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Art Deco · 11-03-2021, 11:55 AM

The beat (or beatings) go on for the Rays as they swept their third straight series with three dramatic wins over Houston to make it 9 straight. Boston has fallen on bad times, losing starting OFs Jim Porcelli (a rookie sensation with 26 homers) for the year and Alex Verdugo for a month, and they were swept at Fenway by the Angels, meaning the Rays' magic number is down to 17.

Joey Bart's 8th-inning grand slam (#12) off former Rays farmhand Jose De Leon erased a 4-2 Houston lead and gave the Rays a 6-4 win in the series opener. Wander Franco had given the Rays a 1st-inning lead with a 2-run homer (#24) and Dustin May was dominating (5.1 6 2 2 2 10) but Alex Vesia helped cough up the lead in the 6th and he allowed another run in the 7th. Pete Fairbanks ended up with win #3 and Devin Williams recorded save #19 with 3 whiffs in the 9th.

When Houston opened up a 5-0 lead in the 7th in the second game of the series and Jacob deGrom had held the Rays to 2 hits through 6 it appeared Tampa Bay's win streak was coming to a sudden halt. But the Rays put 5 on the board in the bottom of the 7th off deGrom and Jack Leiter and then added 3 more in the 8th to take an 8-5 win. Griffin Canning got the start and pitched well (6 3 2 2 1 6) but Luis Garcia was roughed up by his old teammates for 3 runs in the 7th. Heston Kjerstad started the comeback with a 2-run homer off deGrom (#21) and they kept the rally going with an RBI single from Vidal Brujan and a 2-run Jarren Duran knock to tie it up. The Rays continued to put men on against Leiter in the 8th and Alex Bregman came through against his old teammates with an RBI single for the game-winner before Duran added his second 2-run single in as many innings. Aaron Fletcher picked up his 3rd win in relief and Nick Anderson notched save #18.

There was no late-inning comeback from the Rays in the finale, but they managed a very late-inning win by downing the Astros 4-3 in 16 innings. Wander Franco's RBI single scored Heliot Ramos, who led off the 16th with a single, to win it in walk-off fashion. Earlier Joey Bart had given the Rays a 3-2 lead in the 6th with a 2-run homer (#13), his third homer in his last four starts. Bart has been insanely productive as the #2 catcher, hitting 297/347/554 with 2.3 WAR in only 195 AB. He's probably too expensive to keep as a backup next year but we'll enjoy it for now. Tarik Skubal pitched well (6 5 2 2 2 4) and was headed for a win but Pete Fairbanks blew the lead in the 7th, and on (and on) to extras we went. Matt Peacock fanned 6 in 3 2/3 scoreless innings and Alex Vesia got win #5 with 2 1/3 perfect innings, whiffing 3.

Team record: 91-41. Next up: 3 games in Minnesota, our least favorite venue.

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11-03-2021, 11:55 AM	#313
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,833	August 24-26, 2024: vs Houston (3) The beat (or beatings) go on for the Rays as they swept their third straight series with three dramatic wins over Houston to make it 9 straight. Boston has fallen on bad times, losing starting OFs Jim Porcelli (a rookie sensation with 26 homers) for the year and Alex Verdugo for a month, and they were swept at Fenway by the Angels, meaning the Rays' magic number is down to 17. Joey Bart's 8th-inning grand slam (#12) off former Rays farmhand Jose De Leon erased a 4-2 Houston lead and gave the Rays a 6-4 win in the series opener. Wander Franco had given the Rays a 1st-inning lead with a 2-run homer (#24) and Dustin May was dominating (5.1 6 2 2 2 10) but Alex Vesia helped cough up the lead in the 6th and he allowed another run in the 7th. Pete Fairbanks ended up with win #3 and Devin Williams recorded save #19 with 3 whiffs in the 9th. When Houston opened up a 5-0 lead in the 7th in the second game of the series and Jacob deGrom had held the Rays to 2 hits through 6 it appeared Tampa Bay's win streak was coming to a sudden halt. But the Rays put 5 on the board in the bottom of the 7th off deGrom and Jack Leiter and then added 3 more in the 8th to take an 8-5 win. Griffin Canning got the start and pitched well (6 3 2 2 1 6) but Luis Garcia was roughed up by his old teammates for 3 runs in the 7th. Heston Kjerstad started the comeback with a 2-run homer off deGrom (#21) and they kept the rally going with an RBI single from Vidal Brujan and a 2-run Jarren Duran knock to tie it up. The Rays continued to put men on against Leiter in the 8th and Alex Bregman came through against his old teammates with an RBI single for the game-winner before Duran added his second 2-run single in as many innings. Aaron Fletcher picked up his 3rd win in relief and Nick Anderson notched save #18. There was no late-inning comeback from the Rays in the finale, but they managed a very late-inning win by downing the Astros 4-3 in 16 innings. Wander Franco's RBI single scored Heliot Ramos, who led off the 16th with a single, to win it in walk-off fashion. Earlier Joey Bart had given the Rays a 3-2 lead in the 6th with a 2-run homer (#13), his third homer in his last four starts. Bart has been insanely productive as the #2 catcher, hitting 297/347/554 with 2.3 WAR in only 195 AB. He's probably too expensive to keep as a backup next year but we'll enjoy it for now. Tarik Skubal pitched well (6 5 2 2 2 4) and was headed for a win but Pete Fairbanks blew the lead in the 7th, and on (and on) to extras we went. Matt Peacock fanned 6 in 3 2/3 scoreless innings and Alex Vesia got win #5 with 2 1/3 perfect innings, whiffing 3. Team record: 91-41. Next up: 3 games in Minnesota, our least favorite venue. Also this: Last edited by Art Deco; 11-03-2021 at 12:05 PM.