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Art Deco · 08-04-2021, 05:24 PM

Game 1: Another day, another loss as the bullpen turned a 2-1 deficit into a 7-1 hole as the Rays fell 7-3 to Minnesota at the Trop. Matt Peacock pitched well (7 3 2 2 1 5) but of course he got next to no run support with Joey Bart's 2nd inning solo HR (#5) all they could muster. But Devin Williams and Alex Vesia conspired to allow 5 runs in the 8th, meaning Taylor Walls' 2-run double in the bottom of the 8th was a footnote rather than the game-winner.

Game 2: Stop me if you've heard this before - the Rays got a good start but lost because the offensive couldn't rub two sticks together in a 3-2 loss. Tarik Skubal was pretty good today (6 7 3 3 1 9), although he was hit for a pair of homers, which is going to be his issue. Carter Kieboom's first hit as a Ray, a 2-run double in the 4th, was it for the Tampa Bay scoring.

Game 3: Apparently we're now in some sort of hell where we're doomed to repeat the same game over and over again as the Rays dropped their fifth straight (all 5 since the big trades) 3-2 to Minnesota. Today's unsupported starter was Joe Ryan, just fine at 6 5 2 2 0 7. Randy Arozarena singled in a run and Adley Rutschman hit his first Rays homer and 9th of the season but after the Rays squandered an opportunity in the 8th when Carter Kieboom led off with a double but was stranded, Nick Anderson served up a Travis Blankenhorn homer in the 9th for the game-loser. Only 4 hits today for the bats after 5 yesterday and 7 the day before.

Team record: 19-29, 9 back of Toronto as we drop below .400. Amazingly it's not double digits because the Jays dropped to 2 of 3 to San Antonio, as the 2nd-year team now owns a better record than the Rays. It's getting to the point where I may turn over the team to the AI manager because it's getting too depressing to play out and manage these games. We'll try to get in the win column with 3 in Cleveland after an off-day tomorrow.

08-04-2021, 05:24 PM	#193
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,629	May 24-26, 2023: vs Minnesota (3) Game 1: Another day, another loss as the bullpen turned a 2-1 deficit into a 7-1 hole as the Rays fell 7-3 to Minnesota at the Trop. Matt Peacock pitched well (7 3 2 2 1 5) but of course he got next to no run support with Joey Bart's 2nd inning solo HR (#5) all they could muster. But Devin Williams and Alex Vesia conspired to allow 5 runs in the 8th, meaning Taylor Walls' 2-run double in the bottom of the 8th was a footnote rather than the game-winner. Game 2: Stop me if you've heard this before - the Rays got a good start but lost because the offensive couldn't rub two sticks together in a 3-2 loss. Tarik Skubal was pretty good today (6 7 3 3 1 9), although he was hit for a pair of homers, which is going to be his issue. Carter Kieboom's first hit as a Ray, a 2-run double in the 4th, was it for the Tampa Bay scoring. Game 3: Apparently we're now in some sort of hell where we're doomed to repeat the same game over and over again as the Rays dropped their fifth straight (all 5 since the big trades) 3-2 to Minnesota. Today's unsupported starter was Joe Ryan, just fine at 6 5 2 2 0 7. Randy Arozarena singled in a run and Adley Rutschman hit his first Rays homer and 9th of the season but after the Rays squandered an opportunity in the 8th when Carter Kieboom led off with a double but was stranded, Nick Anderson served up a Travis Blankenhorn homer in the 9th for the game-loser. Only 4 hits today for the bats after 5 yesterday and 7 the day before. Team record: 19-29, 9 back of Toronto as we drop below .400. Amazingly it's not double digits because the Jays dropped to 2 of 3 to San Antonio, as the 2nd-year team now owns a better record than the Rays. It's getting to the point where I may turn over the team to the AI manager because it's getting too depressing to play out and manage these games. We'll try to get in the win column with 3 in Cleveland after an off-day tomorrow. Last edited by Art Deco; 08-04-2021 at 05:25 PM.