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Art Deco · 09-22-2021, 02:39 PM

Whatever good feelings were engendered by the sweep of Seattle are long gone now after the Rays were swept at home by the Blue Jays. The offense went from scoring 18 runs against the Mariners to only 7 against Toronto in the three games.

Dustin May did not impress at all in his Tropicana Field debut as a Ray, getting lit up for 4 runs in the first and allowing 5 in 3 innings as Tampa Bay dropped the opener 6-3. They did respond in the bottom of the first with those three runs with a 2-run Brandon Lowe double the big hit but that was it for the day. The only bright spot was 4 shutout innings in long relief for Matt Peacock.

Tarik Skubal pitched well in the second game, going 6 4 2 2 2 6, but a Jarren Duran homer (#2) was the sum total of the offense in a 3-1 loss. Duran ended up with 2 of the team's measly 4 hits on the day.

The Rays couldn't salvage the series finale either, losing again by a 6-3 scoreline. Joe Ryan wasn't quite as dominating as he was in his season debut although he wasn't that bad either at 5 8 3 3 0 6. He left the game only down 3-2 after Jarren Duran homered for the second straight day (#3) and Brandon Lowe hit his first of the year. But maybe now we're seeing why the Mets practically gave away Tyler Rogers as he let Toronto break the game open with 3 runs in the 6th, including Lourdes Gurriel Jr's 2nd homer of the game. The Rays loaded the bases in the 9th and pushed across a run on a Heston Kjerstad single but couldn't get any more.

Team record: 5-4, in 4th one game behind Toronto, Boston and Baltimore who all sit at 6-3. We'll have a chance to do something about that with respect to the Red Sox as we head to Fenway for 3.

09-22-2021, 02:39 PM	#268
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,550	April 10-12, 2024: vs Toronto (3) Whatever good feelings were engendered by the sweep of Seattle are long gone now after the Rays were swept at home by the Blue Jays. The offense went from scoring 18 runs against the Mariners to only 7 against Toronto in the three games. Dustin May did not impress at all in his Tropicana Field debut as a Ray, getting lit up for 4 runs in the first and allowing 5 in 3 innings as Tampa Bay dropped the opener 6-3. They did respond in the bottom of the first with those three runs with a 2-run Brandon Lowe double the big hit but that was it for the day. The only bright spot was 4 shutout innings in long relief for Matt Peacock. Tarik Skubal pitched well in the second game, going 6 4 2 2 2 6, but a Jarren Duran homer (#2) was the sum total of the offense in a 3-1 loss. Duran ended up with 2 of the team's measly 4 hits on the day. The Rays couldn't salvage the series finale either, losing again by a 6-3 scoreline. Joe Ryan wasn't quite as dominating as he was in his season debut although he wasn't that bad either at 5 8 3 3 0 6. He left the game only down 3-2 after Jarren Duran homered for the second straight day (#3) and Brandon Lowe hit his first of the year. But maybe now we're seeing why the Mets practically gave away Tyler Rogers as he let Toronto break the game open with 3 runs in the 6th, including Lourdes Gurriel Jr's 2nd homer of the game. The Rays loaded the bases in the 9th and pushed across a run on a Heston Kjerstad single but couldn't get any more. Team record: 5-4, in 4th one game behind Toronto, Boston and Baltimore who all sit at 6-3. We'll have a chance to do something about that with respect to the Red Sox as we head to Fenway for 3.