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Art Deco · 08-21-2021, 02:55 PM

Game 1: A wild game that twice saw the Rays open big leads only to end up with the Angels relatively close as they held on to win 10-7. The Rays were up against former farmhand Tim Sandstrom and he lived up to his 35-rated movement by allowing 5 - count' em, 5 - home runs. Jim Gebers (#4), Daniel Malone (#6) and Will Quintana (#5) each hit solo shots in the 2nd, Eric Titcombe (#14) added a fourth solo shot in the third, and Omar Rodriguez capped off the fun with a grand slam (#14) in the 4th. These blasts gave the Rays an 8-2 lead with Tim Gates making his first start and he seemed to be settling in but the wheels came off in the 5th when he allowed a 3-run homer to Vlad Guerrero Jr., the one-time Ray's 3500th career hit. Gates put two more on and Danny Medina had to rescue him and keep the lead at 3. Medina went on to get win #2. Although the Rays tacked on a couple of more in the 8th to make it 10-5, Mike Wherry gave up a 2-run homer in the 9th and Kikuo Kawase had to come in for the final out although he didn't qualify for a save. And the good news is that the Rays are back in first after Toronto lost in Washington.

Game 2: The Rays trailed 3-2 after 6 but came back and beat the Angels 7-3. Jim Gebers hit a solo homer in the top of the 7th (#5) to tie it up, and then they broke it open with 4 in the 8th on a Daniel Vasquez RBI double, a Gebers RBI single, and a 2-run double from Jeff Baez. Jon Soranno continues to work his way back to respectability, turning in a solid 7 5 3 3 1 6 performance to improve to 3-3, 5.68 while Damani Cotton and Tim Siqueiros pitched the 8th and 9th. Another Blue Jay loss in Washington now puts the Rays 1 1/2 up in the AL East.

Game 3: Another comfortable game turned tense as the Rays saw an 8-1 lead nearly completely evaporate when the Angels scored 6 times in the 7th, but they would score no more and Tampa Bay held on to win and sweep the series 8-7. First, the good stuff. Kevin Kerstetter pitched quite well going 6 4 1 0 3 5 to improve to 7-2, 3.14, and Tim Siqueiros and Kikuo Kawase turned in scoreless innings with the game on the line, the latter picking up save #11. Jaiden Hardaway blasted a pair of homers, driving in 3 and giving him 10 dingers for the year, and Danny Ayala launched a 2-run blast (#7) as he tries to improve on a severely disappointing 225/276/397 line. Daniel Malone also had a nice game going 2-3 with a double and RBI. Now the bad: Tony Rey came on with the 8-1 lead, gave up a couple of runs and left the bases loaded for Billy Hoyte, who served up a grand slam to the first man he faced. We'll call it a blip for Rey as despite allowing the 5 runs in 1/3 of an inning he still has an ERA of 2.93. Hoyte though continues to be consistently inconsistent. The Jays won so the Rays did not expand their 1 1/2-game lead.

Team record: 38-16. Next up: 4 games in Seattle, whom we just finished up 3 with at Publix Park last week.

08-21-2021, 02:55 PM	#1225
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,674	June 1-3, 2037: at LA Angels (3) Game 1: A wild game that twice saw the Rays open big leads only to end up with the Angels relatively close as they held on to win 10-7. The Rays were up against former farmhand Tim Sandstrom and he lived up to his 35-rated movement by allowing 5 - count' em, 5 - home runs. Jim Gebers (#4), Daniel Malone (#6) and Will Quintana (#5) each hit solo shots in the 2nd, Eric Titcombe (#14) added a fourth solo shot in the third, and Omar Rodriguez capped off the fun with a grand slam (#14) in the 4th. These blasts gave the Rays an 8-2 lead with Tim Gates making his first start and he seemed to be settling in but the wheels came off in the 5th when he allowed a 3-run homer to Vlad Guerrero Jr., the one-time Ray's 3500th career hit. Gates put two more on and Danny Medina had to rescue him and keep the lead at 3. Medina went on to get win #2. Although the Rays tacked on a couple of more in the 8th to make it 10-5, Mike Wherry gave up a 2-run homer in the 9th and Kikuo Kawase had to come in for the final out although he didn't qualify for a save. And the good news is that the Rays are back in first after Toronto lost in Washington. Game 2: The Rays trailed 3-2 after 6 but came back and beat the Angels 7-3. Jim Gebers hit a solo homer in the top of the 7th (#5) to tie it up, and then they broke it open with 4 in the 8th on a Daniel Vasquez RBI double, a Gebers RBI single, and a 2-run double from Jeff Baez. Jon Soranno continues to work his way back to respectability, turning in a solid 7 5 3 3 1 6 performance to improve to 3-3, 5.68 while Damani Cotton and Tim Siqueiros pitched the 8th and 9th. Another Blue Jay loss in Washington now puts the Rays 1 1/2 up in the AL East. Game 3: Another comfortable game turned tense as the Rays saw an 8-1 lead nearly completely evaporate when the Angels scored 6 times in the 7th, but they would score no more and Tampa Bay held on to win and sweep the series 8-7. First, the good stuff. Kevin Kerstetter pitched quite well going 6 4 1 0 3 5 to improve to 7-2, 3.14, and Tim Siqueiros and Kikuo Kawase turned in scoreless innings with the game on the line, the latter picking up save #11. Jaiden Hardaway blasted a pair of homers, driving in 3 and giving him 10 dingers for the year, and Danny Ayala launched a 2-run blast (#7) as he tries to improve on a severely disappointing 225/276/397 line. Daniel Malone also had a nice game going 2-3 with a double and RBI. Now the bad: Tony Rey came on with the 8-1 lead, gave up a couple of runs and left the bases loaded for Billy Hoyte, who served up a grand slam to the first man he faced. We'll call it a blip for Rey as despite allowing the 5 runs in 1/3 of an inning he still has an ERA of 2.93. Hoyte though continues to be consistently inconsistent. The Jays won so the Rays did not expand their 1 1/2-game lead. Team record: 38-16. Next up: 4 games in Seattle, whom we just finished up 3 with at Publix Park last week. Last edited by Art Deco; 08-21-2021 at 07:14 PM.