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Art Deco · 11-12-2021, 02:43 PM

The Rays closed out the home portion of their regular season schedule by taking 2 of 3 against the wild card-contending White Sox, including a walk-off thriller to close out the series.

The White Sox took the opener, though, 10-7 as they beat up on Tarik Skubal for 3 homers. Skubal had an interesting final line of 4.2 8 6 6 0 9 but the homers did him in, and Matt Peacock and Shane McClanahan each coughed up a couple of runs. The offense did its part, especially Jarren Duran who was 4-5 with a pair of homers (#16 and 17) and two RBI, while Hunter Bishop hit his first homer since returning from a lengthy absence, a 3-run shot for #17.

Tyler Glasnow closed out what should be a Cy Young season with a bravura performance in a 7-1 Rays win. The ace righty went 6 5 0 0 1 9 and finished his remarkable season 17-4, 3.15 with 254 whiffs in 191.1 IP and 5.1 WAR. Tampa Bay only managed 6 hits, but four of them were homers with Lewin Diaz starting things with a 2-run shot (#11) and Brandon Lowe (#35), Adley Rutschman (#20, back-to-back with Lowe in the 5th), and Austin Meadows (#29) also going deep.

Joe Ryan's slump continued but the Rays kept fighting back and eventually took an 8-6 walk-off win over the White Sox when Joey Bart took Garrett Crochet deep in the bottom of the 9th for his 15th homer. Ryan was 5 5 4 4 2 7 with a homer allowed and has now allowed 4 or more runs in 6 of his last 7 starts with 10 homers yielded in that period, which has seen his ERA rise from 3.55 to 4.23. He got off the hook for a loss as the Rays offense was relentless today with Heston Kjerstad, Bart and Alex Bregman each delivering 2-run singles to respond to Chicago scoring. Pete Fairbanks ended up with his 4th win after a perfect 9th.

Team record: 109-50. Next up: We close out the regular season with three games at Alamo Park against San Antonio before we await our opponent in the ALDS.

Playoff race update: And who will that opponent be? Right now the Orioles have taken the edge for the second AL wild card, a game up on the White Sox and Houston going into the final 3 with Seattle a long shot at 2 back. Over in the NL the suspense is pretty much over as the Mets nailed down the East and Philly holds a 3-game lead over Atlanta and Arizona for the second wild card over there.

11-12-2021, 02:43 PM	#322
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,614	September 22-24, 2024: vs Chicago White Sox (3) The Rays closed out the home portion of their regular season schedule by taking 2 of 3 against the wild card-contending White Sox, including a walk-off thriller to close out the series. The White Sox took the opener, though, 10-7 as they beat up on Tarik Skubal for 3 homers. Skubal had an interesting final line of 4.2 8 6 6 0 9 but the homers did him in, and Matt Peacock and Shane McClanahan each coughed up a couple of runs. The offense did its part, especially Jarren Duran who was 4-5 with a pair of homers (#16 and 17) and two RBI, while Hunter Bishop hit his first homer since returning from a lengthy absence, a 3-run shot for #17. Tyler Glasnow closed out what should be a Cy Young season with a bravura performance in a 7-1 Rays win. The ace righty went 6 5 0 0 1 9 and finished his remarkable season 17-4, 3.15 with 254 whiffs in 191.1 IP and 5.1 WAR. Tampa Bay only managed 6 hits, but four of them were homers with Lewin Diaz starting things with a 2-run shot (#11) and Brandon Lowe (#35), Adley Rutschman (#20, back-to-back with Lowe in the 5th), and Austin Meadows (#29) also going deep. Joe Ryan's slump continued but the Rays kept fighting back and eventually took an 8-6 walk-off win over the White Sox when Joey Bart took Garrett Crochet deep in the bottom of the 9th for his 15th homer. Ryan was 5 5 4 4 2 7 with a homer allowed and has now allowed 4 or more runs in 6 of his last 7 starts with 10 homers yielded in that period, which has seen his ERA rise from 3.55 to 4.23. He got off the hook for a loss as the Rays offense was relentless today with Heston Kjerstad, Bart and Alex Bregman each delivering 2-run singles to respond to Chicago scoring. Pete Fairbanks ended up with his 4th win after a perfect 9th. Team record: 109-50. Next up: We close out the regular season with three games at Alamo Park against San Antonio before we await our opponent in the ALDS. Playoff race update: And who will that opponent be? Right now the Orioles have taken the edge for the second AL wild card, a game up on the White Sox and Houston going into the final 3 with Seattle a long shot at 2 back. Over in the NL the suspense is pretty much over as the Mets nailed down the East and Philly holds a 3-game lead over Atlanta and Arizona for the second wild card over there. Last edited by Art Deco; 11-12-2021 at 02:45 PM.