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Art Deco · 11-29-2021, 10:38 PM

A disappointing return home for the Rays as they dropped 2 of 3 to Cleveland. Fortunately the Yankees had the same result in their series against Boston so the Rays remain in 2nd, 2 games behind.

Lewin Diaz had a big game to lead the Rays to a 7-6 win over Cleveland in the opener to make it 7 wins in 8. Diaz drilled a 3-run homer (#2) in the 2nd which gave the Rays a 4-2 lead in the 2nd, and added an RBI double in the 7th to make it 7-5 which proved the difference. Heston Kjerstad added a 2-run shot, his 4th. Joe Ryan was not very good today, but managed to hang around long enough to improve to 4-1, 3.40 despite a rough 5 9 5 5 1 3 line. Levi Kelly fanned 5 over 2 shutout innings and Luis Garcia, the third pitcher in the 9th, picked up his 1st save as a Ray getting the final out as Devin Williams left after putting the leadoff man on with a tired arm and Alex Vesia put two more on. Williams will miss 4 days but not go on the IL as we have an off day in that time frame.

Reggie Lawson was excellent in his first two starts since joining the rotation but today he wasn't and he put the Rays in a 6-0 hole that they just couldn't quite climb out of in a 6-5 loss. Lawson had no command and went 3.1 6 6 6 4 1 in taking his first loss of the year. Taj Bradley was electric in long relief, fanning 6 over 3 1/3 and the bullpen kept them in it. Lewin Diaz homered for the second straight day, a 2-run shot (#3) off Shane Bieber in the 4th and Wander Franco did likewise in the 5th (#8) to cut the lead to 6-4. They did push one run across in the 9th which scored on Franco's groundout but they couldn't get the tying run home.

A lack of offense doomed the Rays in the finale as they only managed 3 hits in a 4-2 loss. Tyler Glasnow was pretty good (5.1 6 2 2 0 8) but got little support as Cleveland's Josh Wolf no-hit the Rays until Corey Collins doubled leading off the 6th and came home on a 2-run Andrew Greckel homer (#5) which tied the game at the time. But Aaron Fletcher, who got Glasnow out of a jam in the top of the 6th, gave up a run in the 7th to take the loss and the Guardian bullpen shut them down the rest of the way.

Team record: 19-17. Next up: An off-day then we head to Toronto to take on the division rival Jays, who are one game back of us at 18-18.

11-29-2021, 10:38 PM	#363
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,857	May 8-10, 2025: vs Cleveland (3) A disappointing return home for the Rays as they dropped 2 of 3 to Cleveland. Fortunately the Yankees had the same result in their series against Boston so the Rays remain in 2nd, 2 games behind. Lewin Diaz had a big game to lead the Rays to a 7-6 win over Cleveland in the opener to make it 7 wins in 8. Diaz drilled a 3-run homer (#2) in the 2nd which gave the Rays a 4-2 lead in the 2nd, and added an RBI double in the 7th to make it 7-5 which proved the difference. Heston Kjerstad added a 2-run shot, his 4th. Joe Ryan was not very good today, but managed to hang around long enough to improve to 4-1, 3.40 despite a rough 5 9 5 5 1 3 line. Levi Kelly fanned 5 over 2 shutout innings and Luis Garcia, the third pitcher in the 9th, picked up his 1st save as a Ray getting the final out as Devin Williams left after putting the leadoff man on with a tired arm and Alex Vesia put two more on. Williams will miss 4 days but not go on the IL as we have an off day in that time frame. Reggie Lawson was excellent in his first two starts since joining the rotation but today he wasn't and he put the Rays in a 6-0 hole that they just couldn't quite climb out of in a 6-5 loss. Lawson had no command and went 3.1 6 6 6 4 1 in taking his first loss of the year. Taj Bradley was electric in long relief, fanning 6 over 3 1/3 and the bullpen kept them in it. Lewin Diaz homered for the second straight day, a 2-run shot (#3) off Shane Bieber in the 4th and Wander Franco did likewise in the 5th (#8) to cut the lead to 6-4. They did push one run across in the 9th which scored on Franco's groundout but they couldn't get the tying run home. A lack of offense doomed the Rays in the finale as they only managed 3 hits in a 4-2 loss. Tyler Glasnow was pretty good (5.1 6 2 2 0 8) but got little support as Cleveland's Josh Wolf no-hit the Rays until Corey Collins doubled leading off the 6th and came home on a 2-run Andrew Greckel homer (#5) which tied the game at the time. But Aaron Fletcher, who got Glasnow out of a jam in the top of the 6th, gave up a run in the 7th to take the loss and the Guardian bullpen shut them down the rest of the way. Team record: 19-17. Next up: An off-day then we head to Toronto to take on the division rival Jays, who are one game back of us at 18-18.