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Art Deco · 12-04-2021, 02:21 PM

Game 1: Brad Jackson was brilliant and Mike McKee blasted a pair of homers to lead the Rays to a 4-1 win at Fenway in the first game of a doubleheader. The lefty improved to 4-1, 3.38 as a Ray after going 7 4 1 1 1 2 6 and Kikuo Kawase picked up save #30 despite walking a pair. McKee meanwhile hit solo homers in the 2nd and 6th to give him 15 for the year while Danny Ayala homered (#33) and drove in the other two runs.

Game 2: With another doubleheader Sean Forbes got another start and it didn't go well at all as the Rays lost the nightcap 5-4. Forbes didn't make it out of the 2nd after giving up 4 runs and 4 hits and left with what turned out to be a mild hamstring strain. Boston led 5-1 going into the 8th before Daniel Malone hit a 2-out, 3-run HR in the 9th (#16) to make the final score look closer than it was.

August 18: Placed P Sean Forbes on the 10-day IL with a hamstring strain, recalled P Alex Stephens from AAA Durham.

Game 3: It was one of those games as Jordan Perez was blasted by Boston to give them an early 5-1 lead but the bats came storming back and by the time it was over the Rays were 14-9 winners. Perez went 2 7 6 6 2 3 in yet another bad start which saw his ERA rise to 5.67 and I am thisclose to replacing him in the rotation with Jose Mendoza, who followed him today with 3 innings of 1-run ball with 5 Ks and picked up his 3rd win. Jose Mendez continued his week to remember by banging out 5 hits (one of many to tie the team record), with 2 doubles, a homer (#8) and 3 RBI. Danny Ayala was 4-6 with a 2-run HR (#34), Pat Moyer was 3-6 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI and Josh Alexander drove in a pair.

August 19: Optioned P Alex Stephens to AAA Durham, activated OF Andy Ruggles from the 10-day IL.

Stephens turned in two big shutout innings when yesterday's game was somewhat in the balance and may earn another recall.

Game 4: The Rays overcame a rare mediocre start from Danny Romero and came back with 7 late runs to overtake Boston 8-4. Romero was hit for 3 runs in the first and finished 5.1 7 4 4 1 6 but was taken off the hook when the Rays erupted with 5 in the 7th to take the lead. Mike McKee and Josh Beckett had RBI hits to tie the game, and Jaiden Hardaway delivered a 2-run double to break the deadlock. Jeff Baez added a 2-run shot in the 9th (#5) for good measure and earlier the ludicrously-hot Jose Mendez hit HR #9. Chris Toombs picked up his 6th win in relief, getting two whiffs in the 6th to get Romero out of a jam and Ed Pretty had 2 perfect innings in relief.

Team record: 86-38. Next up: Back home for 4 vs Kansas City.

12-04-2021, 02:21 PM	#1503
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,575	August 17-19, 2040: at Boston (4) Game 1: Brad Jackson was brilliant and Mike McKee blasted a pair of homers to lead the Rays to a 4-1 win at Fenway in the first game of a doubleheader. The lefty improved to 4-1, 3.38 as a Ray after going 7 4 1 1 1 2 6 and Kikuo Kawase picked up save #30 despite walking a pair. McKee meanwhile hit solo homers in the 2nd and 6th to give him 15 for the year while Danny Ayala homered (#33) and drove in the other two runs. Game 2: With another doubleheader Sean Forbes got another start and it didn't go well at all as the Rays lost the nightcap 5-4. Forbes didn't make it out of the 2nd after giving up 4 runs and 4 hits and left with what turned out to be a mild hamstring strain. Boston led 5-1 going into the 8th before Daniel Malone hit a 2-out, 3-run HR in the 9th (#16) to make the final score look closer than it was. August 18: Placed P Sean Forbes on the 10-day IL with a hamstring strain, recalled P Alex Stephens from AAA Durham. Game 3: It was one of those games as Jordan Perez was blasted by Boston to give them an early 5-1 lead but the bats came storming back and by the time it was over the Rays were 14-9 winners. Perez went 2 7 6 6 2 3 in yet another bad start which saw his ERA rise to 5.67 and I am thisclose to replacing him in the rotation with Jose Mendoza, who followed him today with 3 innings of 1-run ball with 5 Ks and picked up his 3rd win. Jose Mendez continued his week to remember by banging out 5 hits (one of many to tie the team record), with 2 doubles, a homer (#8) and 3 RBI. Danny Ayala was 4-6 with a 2-run HR (#34), Pat Moyer was 3-6 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI and Josh Alexander drove in a pair. August 19: Optioned P Alex Stephens to AAA Durham, activated OF Andy Ruggles from the 10-day IL. Stephens turned in two big shutout innings when yesterday's game was somewhat in the balance and may earn another recall. Game 4: The Rays overcame a rare mediocre start from Danny Romero and came back with 7 late runs to overtake Boston 8-4. Romero was hit for 3 runs in the first and finished 5.1 7 4 4 1 6 but was taken off the hook when the Rays erupted with 5 in the 7th to take the lead. Mike McKee and Josh Beckett had RBI hits to tie the game, and Jaiden Hardaway delivered a 2-run double to break the deadlock. Jeff Baez added a 2-run shot in the 9th (#5) for good measure and earlier the ludicrously-hot Jose Mendez hit HR #9. Chris Toombs picked up his 6th win in relief, getting two whiffs in the 6th to get Romero out of a jam and Ed Pretty had 2 perfect innings in relief. Team record: 86-38. Next up: Back home for 4 vs Kansas City.