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Art Deco · 10-04-2021, 06:56 PM

Target Field has never been a great place for the Rays, and sure enough they dropped 2 of 3 to the Twins. Boston and Baltimore, our two closest pursuers, played each other with the Sox taking 2 of 3 so they cut our division lead to 3.

The Rays took a brief 1-0 lead in the opener, but that was the highlight of the game as they were trounced by the Twins 9-1. Tarik Skubal started coughing up homers again, surrendering 3 including a pair of 2-run shots to Rhys Hoskins and finished 4.1 7 6 6 2 7. The bats were held to a mere 6 hits and 0 walks.

Game 2 looked like a rerun of Game 1 at the outset when Joe Ryan also resumed his gopher-prone ways, allowing back-to-back jacks to Jesse Winker and Teoscar Hernandez in a 4-run, 7-hit first. He did settle down after that with 5 1-hit shutout innings to finish 6 8 4 4 2 4, but the damage was done in a 5-3 loss. A 2-run Brandon Lowe homer (#8) got them within 4-3 in the 6th but Shane McClanahan picked a bad time to allow his first run of the season in the 7th and the Rays got no closer.

The Rays did salvage the final game of the series behind an excellent performance from Griffin Canning, who went 7 4 0 0 3 4 in a 3-1 win. Canning improved to 4-2, 3.98 as he rebounded nicely from his rough start against Houston last time out. A Taylor Walls sac fly broke the ice in the 5th and they tacked on 2 more in the 6th on a Lewin Diaz RBI double and a Carter Kieboom RBI single. They had numerous chances in the late innings to expand the lead, including a bases-loaded, nobody-out situation, but failed miserably, leaving 11 on base (Gary Sanchez was the worst offender with 8 individual LOB). That almost cost them when Nick Anderson ran into trouble in the 9th allowing a run, but Vidal Brujan made a nice play on a grounder to 2nd with men on 2nd and 3rd for the final out and preserved Anderson's 13th save.

Team record: 32-13. Next up: Texas visits the Trop.

10-04-2021, 06:56 PM	#280
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,550	May 19-21, 2024: at Minnesota (3) Target Field has never been a great place for the Rays, and sure enough they dropped 2 of 3 to the Twins. Boston and Baltimore, our two closest pursuers, played each other with the Sox taking 2 of 3 so they cut our division lead to 3. The Rays took a brief 1-0 lead in the opener, but that was the highlight of the game as they were trounced by the Twins 9-1. Tarik Skubal started coughing up homers again, surrendering 3 including a pair of 2-run shots to Rhys Hoskins and finished 4.1 7 6 6 2 7. The bats were held to a mere 6 hits and 0 walks. Game 2 looked like a rerun of Game 1 at the outset when Joe Ryan also resumed his gopher-prone ways, allowing back-to-back jacks to Jesse Winker and Teoscar Hernandez in a 4-run, 7-hit first. He did settle down after that with 5 1-hit shutout innings to finish 6 8 4 4 2 4, but the damage was done in a 5-3 loss. A 2-run Brandon Lowe homer (#8) got them within 4-3 in the 6th but Shane McClanahan picked a bad time to allow his first run of the season in the 7th and the Rays got no closer. The Rays did salvage the final game of the series behind an excellent performance from Griffin Canning, who went 7 4 0 0 3 4 in a 3-1 win. Canning improved to 4-2, 3.98 as he rebounded nicely from his rough start against Houston last time out. A Taylor Walls sac fly broke the ice in the 5th and they tacked on 2 more in the 6th on a Lewin Diaz RBI double and a Carter Kieboom RBI single. They had numerous chances in the late innings to expand the lead, including a bases-loaded, nobody-out situation, but failed miserably, leaving 11 on base (Gary Sanchez was the worst offender with 8 individual LOB). That almost cost them when Nick Anderson ran into trouble in the 9th allowing a run, but Vidal Brujan made a nice play on a grounder to 2nd with men on 2nd and 3rd for the final out and preserved Anderson's 13th save. Team record: 32-13. Next up: Texas visits the Trop. Last edited by Art Deco; 10-04-2021 at 06:57 PM.