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Art Deco · 08-21-2021, 09:26 PM

An impressive weekend for the Rays as they sweep a team with a better record than them (coming in, at least) in their ballpark.

The Rays started off the first game quickly, putting 3 on the board as Jarren Duran led off the game with a homer (#17), Randy Arozarena had a sac fly and Lewin Diaz stroked an RBI double. Chris Sale started and pitched decently but ran up quite a pitch count and couldn't make it through the 5th, finishing 4.1 6 2 2 3 7 on 101 pitches. Devin Williams took over, held it at 3-2 and picked up his 4th win with Nick Anderson grabbing save #21. Diaz made things more comfortable with his 18th homer to cap a 3-hit day.

Game 2 was a wild slugfest the Rays won 15-8, seeing them open up a 10-3 lead only for Oakland to cut it to 10-8 before piling on the runs again. Everyone in the lineup had at least one hit but the star of the show was Vidal Brujan, 4-5 with 2 doubles and 5 RBI. Jarren Duran led the game off again with a homer (#18) as part of a 3-hit, 3-RBI day, and Brandon Lowe had a big 3-run homer (#20) after Oakland closed within 10-8. Tarik Skubal started and got win #5. While his 5.1 5 5 5 3 8 line doesn't look great, it was marred by Brendan McKay, who gave up 2 hits to score Skubal runners and then surrendered a 3-run homer as I've just about had it with him. Alex Vesia went 2 1/3 perfect to calm things down.

The finale was the most satisfying win of the bunch as the Rays looked dead and buried down 4-1 going into the 7th before rallying for 4 runs in the inning to take a 5-4 win. Wander Franco and Adley Rutschman delivered big 2-run singles in the inning to turn things around. Shane McClanahan picked up the win in relief and Nick Anderson hurled a 2-inning save (#22), largely because I lost track of the innings and thought the 8th was the 9th when I brought him in but it worked out anyway.

Team record: 56-43. Despite the sweep the Rays didn't gain any ground on Toronto as the Jays swept the Yankees. We get an off day then comes the biggest series of the season to date as the Toronto comes to Tropicana Field for 3.

08-21-2021, 09:26 PM	#213
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,603	July 21-23, 2023: at Oakland (3) An impressive weekend for the Rays as they sweep a team with a better record than them (coming in, at least) in their ballpark. The Rays started off the first game quickly, putting 3 on the board as Jarren Duran led off the game with a homer (#17), Randy Arozarena had a sac fly and Lewin Diaz stroked an RBI double. Chris Sale started and pitched decently but ran up quite a pitch count and couldn't make it through the 5th, finishing 4.1 6 2 2 3 7 on 101 pitches. Devin Williams took over, held it at 3-2 and picked up his 4th win with Nick Anderson grabbing save #21. Diaz made things more comfortable with his 18th homer to cap a 3-hit day. Game 2 was a wild slugfest the Rays won 15-8, seeing them open up a 10-3 lead only for Oakland to cut it to 10-8 before piling on the runs again. Everyone in the lineup had at least one hit but the star of the show was Vidal Brujan, 4-5 with 2 doubles and 5 RBI. Jarren Duran led the game off again with a homer (#18) as part of a 3-hit, 3-RBI day, and Brandon Lowe had a big 3-run homer (#20) after Oakland closed within 10-8. Tarik Skubal started and got win #5. While his 5.1 5 5 5 3 8 line doesn't look great, it was marred by Brendan McKay, who gave up 2 hits to score Skubal runners and then surrendered a 3-run homer as I've just about had it with him. Alex Vesia went 2 1/3 perfect to calm things down. The finale was the most satisfying win of the bunch as the Rays looked dead and buried down 4-1 going into the 7th before rallying for 4 runs in the inning to take a 5-4 win. Wander Franco and Adley Rutschman delivered big 2-run singles in the inning to turn things around. Shane McClanahan picked up the win in relief and Nick Anderson hurled a 2-inning save (#22), largely because I lost track of the innings and thought the 8th was the 9th when I brought him in but it worked out anyway. Team record: 56-43. Despite the sweep the Rays didn't gain any ground on Toronto as the Jays swept the Yankees. We get an off day then comes the biggest series of the season to date as the Toronto comes to Tropicana Field for 3. Last edited by Art Deco; 08-21-2021 at 09:29 PM.