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Art Deco · 07-25-2021, 02:11 PM

Game 1: The Rays' home opener with Cleveland was a classic pitchers' duel between Brendan McKay and Carlos Vargas, and Vargas was rewarded for hanging in there for 9 innings when Jordan Luplow homered off Nick Anderson in the 10th to give the Guardians a 1-0 win. McKay was solid, going 6 3 0 0 2 4 and Alex Vesia and Devin Williams turned in scoreless innings, but Anderson was victimized in his 2nd inning of relief. The bats only managed two hits in the 10 innings.

Game 2: Despite a furious 9th-inning comeback the Rays dug too big a hole against Cleveland and lost again 9-7. Matt Peacock had a rough 2nd giving up 3 runs but finished 7 6 4 2 1 5 as he pitched around his own error and one from Francisco Mejia and left down 4-2. The Guardians broke it open in the 8th with 4 runs on a pair of homers off a former pitcher of theirs, Nick Sandlin, and Brett Honeywell Jr gave up one in the 9th. This had them down 9-3 going to the bottom of the 9th when Brandon Lowe hit a 2-run homer (#2), Randy Arozarena went deep and Heliot Ramos had a pinch-hit RBI double in his first MLB at-bat to cut the deficit to 2. But with the tying runs in scoring position, Mejia grounded out to end the game.

Game 3: Tyler Glasnow put the Rays into an early hole before the Rays came back dramatically to tie, only to see Cleveland get a 3-run homer in the 8th to take a 6-4 win as Tampa Bay is swept in its first series at home in 2023. Glasnow went 6 3 3 3 4 8 and left one batter into the 7th with Aaron Fletcher allowing that runner to score. The Rays struck back in the bottom of the 7th to tie it on an RBI double from Austin Meadows and a 2-run homer from Lewin Diaz off Shane Bieber, his first as a Ray. But Devin Williams put 2 on with 2 out in the top of the 8th, and pinch-hitter George Valera took him deep to give Cleveland the win. Jarren Duran homered (#1) off Bieber in the 8th to make it a little closer.

Team record: 2-4 (maybe those preseason predictions were on to something). Next up: 3 games in Oakland.

MLB News: The Angels' Jorge Soler became the 19th player in MLB history to have a 4-homer game, as he accomplished the feat against Baltimore. Also John Gant of the Giants hurled a no-hitter against his former team, the Cardinals, walking 1 and fanning 8 in a tidy 91-pitch effort.

07-25-2021, 02:11 PM	#177
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,550	April 9-11, 2023: vs Cleveland (3) Game 1: The Rays' home opener with Cleveland was a classic pitchers' duel between Brendan McKay and Carlos Vargas, and Vargas was rewarded for hanging in there for 9 innings when Jordan Luplow homered off Nick Anderson in the 10th to give the Guardians a 1-0 win. McKay was solid, going 6 3 0 0 2 4 and Alex Vesia and Devin Williams turned in scoreless innings, but Anderson was victimized in his 2nd inning of relief. The bats only managed two hits in the 10 innings. Game 2: Despite a furious 9th-inning comeback the Rays dug too big a hole against Cleveland and lost again 9-7. Matt Peacock had a rough 2nd giving up 3 runs but finished 7 6 4 2 1 5 as he pitched around his own error and one from Francisco Mejia and left down 4-2. The Guardians broke it open in the 8th with 4 runs on a pair of homers off a former pitcher of theirs, Nick Sandlin, and Brett Honeywell Jr gave up one in the 9th. This had them down 9-3 going to the bottom of the 9th when Brandon Lowe hit a 2-run homer (#2), Randy Arozarena went deep and Heliot Ramos had a pinch-hit RBI double in his first MLB at-bat to cut the deficit to 2. But with the tying runs in scoring position, Mejia grounded out to end the game. Game 3: Tyler Glasnow put the Rays into an early hole before the Rays came back dramatically to tie, only to see Cleveland get a 3-run homer in the 8th to take a 6-4 win as Tampa Bay is swept in its first series at home in 2023. Glasnow went 6 3 3 3 4 8 and left one batter into the 7th with Aaron Fletcher allowing that runner to score. The Rays struck back in the bottom of the 7th to tie it on an RBI double from Austin Meadows and a 2-run homer from Lewin Diaz off Shane Bieber, his first as a Ray. But Devin Williams put 2 on with 2 out in the top of the 8th, and pinch-hitter George Valera took him deep to give Cleveland the win. Jarren Duran homered (#1) off Bieber in the 8th to make it a little closer. Team record: 2-4 (maybe those preseason predictions were on to something). Next up: 3 games in Oakland. MLB News: The Angels' Jorge Soler became the 19th player in MLB history to have a 4-homer game, as he accomplished the feat against Baltimore. Also John Gant of the Giants hurled a no-hitter against his former team, the Cardinals, walking 1 and fanning 8 in a tidy 91-pitch effort. Last edited by Art Deco; 07-25-2021 at 04:17 PM.