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Art Deco · 10-27-2021, 11:36 AM

The Friday night opener was rained out, so we played a doubleheader on Saturday.

Game 1: Danny Romero was in good form, but maybe stayed in a bit too long and the 2-run homer he allowed in the 7th meant a 3-2 Rays loss to Baltimore in the first game of the doubleheader. It was a 1-1 game going into the 7th and Romero had struck out 10, but after putting a man on he gave up a 2-run homer to veteran slugger Parks Harber and they couldn't recover. Romero finished 7 4 3 3 1 11 in defeat, dropping to 10-4, 3.53. Quincy Siegle's solo shot in the 9th (#12) brought them within one but that was it.

Game 2: The Rays salvaged a split of the doubleheader after coming back late to take a 6-4 win over Baltimore. Steve Abeles got the start in the nightcap and pitched very well except for the 2 runs he allowed in the 1st. The Rays answered those runs with 2 of their own in the bottom of the inning, one of which came on Daniel Vasquez's 21st HR of the year. Vasquez kept getting hits every time up, and he was on with a double in the 7th when Jim Gebers lined a single to score him and break the 2-2 tie. Abeles meanwhile had gone a fine 6 6 2 2 2 9 and Ken Burgess got him out of the 7th. But Ken Neil crapped the bed again, allowing the tying run in the 8th and then the go-ahead run after a Gebers error. The offense bailed him out in the bottom of the frame though as Danny Ayala hit a big pinch-double, Daniel Malone singled in the tying run, and then Vasquez capped a 5-hit day by singling in the winner. Neil vultured the win and Kikuo Kawase notched save #17.

Game 3: Nate Thompson breezed through the first 3 innings with 1 hit allowed and 4 whiffs before completely imploding in the 4th, allowing 7 runs as the Rays dropped the series to Baltimore after a 7-1 loss. It might not have mattered that much as the bats couldn't get anything going until scoring a consolation run in the 9th. Thompson saw his ERA jump from 3.59 to 4.16 after the shelling and fell to 6-3.

Team record: 54-24. Next up: An off-day then we visit Pittsburgh for 3 games.

10-27-2021, 11:36 AM	#1406
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,616	June 24-26, 2039: vs Baltimore (3) The Friday night opener was rained out, so we played a doubleheader on Saturday. Game 1: Danny Romero was in good form, but maybe stayed in a bit too long and the 2-run homer he allowed in the 7th meant a 3-2 Rays loss to Baltimore in the first game of the doubleheader. It was a 1-1 game going into the 7th and Romero had struck out 10, but after putting a man on he gave up a 2-run homer to veteran slugger Parks Harber and they couldn't recover. Romero finished 7 4 3 3 1 11 in defeat, dropping to 10-4, 3.53. Quincy Siegle's solo shot in the 9th (#12) brought them within one but that was it. Game 2: The Rays salvaged a split of the doubleheader after coming back late to take a 6-4 win over Baltimore. Steve Abeles got the start in the nightcap and pitched very well except for the 2 runs he allowed in the 1st. The Rays answered those runs with 2 of their own in the bottom of the inning, one of which came on Daniel Vasquez's 21st HR of the year. Vasquez kept getting hits every time up, and he was on with a double in the 7th when Jim Gebers lined a single to score him and break the 2-2 tie. Abeles meanwhile had gone a fine 6 6 2 2 2 9 and Ken Burgess got him out of the 7th. But Ken Neil crapped the bed again, allowing the tying run in the 8th and then the go-ahead run after a Gebers error. The offense bailed him out in the bottom of the frame though as Danny Ayala hit a big pinch-double, Daniel Malone singled in the tying run, and then Vasquez capped a 5-hit day by singling in the winner. Neil vultured the win and Kikuo Kawase notched save #17. Game 3: Nate Thompson breezed through the first 3 innings with 1 hit allowed and 4 whiffs before completely imploding in the 4th, allowing 7 runs as the Rays dropped the series to Baltimore after a 7-1 loss. It might not have mattered that much as the bats couldn't get anything going until scoring a consolation run in the 9th. Thompson saw his ERA jump from 3.59 to 4.16 after the shelling and fell to 6-3. Team record: 54-24. Next up: An off-day then we visit Pittsburgh for 3 games.