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Art Deco · 07-21-2021, 07:46 AM

Game 1: Josh Hanna took his first loss of the year as the Rays struggled on offense tonight in a 3-2 defeat. They had their chances early against former Tampa Bay ace Christian Little and should have made Little pay for his wildness more than the two they scored when Danny Ayala was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and then Bo Angeac forced a run in with a walk in the 3rd. But that was it for the night and Hanna gave up a go-ahead RBI single to Eloy Jimenez in the 5th and finished 5 7 3 3 1 8. Danny Medina turned in a pair of scoreless innings and Billy Hoyte one to keep it close but the breakthrough never arrived.

Game 2: The Rays bounced back tonight with a 9-2 win although it took half the game for the bats to wake up. Angels starter Keider Montero retired the first 14 batters before Omar Rodriguez doubled, and Daniel Vasquez followed with a 2-run homer (#8) to open the floodgates. Dayle Jenkins broke a 2-2 tie in the 6th with a 2-run shot (#10), Jon Jimenez went back-to-back with him (#7), and Danny Ayala hit #11 in the 8th as 7 runs in the 6th through the 8th blew it open. That was more than enough for Nate Thompson who nearly pitched a complete game, going 8.2 9 2 2 1 10 before Willie Bertone was summoned to get the final out. Thompson is now 8-0, 2.53 with a 9/73 BB/K ratio in 64 innings, leads the AL in pitcher WAR at 2.7 and has to be the Cy Young frontrunner at the moment.

Game 3: Ron Adams continued his in-season turnaround and the bats broke a close game open late in a 6-1 win over the Angels in Anaheim. Adams, whose ERA started with a 7 not that long ago, went 7 3 1 1 3 7 to improve to 5-2, 3.93. Tim Siqueiros and Mike Wherry (still unscored upon this year) each pitched a clean inning in relief. Dayle Jenkins hit HR #11 to make it 1-0 Rays in the first as he's on pace for 40, which would shatter his career high of 22, before Eloy Jimenez took Adams deep to equalize for career HR #650. Daniel Vasquez homered for the second straight night (#9) in the 5th to make it 2-1, and then a 4-run 8th with 2-run homers from Omar Rodriguez (#11, his first in 3 weeks after a torrid start) and Mike McKee (#5) put the game away.

Game 4: The Rays took the series with a 4-3 win over the Angels today. And it was a couple of lefty hitters who got to play against a lefty today due to Jaiden Hardaway and Dayle Jenkins needing a rest who came through with the big hits off a tough and familiar lefty in Jon Hayes. Jon Jimenez homered (#8) off Hayes in the 3rd, and Danny Ayala came through with a 2-run double in the 5th to put the Rays ahead to stay before Jeff Baez's RBI double in the 6th proved to be a vital insurance run. Jon Soranno started and went 5.1 6 2 2 1 9 including a HR allowed to Eloy Jimenez, who always kills us. Danny Medina got a big double play to escape a jam Soranno left for him in the 6th and pitched through the 7th, Jim Golunski had a scoreless 8th, and Kikuo Kawase had a little bit of an adventure but got save #12 as he walked the first two men and one of them scored on a throwing error. Soranno improves to 4-0, 2.70 with the win.

Team record: 38-8. Next up: An off-day then back home for 3 vs Oakland.

07-21-2021, 07:46 AM	#1131
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,361	May 15-18, 2036: at LA Angels (4) Game 1: Josh Hanna took his first loss of the year as the Rays struggled on offense tonight in a 3-2 defeat. They had their chances early against former Tampa Bay ace Christian Little and should have made Little pay for his wildness more than the two they scored when Danny Ayala was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and then Bo Angeac forced a run in with a walk in the 3rd. But that was it for the night and Hanna gave up a go-ahead RBI single to Eloy Jimenez in the 5th and finished 5 7 3 3 1 8. Danny Medina turned in a pair of scoreless innings and Billy Hoyte one to keep it close but the breakthrough never arrived. Game 2: The Rays bounced back tonight with a 9-2 win although it took half the game for the bats to wake up. Angels starter Keider Montero retired the first 14 batters before Omar Rodriguez doubled, and Daniel Vasquez followed with a 2-run homer (#8) to open the floodgates. Dayle Jenkins broke a 2-2 tie in the 6th with a 2-run shot (#10), Jon Jimenez went back-to-back with him (#7), and Danny Ayala hit #11 in the 8th as 7 runs in the 6th through the 8th blew it open. That was more than enough for Nate Thompson who nearly pitched a complete game, going 8.2 9 2 2 1 10 before Willie Bertone was summoned to get the final out. Thompson is now 8-0, 2.53 with a 9/73 BB/K ratio in 64 innings, leads the AL in pitcher WAR at 2.7 and has to be the Cy Young frontrunner at the moment. Game 3: Ron Adams continued his in-season turnaround and the bats broke a close game open late in a 6-1 win over the Angels in Anaheim. Adams, whose ERA started with a 7 not that long ago, went 7 3 1 1 3 7 to improve to 5-2, 3.93. Tim Siqueiros and Mike Wherry (still unscored upon this year) each pitched a clean inning in relief. Dayle Jenkins hit HR #11 to make it 1-0 Rays in the first as he's on pace for 40, which would shatter his career high of 22, before Eloy Jimenez took Adams deep to equalize for career HR #650. Daniel Vasquez homered for the second straight night (#9) in the 5th to make it 2-1, and then a 4-run 8th with 2-run homers from Omar Rodriguez (#11, his first in 3 weeks after a torrid start) and Mike McKee (#5) put the game away. Game 4: The Rays took the series with a 4-3 win over the Angels today. And it was a couple of lefty hitters who got to play against a lefty today due to Jaiden Hardaway and Dayle Jenkins needing a rest who came through with the big hits off a tough and familiar lefty in Jon Hayes. Jon Jimenez homered (#8) off Hayes in the 3rd, and Danny Ayala came through with a 2-run double in the 5th to put the Rays ahead to stay before Jeff Baez's RBI double in the 6th proved to be a vital insurance run. Jon Soranno started and went 5.1 6 2 2 1 9 including a HR allowed to Eloy Jimenez, who always kills us. Danny Medina got a big double play to escape a jam Soranno left for him in the 6th and pitched through the 7th, Jim Golunski had a scoreless 8th, and Kikuo Kawase had a little bit of an adventure but got save #12 as he walked the first two men and one of them scored on a throwing error. Soranno improves to 4-0, 2.70 with the win. Team record: 38-8. Next up: An off-day then back home for 3 vs Oakland. Last edited by Art Deco; 07-21-2021 at 10:20 AM.