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Art Deco · 07-21-2021, 11:41 PM

Game 1: The Rays ran into a tough customer in Alex Santamaria, one of the league's best, and he and the A's shut out Tampa Bay 3-0 at Publix Park. Josh Carsello started for the Rays and had one of his "all over the place" games, going 4.1 8 2 2 3 7 on 109 pitches and dropping to 5-2, 4.50. Bob Sirna went 2 2/3 scoreless and Vinny Willard gave up a run in his 2 innings of work. Nobody distinguished themselves with the bat tonight, although Bo Angeac at least reached 3 times on a hit and two walks.

Game 2: Tampa Bay's bats came back to life tonight, but the pitching didn't and the A's feasted on the Rays bullpen to take a come-from-behind 9-8 win in 10 innings. Lefty-swinging Joe Allen, who used to torment the Rays when he was with the Yankees, was the hero for Oakland today with a pair of homers off normally reliable lefty relievers. His 3-run homer off Billy Hoyte in the 8th tied the game at 8, and then he took Jim Golunski deep in the 10th for the game-winner. It was a shocking turn of events for a team which can boast of the best bullpen in baseball. Danny Ayala homered (#11) and drove in 3 runs and Daniel Vasquez (#10) also went deep for Tampa Bay while Dayle Jenkins had 3 hits and an RBI and Jaiden Hardaway was 2-5 with 3 runs scored. Josh Hanna started and pitched similar to fellow lefty teammate Josh Carsello yesterday, piling up the whiffs but getting hit hard in between as he finished 5 8 5 5 1 10. Still he was in line for the win before Danny Medina put two men on in his second inning of work and then Hoyte came in and gave up the 3-run homer to Allen.

Game 3: The Rays salvaged a game from their series with Oakland thanks to a 5-2 win behind another strong outing from Nate Thompson. The righty continued his excellent start to the season with a 7 2 1 1 1 6 outing to improve to 9-0, 2.41 and he leads the AL in wins, strikeouts and pitcher WAR. Tim Siqueiros struggled once again, allowing a run in the 8th and needing to be bailed out by Mike Wherry, while Kikuo Kawase handled the A's with a 1-2-3 9th whiffing a pair and getting save #13. The offense was a two-man affair. Daniel Vasquez stayed red-hot, hitting a solo homer (#11) to get the Rays on the board and followed that up with a 2-run triple, while Jon Jimenez added a 2-run shot in the 8th (#9) after the A's had pulled within 3-2.

Team record: 39-10. Next up: Boston visits Publix Park for 3 games.

07-21-2021, 11:41 PM	#1132
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,419	May 20-22, 2036: vs Oakland (3) Game 1: The Rays ran into a tough customer in Alex Santamaria, one of the league's best, and he and the A's shut out Tampa Bay 3-0 at Publix Park. Josh Carsello started for the Rays and had one of his "all over the place" games, going 4.1 8 2 2 3 7 on 109 pitches and dropping to 5-2, 4.50. Bob Sirna went 2 2/3 scoreless and Vinny Willard gave up a run in his 2 innings of work. Nobody distinguished themselves with the bat tonight, although Bo Angeac at least reached 3 times on a hit and two walks. Game 2: Tampa Bay's bats came back to life tonight, but the pitching didn't and the A's feasted on the Rays bullpen to take a come-from-behind 9-8 win in 10 innings. Lefty-swinging Joe Allen, who used to torment the Rays when he was with the Yankees, was the hero for Oakland today with a pair of homers off normally reliable lefty relievers. His 3-run homer off Billy Hoyte in the 8th tied the game at 8, and then he took Jim Golunski deep in the 10th for the game-winner. It was a shocking turn of events for a team which can boast of the best bullpen in baseball. Danny Ayala homered (#11) and drove in 3 runs and Daniel Vasquez (#10) also went deep for Tampa Bay while Dayle Jenkins had 3 hits and an RBI and Jaiden Hardaway was 2-5 with 3 runs scored. Josh Hanna started and pitched similar to fellow lefty teammate Josh Carsello yesterday, piling up the whiffs but getting hit hard in between as he finished 5 8 5 5 1 10. Still he was in line for the win before Danny Medina put two men on in his second inning of work and then Hoyte came in and gave up the 3-run homer to Allen. Game 3: The Rays salvaged a game from their series with Oakland thanks to a 5-2 win behind another strong outing from Nate Thompson. The righty continued his excellent start to the season with a 7 2 1 1 1 6 outing to improve to 9-0, 2.41 and he leads the AL in wins, strikeouts and pitcher WAR. Tim Siqueiros struggled once again, allowing a run in the 8th and needing to be bailed out by Mike Wherry, while Kikuo Kawase handled the A's with a 1-2-3 9th whiffing a pair and getting save #13. The offense was a two-man affair. Daniel Vasquez stayed red-hot, hitting a solo homer (#11) to get the Rays on the board and followed that up with a 2-run triple, while Jon Jimenez added a 2-run shot in the 8th (#9) after the A's had pulled within 3-2. Team record: 39-10. Next up: Boston visits Publix Park for 3 games. Last edited by Art Deco; 07-22-2021 at 08:40 AM.