave up an unearned run in the 1st. Ortega gave up little after that and finished 6 3 1 0 0 8 but lost a shot at the win when Mike Wherry gave up a hit to score an Edgar Rios runner in the 7th allowing LA to tie it. Wherry got through the 8th and picked up yet another relief win (#7) and with Kikuo Kawase having pitched the last two day, Jim Golunski got save #2 with the Rays despite giving up a couple of hits.

MLB News: A tough blow for Columbus today as their ace, and reigning NL Cy Young Winner, Fabian Petrovich tore a flexor tendon and will be out for 10 months. They should still hang on to the NL East, but this will hurt them considerably come playoff time.

Game 2: The Rays were down 4-2 in the 8th and had only managed 4 hits, but they exploded for 7 runs in the final two innings and took a 9-4 win over the Angels in Anaheim. After Dayle Jenkins doubled in a run to cut the LA lead to 4-3 in the top of the 8th, Bo Angeac stepped up and crushed a grand slam (#26) to make it 7-4 Rays and that was the ballgame. The Rays' first two runs had come on HR #50 from Danny Ayala and #37 from Jon Jimenez, heating up again. Victor de Jesus added a 2-run double in the 9th to make the rubble bounce. Josh Hanna started and was in line for the win after leaving having gone 6 8 1 1 1 6 in a classic hit-scattering outing which lowered his ERA to 2.72, but Ron Adams flubbed his chance to pitch in a high-leverage situation by giving up a 3-run homer to old friend Vlad Guerrero Jr. (having a mediocre first season with the Angels, .265-14-46) to put LA on top, yet got his 7th win thanks to the 8th-inning rally. Tim Siqueiros had a scoreless 8th, and after the lead became 5 Billy Hoyte got the ball for the 9th and went 1-2-3. Siqueiros' ERA is down to 1.09 and Hoyte's 1.51 if you were wondering about how good the bullpen's been this season.

Durham Playoff Update: The Bulls swept their way into the championship round with a 4-3 win at Buffalo tonight. Adinso Reyes and Robbie Salazar had RBI singles in the 5th to break a 2-2 tie, and Vinny Willard had to clean up Chris Toombs' mess in the 8th and then one of his own in the 9th which saw the tying run on 3rd to hang on. A bit of bad news, though as standout 3B Jim Gebers strained his forearm and is done for the season. We may see the Rays' other mega-3B prospect Steve Champagne get the call from AA for the next round.

Game 3: The Rays completed the sweep of the Angels with their 10th straight win, a 7-1 triumph. Nate Thompson became the AL's (and MLB's) second 20-game winner of the year by a matter of hours as Boston's Sean Nelson achieved the feat in Philadelphia earlier in the day. It was kind of fitting that it was far from a Picasso for Thompson, who went 6 9 1 1 3 6 and pitched out of jam after jam, lowering his ERA to 4.17. Bob Sirna went 2 innings and Billy Hoyte 1 to finish. The bench was emptied today and Jeremy Glasson came through with his biggest game as a Ray, homering for the first time for us with a 2-run shot in the 2nd (his 9th overall) and adding a 2-run single in the 6th. Danny Ayala had a double for RBI #143 and Jon Jimenez banged out 3 hits.

Team record: 120-30, back to .800. Next up: Only in OOTP would we fly back from Anaheim to play one game in Tampa against Cleveland and then fly back to LA to play the Dodgers.

MLB News: On the same day the season's first 20-game winners were minted, Jose Inostroza of Oakland lost his 20th game today, against 8 wins.

07-12-2021, 08:46 PM	#1088
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,933	September 14-16, 2035: at LA Angels (3) Game 1: Back-to-back homers from Eric Titcombe (#23) and Danny Ayala (#49) in the top of the 9th gave the Rays a 4-2 win at Angel Stadium of Anaheim tonight. A Dayle Jenkins fielder's choice and a Bo Angeac solo homer (#25) off former Ray Jon Hayes gave the Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead before Leo Ortega gave up an unearned run in the 1st. Ortega gave up little after that and finished 6 3 1 0 0 8 but lost a shot at the win when Mike Wherry gave up a hit to score an Edgar Rios runner in the 7th allowing LA to tie it. Wherry got through the 8th and picked up yet another relief win (#7) and with Kikuo Kawase having pitched the last two day, Jim Golunski got save #2 with the Rays despite giving up a couple of hits. MLB News: A tough blow for Columbus today as their ace, and reigning NL Cy Young Winner, Fabian Petrovich tore a flexor tendon and will be out for 10 months. They should still hang on to the NL East, but this will hurt them considerably come playoff time. Game 2: The Rays were down 4-2 in the 8th and had only managed 4 hits, but they exploded for 7 runs in the final two innings and took a 9-4 win over the Angels in Anaheim. After Dayle Jenkins doubled in a run to cut the LA lead to 4-3 in the top of the 8th, Bo Angeac stepped up and crushed a grand slam (#26) to make it 7-4 Rays and that was the ballgame. The Rays' first two runs had come on HR #50 from Danny Ayala and #37 from Jon Jimenez, heating up again. Victor de Jesus added a 2-run double in the 9th to make the rubble bounce. Josh Hanna started and was in line for the win after leaving having gone 6 8 1 1 1 6 in a classic hit-scattering outing which lowered his ERA to 2.72, but Ron Adams flubbed his chance to pitch in a high-leverage situation by giving up a 3-run homer to old friend Vlad Guerrero Jr. (having a mediocre first season with the Angels, .265-14-46) to put LA on top, yet got his 7th win thanks to the 8th-inning rally. Tim Siqueiros had a scoreless 8th, and after the lead became 5 Billy Hoyte got the ball for the 9th and went 1-2-3. Siqueiros' ERA is down to 1.09 and Hoyte's 1.51 if you were wondering about how good the bullpen's been this season. Durham Playoff Update: The Bulls swept their way into the championship round with a 4-3 win at Buffalo tonight. Adinso Reyes and Robbie Salazar had RBI singles in the 5th to break a 2-2 tie, and Vinny Willard had to clean up Chris Toombs' mess in the 8th and then one of his own in the 9th which saw the tying run on 3rd to hang on. A bit of bad news, though as standout 3B Jim Gebers strained his forearm and is done for the season. We may see the Rays' other mega-3B prospect Steve Champagne get the call from AA for the next round. Game 3: The Rays completed the sweep of the Angels with their 10th straight win, a 7-1 triumph. Nate Thompson became the AL's (and MLB's) second 20-game winner of the year by a matter of hours as Boston's Sean Nelson achieved the feat in Philadelphia earlier in the day. It was kind of fitting that it was far from a Picasso for Thompson, who went 6 9 1 1 3 6 and pitched out of jam after jam, lowering his ERA to 4.17. Bob Sirna went 2 innings and Billy Hoyte 1 to finish. The bench was emptied today and Jeremy Glasson came through with his biggest game as a Ray, homering for the first time for us with a 2-run shot in the 2nd (his 9th overall) and adding a 2-run single in the 6th. Danny Ayala had a double for RBI #143 and Jon Jimenez banged out 3 hits. Team record: 120-30, back to .800. Next up: Only in OOTP would we fly back from Anaheim to play one game in Tampa against Cleveland and then fly back to LA to play the Dodgers. MLB News: On the same day the season's first 20-game winners were minted, Jose Inostroza of Oakland lost his 20th game today, against 8 wins. Last edited by Art Deco; 07-13-2021 at 08:22 AM.