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Art Deco · 10-23-2021, 11:18 PM

June 7: Activated OF Pat Moyer from the 10-day IL, optioned OF Ray Cervantes to AAA Durham.

Jose Mendez stays up while Cervantes, with the team since Opening Day, heads to Durham. I preferred Mendez's RH bat off the bench to Cervantes' LH bat, as well as the fact that Mendez is a good defensive OF and Cervantes is not.

Game 1: The Rays' June swoon continued as they were shut down at home, something that does not happen often, in a 4-1 loss to the White Sox. Mike McKee continues to be the one who supplies the offense when nobody else does, and his 13th HR of the year kept the Rays from being shut out. Danny Romero wasn't all that sharp tonight, flirting with trouble all night until it found him for 4 runs in the 5th as he finished 5 6 4 4 4 3 and dropped to 8-3, 3.35.

Game 2: Nate Thompson came through with an excellent start tonight, no-hitting Chicago through 4 and finishing 7 3 2 2 1 1 as pitching to contact worked while his mates got just enough offense to win 4-2. Thompson's now 6-1, 3.13, Ken Neil did his job for once with a 1-2-3 8th and Kikuo Kawase nailed down save #16. Ramon Ruiz was the unlikely offensive hero tonight, going 3-4 with HR #4 and Jimmy Leonard's two-run double in the bottom of the 7th broke a 2-2 tie.

June 9: Activated P Jon Harbour from the restricted list, optioned P Danny Hill to AAA Durham.

Game 3: Jon Harbour got a couple of extra days rest thanks to his suspension for plunking a Texas hitter, and the time off did him wonders as he twirled a 4-hit shutout in a 5-0 Rays win as they strung together consecutive wins for the first time in 11 days. Harbour walked 1, fanned 7, and threw a healthy 122 pitches to improve to 8-1, 4.88. Daniel Vasquez had a big RBI double in the first, Jim Gebers launched a solo shot in the 3rd (#9) and Jimmy Leonard had a 2-run blast in the 6th (#14). One Ray who suddenly stopped hitting though is Ben Hill, who was given yesterday's game off but went 0-4 again tonight and is now in a 2-for-34 slump which has seen his batting average plummet from .392 to .347. There's no question he was due for some regression, but the pendulum has really swung here.

Team record: 44-18. Next up: Oakland visits for 4 games over the weekend which includes a rare scheduled doubleheader for Saturday.

10-23-2021, 11:18 PM	#1401
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,620	June 7-9, 2039: vs Chicago White Sox (3) June 7: Activated OF Pat Moyer from the 10-day IL, optioned OF Ray Cervantes to AAA Durham. Jose Mendez stays up while Cervantes, with the team since Opening Day, heads to Durham. I preferred Mendez's RH bat off the bench to Cervantes' LH bat, as well as the fact that Mendez is a good defensive OF and Cervantes is not. Game 1: The Rays' June swoon continued as they were shut down at home, something that does not happen often, in a 4-1 loss to the White Sox. Mike McKee continues to be the one who supplies the offense when nobody else does, and his 13th HR of the year kept the Rays from being shut out. Danny Romero wasn't all that sharp tonight, flirting with trouble all night until it found him for 4 runs in the 5th as he finished 5 6 4 4 4 3 and dropped to 8-3, 3.35. Game 2: Nate Thompson came through with an excellent start tonight, no-hitting Chicago through 4 and finishing 7 3 2 2 1 1 as pitching to contact worked while his mates got just enough offense to win 4-2. Thompson's now 6-1, 3.13, Ken Neil did his job for once with a 1-2-3 8th and Kikuo Kawase nailed down save #16. Ramon Ruiz was the unlikely offensive hero tonight, going 3-4 with HR #4 and Jimmy Leonard's two-run double in the bottom of the 7th broke a 2-2 tie. June 9: Activated P Jon Harbour from the restricted list, optioned P Danny Hill to AAA Durham. Game 3: Jon Harbour got a couple of extra days rest thanks to his suspension for plunking a Texas hitter, and the time off did him wonders as he twirled a 4-hit shutout in a 5-0 Rays win as they strung together consecutive wins for the first time in 11 days. Harbour walked 1, fanned 7, and threw a healthy 122 pitches to improve to 8-1, 4.88. Daniel Vasquez had a big RBI double in the first, Jim Gebers launched a solo shot in the 3rd (#9) and Jimmy Leonard had a 2-run blast in the 6th (#14). One Ray who suddenly stopped hitting though is Ben Hill, who was given yesterday's game off but went 0-4 again tonight and is now in a 2-for-34 slump which has seen his batting average plummet from .392 to .347. There's no question he was due for some regression, but the pendulum has really swung here. Team record: 44-18. Next up: Oakland visits for 4 games over the weekend which includes a rare scheduled doubleheader for Saturday.