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Art Deco · 11-22-2021, 05:05 PM

It was good to be home and it was good to be facing the struggling Alamos as the Rays pulled off the sweep and got themselves over .500 for the first time this season.

Transaction: Placed IF/OF Vidal Brujan on the 10-day IL with a back strain, activated OF Andrew Greckel from the 10-day IL.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet your new Tampa Bay folk hero. In his first game off the IL (and only his 4th as a big leaguer) Andrew Greckel had a huge game including a walk-off 3-run homer in the bottom of the 9th to complete a Rays comeback from 6-1 down to a 9-6 win over San Antonio in the series opener. It was 6-1 Alamos heading to the bottom of the 7th when Greckel doubled to start a 2-run rally and in the 8th Greckel's RBI single followed a Heston Kjerstad RBI double as part of a 3-run inning which tied the game up. And in the bottom of the 9th with two out and nobody on, Kjerstad singled, Carter Kieboom walked and Greckel stepped up and drilled an opposite-field homer to left (#2) to walk it off. Wander Franco also had 2 hits and 2 RBI as the Rays overcame a rough start from Tarik Skubal (4 8 4 4 0 6) to emerge victorious. Devin Williams had a clean 9th for his first win of the season.

In the second game Joe Ryan was dominant, not allowing a hit until the 6th, in a 5-1 Rays win over the Alamos. Ryan went 7 2 1 1 3 10 to improve to 2-0, 2.21, allowing only a solo homer to long-ago former Ray Wil Myers. The bats only managed 6 hits but three of them left the yard with Brandon Lowe's 2-run shot (#2) in the 4th breaking the ice, Carter Kieboom going deep later in the inning for #2 and Wander Franco taking over the team lead with a 2-run blast in the 5th for #3.

The Rays completed the sweep with another 5-1 win behind a strong start from Griffin Canning and some timely hitting. Canning ran into some trouble starting the 6th but managed a 5 4 1 1 2 5 outing which saw him go to 2-0, 4.15 and JT Ginn turned in a strong performance, striking out the side after coming in with 2 on and nobody out in the 6th and throwing a perfect 7th as well. Jarren Duran had the game's big hit, a 2-run single in the 5th to break a 1-1 tie, Lewin Diaz was 2-4 with a double and an RBI, and Adley Rutschman put the game on ice in the 8th with HR #3.

Team record: 8-7. After Boston dropped 2 of 3 and Toronto was swept in Anaheim, the Rays are only 1 back of the Sox in the AL East although they're tied with the Jays and Yankees as the division has really compressed. Next up: 3 games in Baltimore against the division laggard as the O's are a not-so-nice 6-9.

11-22-2021, 05:05 PM	#356
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,433	April 16-18, 2025: vs San Antonio (3) It was good to be home and it was good to be facing the struggling Alamos as the Rays pulled off the sweep and got themselves over .500 for the first time this season. Transaction: Placed IF/OF Vidal Brujan on the 10-day IL with a back strain, activated OF Andrew Greckel from the 10-day IL. Ladies and gentlemen, meet your new Tampa Bay folk hero. In his first game off the IL (and only his 4th as a big leaguer) Andrew Greckel had a huge game including a walk-off 3-run homer in the bottom of the 9th to complete a Rays comeback from 6-1 down to a 9-6 win over San Antonio in the series opener. It was 6-1 Alamos heading to the bottom of the 7th when Greckel doubled to start a 2-run rally and in the 8th Greckel's RBI single followed a Heston Kjerstad RBI double as part of a 3-run inning which tied the game up. And in the bottom of the 9th with two out and nobody on, Kjerstad singled, Carter Kieboom walked and Greckel stepped up and drilled an opposite-field homer to left (#2) to walk it off. Wander Franco also had 2 hits and 2 RBI as the Rays overcame a rough start from Tarik Skubal (4 8 4 4 0 6) to emerge victorious. Devin Williams had a clean 9th for his first win of the season. In the second game Joe Ryan was dominant, not allowing a hit until the 6th, in a 5-1 Rays win over the Alamos. Ryan went 7 2 1 1 3 10 to improve to 2-0, 2.21, allowing only a solo homer to long-ago former Ray Wil Myers. The bats only managed 6 hits but three of them left the yard with Brandon Lowe's 2-run shot (#2) in the 4th breaking the ice, Carter Kieboom going deep later in the inning for #2 and Wander Franco taking over the team lead with a 2-run blast in the 5th for #3. The Rays completed the sweep with another 5-1 win behind a strong start from Griffin Canning and some timely hitting. Canning ran into some trouble starting the 6th but managed a 5 4 1 1 2 5 outing which saw him go to 2-0, 4.15 and JT Ginn turned in a strong performance, striking out the side after coming in with 2 on and nobody out in the 6th and throwing a perfect 7th as well. Jarren Duran had the game's big hit, a 2-run single in the 5th to break a 1-1 tie, Lewin Diaz was 2-4 with a double and an RBI, and Adley Rutschman put the game on ice in the 8th with HR #3. Team record: 8-7. After Boston dropped 2 of 3 and Toronto was swept in Anaheim, the Rays are only 1 back of the Sox in the AL East although they're tied with the Jays and Yankees as the division has really compressed. Next up: 3 games in Baltimore against the division laggard as the O's are a not-so-nice 6-9. Last edited by Art Deco; 11-22-2021 at 05:07 PM.