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Art Deco · 08-09-2021, 08:19 PM

We finally hit .500 - and for a day went over it, before dropping the third game of the series. Still the bats continued to rake, something that was unheard of a month ago.

Game 1 was a wild one which saw us lead 7-4 after 3 and hold that lead all the way until the 8th when Peter Fairbanks melted down and allowed Baltimore to score 5 times to go ahead 9-7. But in the top of the 9th Vidal Brujan led off with a homer (#3) and Adley Rutschman tied it up with an infield single. This set the stage for Rutschman to torment his former team again with an RBI double in the 11th to win it 10-9 as an earlier two-run single gave him a 4-RBI day. Nick Anderson got the win with 2 scoreless innings of relief and Aaron Fletcher picked up his first save of the year. Earlier Heliot Ramos had a 2-run homer (#5) and Brandon Lowe a 2-run double.

Game 2 was a bit more routine 5-2 win (their 14th in 15 games) thanks to another dominant outing from Tyler Glasnow, who went 6 3 1 1 2 12 to improve to 5-4, 3.14, with Devin Williams getting save #2. Glasnow's support came from Jarren Duran, 3-5 with a HR (#7) and 2 RBI, and Carter Kieboom who went boom with #3.

It looked like the Rays would sweep the series when they went up 4-1 in the 5th behind a cruising Griffin Canning but he lost it in the bottom of the inning, giving up 4 runs, then Brendan McKay (who might be ticketed for Durham), allowed 3 more on a pair of homers and the Rays dropped the finale 9-5. Hunter Bishop paced the offense by driving in 3 runs on a pair of singles and Jarren Duran went deep for the second straight game with a solo shot (#8). They actually brought the tying run to the plate in the 9th in the person of pinch-hitter Joey Gallo, but he popped to short center.

Team record: 33-33. Thanks to the Yankees being swept by the Angels and Toronto dropping 2 of 3 to Minnesota, the Rays are a season-close 2 games out of first, behind both of those teams. That's the good news; the bad news is that those 46-20 Angels are coming to visit the Trop for the next 3, marking Willy Adames' return to the Trop.

08-09-2021, 08:19 PM	#199
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,568	June 13-15, 2023: at Baltimore (3) We finally hit .500 - and for a day went over it, before dropping the third game of the series. Still the bats continued to rake, something that was unheard of a month ago. Game 1 was a wild one which saw us lead 7-4 after 3 and hold that lead all the way until the 8th when Peter Fairbanks melted down and allowed Baltimore to score 5 times to go ahead 9-7. But in the top of the 9th Vidal Brujan led off with a homer (#3) and Adley Rutschman tied it up with an infield single. This set the stage for Rutschman to torment his former team again with an RBI double in the 11th to win it 10-9 as an earlier two-run single gave him a 4-RBI day. Nick Anderson got the win with 2 scoreless innings of relief and Aaron Fletcher picked up his first save of the year. Earlier Heliot Ramos had a 2-run homer (#5) and Brandon Lowe a 2-run double. Game 2 was a bit more routine 5-2 win (their 14th in 15 games) thanks to another dominant outing from Tyler Glasnow, who went 6 3 1 1 2 12 to improve to 5-4, 3.14, with Devin Williams getting save #2. Glasnow's support came from Jarren Duran, 3-5 with a HR (#7) and 2 RBI, and Carter Kieboom who went boom with #3. It looked like the Rays would sweep the series when they went up 4-1 in the 5th behind a cruising Griffin Canning but he lost it in the bottom of the inning, giving up 4 runs, then Brendan McKay (who might be ticketed for Durham), allowed 3 more on a pair of homers and the Rays dropped the finale 9-5. Hunter Bishop paced the offense by driving in 3 runs on a pair of singles and Jarren Duran went deep for the second straight game with a solo shot (#8). They actually brought the tying run to the plate in the 9th in the person of pinch-hitter Joey Gallo, but he popped to short center. Team record: 33-33. Thanks to the Yankees being swept by the Angels and Toronto dropping 2 of 3 to Minnesota, the Rays are a season-close 2 games out of first, behind both of those teams. That's the good news; the bad news is that those 46-20 Angels are coming to visit the Trop for the next 3, marking Willy Adames' return to the Trop. Last edited by Art Deco; 08-09-2021 at 08:24 PM.