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Art Deco · 08-25-2021, 09:48 AM

Game 1: The Rays gave the Jays a taste of their own one-run walk-off medicine with a thrilling 6-5 win which saw them score 3 times in the 9th to pull out the win. Down to their last at-bat trailing 5-3, Danny Ayala (who earlier had an RBI triple) led off the inning with HR #10, then Bo Angeac singled and Daniel Vasquez doubled to put men on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out. After Jim Gebers struck out, pinch-hitter Jaiden Hardaway (who needed to rest) delivered a sac fly to tie the game before Jeff Baez's 2-out single to left scored Vasquez to walk it off and make a winner of Damani Cotton, who had wild-pitched home a Toronto run in the top of the inning. Earlier the Rays led 1-0 after 5 before the Jays got 3 off starter Tim Gates, who finished 6 3 3 3 4 4, and Danny Medina gave up another run in the 8th. Omar Rodriguez was 3-5 with an RBI. As a result of the win the lead is now up to 3 games.

Game 2: For the second straight night the Rays out Blue-Jayed Toronto, coming back to win a walk-off in the bottom of the 10th 5-4. Bo Angeac singled in Jaiden Hardaway, who led off the 10th with a single, stole second and went to third on a fly ball, to win it for Tampa Bay. Kikuo Kawase picked up his 2nd win in relief after pitching the 9th and 10th. The Jays will only have themselves to blame as they should have scored more against Jon Soranno, who was terrible today. As it was they scored 4 on 10 hits off him in 3 1/3 but had a man thrown out at the plate and left 12 on in total. Damani Cotton went 2 1/3 scoreless and Chris Toombs got him out of a 2-on, 2-out jam in the 6th and ended up throwing 2 1/3 scoreless himself. The hitting star in regulation for the Rays was Omar Rodriguez, who hit an inside-the-park homer in the 1st inning and then delivered a huge 2-run shot in the 8th to tie it up, giving him 17 dingers on the year. The Rays now move 4 games ahead of Toronto, who really need to win tomorrow to keep this a race.

Game 3: No need for a walk-off comeback win today as the Rays throttled the Jays 14-3, bashing 5 homers in the process. The ludicrously hot Omar Rodriguez hit his third homer in 2 days with a 2-run shot in the 1st (#18) then in the 3rd the starting-to-heat-up Danny Ayala hit another 2-run blast (#11) and Bo Angeac (#19) went back-to-back with him. Mike McKee added a 2-run homer (#3) as part of a 3-RBI day and Eric Titcombe launched a 3-run shot (#20) as well. Ayala ended up with 4 hits while O-Rod and Angeac each had 3 of the team's 20. Kevin Kerstetter enjoyed all the run support as he struggled with baserunners today but still went 6 6 1 0 3 6 on 108 pitches to improve to 9-3, 2.91. Billy Hoyte went the final 3, allowing a couple of runs but picking up save #2. The lead is now 5 and the Jays will be hard-pressed to catch us now. At least we got nearly a half-season of a division race unlike other years where we didn't have one at all.

Team record: 52-22. Next up: An off-day then Boston pays us a weekend visit.

08-25-2021, 09:48 AM	#1233
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,708	June 22-24, 2037: vs Toronto (3) Game 1: The Rays gave the Jays a taste of their own one-run walk-off medicine with a thrilling 6-5 win which saw them score 3 times in the 9th to pull out the win. Down to their last at-bat trailing 5-3, Danny Ayala (who earlier had an RBI triple) led off the inning with HR #10, then Bo Angeac singled and Daniel Vasquez doubled to put men on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out. After Jim Gebers struck out, pinch-hitter Jaiden Hardaway (who needed to rest) delivered a sac fly to tie the game before Jeff Baez's 2-out single to left scored Vasquez to walk it off and make a winner of Damani Cotton, who had wild-pitched home a Toronto run in the top of the inning. Earlier the Rays led 1-0 after 5 before the Jays got 3 off starter Tim Gates, who finished 6 3 3 3 4 4, and Danny Medina gave up another run in the 8th. Omar Rodriguez was 3-5 with an RBI. As a result of the win the lead is now up to 3 games. Game 2: For the second straight night the Rays out Blue-Jayed Toronto, coming back to win a walk-off in the bottom of the 10th 5-4. Bo Angeac singled in Jaiden Hardaway, who led off the 10th with a single, stole second and went to third on a fly ball, to win it for Tampa Bay. Kikuo Kawase picked up his 2nd win in relief after pitching the 9th and 10th. The Jays will only have themselves to blame as they should have scored more against Jon Soranno, who was terrible today. As it was they scored 4 on 10 hits off him in 3 1/3 but had a man thrown out at the plate and left 12 on in total. Damani Cotton went 2 1/3 scoreless and Chris Toombs got him out of a 2-on, 2-out jam in the 6th and ended up throwing 2 1/3 scoreless himself. The hitting star in regulation for the Rays was Omar Rodriguez, who hit an inside-the-park homer in the 1st inning and then delivered a huge 2-run shot in the 8th to tie it up, giving him 17 dingers on the year. The Rays now move 4 games ahead of Toronto, who really need to win tomorrow to keep this a race. Game 3: No need for a walk-off comeback win today as the Rays throttled the Jays 14-3, bashing 5 homers in the process. The ludicrously hot Omar Rodriguez hit his third homer in 2 days with a 2-run shot in the 1st (#18) then in the 3rd the starting-to-heat-up Danny Ayala hit another 2-run blast (#11) and Bo Angeac (#19) went back-to-back with him. Mike McKee added a 2-run homer (#3) as part of a 3-RBI day and Eric Titcombe launched a 3-run shot (#20) as well. Ayala ended up with 4 hits while O-Rod and Angeac each had 3 of the team's 20. Kevin Kerstetter enjoyed all the run support as he struggled with baserunners today but still went 6 6 1 0 3 6 on 108 pitches to improve to 9-3, 2.91. Billy Hoyte went the final 3, allowing a couple of runs but picking up save #2. The lead is now 5 and the Jays will be hard-pressed to catch us now. At least we got nearly a half-season of a division race unlike other years where we didn't have one at all. Team record: 52-22. Next up: An off-day then Boston pays us a weekend visit. Last edited by Art Deco; 08-25-2021 at 05:50 PM.