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Art Deco · 12-08-2021, 02:57 PM

Game 1: The Rays slugged their way to another win today, blasting Cleveland 10-5 at Publix Park. The Guardians took an early 3-1 lead off Brad Jackson, but Kevin Morley equalized with a 2-run homer (a career-high #10) in the 4th and Andy Ruggles put them ahead as he reached the 30-homer mark with a 2-run shot in the 5th. Speaking of round numbers Josh Alexander added HR #40 in the 6th as part of a 4-5, 4-RBI day which also featured two doubles. Alexander leads the AL with 6.1 WAR and is a strong candidate for MVP. Jackson settled in for the win after going 7 7 4 4 2 6 to make him 7-2 as a Ray.

Game 2: The bullpen melted down as the Rays lost a 9-3 lead in a 6-run 7th and Cleveland took a 10-9 lead in the 8th but a pair of pinch-hit homers in the bottom of the 9th allowed the Rays to walk it off with a 12-10 victory. It's hard to know where to begin here so we'll start at the end. With the Rays trailing bottom 9, Pat Moyer led off the inning with a pinch-hit homer (#16) to tie and after Daniel Malone singled for his third hit of the day, Jim Gebers came off the bench and slugged homer #9 to win the game. He made a winner of Ken Burgess, the lone Rays pitcher today to not allow a run. Homers from Danny Ayala (#38), Jeff Baez (#8) and Jimmy Leonard (#21) helped built the 9-3 lead and Sean Forbes while not great at 5 5 3 3 4 4 was in line for the win. But after a scoreless 6th Danny Hill gave up 3 runs in the 7th to halve the lead and Dan Anderson couldn't get anyone out either and gave up 3 more to let Cleveland tie. Then former Ray Jeremy Glasson homered off Ed Pretty in the 8th to put the Guardians ahead before the Rays' 9th-inning heroics.

Game 3: The Rays' bullpen woes continued as Danny Romero was cruising with a 4-1 lead in the 6th before things went off the rails and there was no miracle comeback today as Cleveland salvaged the final game of the series by beating Tampa Bay 5-4. They wasted a brilliant day from Daniel Malone, who had a solo shot and a 3-run blast to score all 4 Rays runs, homers #21 & 22 for the CF. Romero was rolling against his old team but put a couple of men on in the 6th and Dan Anderson faltered again, allowing Romero's 2 runners and one of his own to score to let Cleveland tie it up. And like yesterday Cleveland went ahead in the 8th on a solo homer, today off Joe Trader, but unlike yesterday the Rays went down meekly in the 9th.

Team record: 99-46. Next up: An off-day then Oakland visits for 3. The A's, who looked historically bad when we faced them early in the season, are now just conventionally bad at 52-95.

Durham Playoff Update: Another year, another division title for the Bulls who went 87-53 this year. That bought them a first-round matchup with the Syracuse Mets, and before you get too excited they dropped the first two games in Durham. Both were low-scoring affairs (2-1 and 3-2) and both saw the Mets start lefties, kryptonite to the lefty-heavy Bulls lineup which actually had a losing record against portsiders during the regular season. Game 1 saw them only manage 1 hit, and Game 2 wasn't much better as they scored their 2 runs as part of a 9th-inning rally which fell short. Willie Duran was the only one hitting as the righty-swinger had the sole hit in Game 1 and homered and doubled in Game 2. Prospect Joel Gird will try to save their season in two days in Syracuse.

12-08-2021, 02:57 PM	#1510
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,544	September 10-12, 2040: vs Cleveland (3) Game 1: The Rays slugged their way to another win today, blasting Cleveland 10-5 at Publix Park. The Guardians took an early 3-1 lead off Brad Jackson, but Kevin Morley equalized with a 2-run homer (a career-high #10) in the 4th and Andy Ruggles put them ahead as he reached the 30-homer mark with a 2-run shot in the 5th. Speaking of round numbers Josh Alexander added HR #40 in the 6th as part of a 4-5, 4-RBI day which also featured two doubles. Alexander leads the AL with 6.1 WAR and is a strong candidate for MVP. Jackson settled in for the win after going 7 7 4 4 2 6 to make him 7-2 as a Ray. Game 2: The bullpen melted down as the Rays lost a 9-3 lead in a 6-run 7th and Cleveland took a 10-9 lead in the 8th but a pair of pinch-hit homers in the bottom of the 9th allowed the Rays to walk it off with a 12-10 victory. It's hard to know where to begin here so we'll start at the end. With the Rays trailing bottom 9, Pat Moyer led off the inning with a pinch-hit homer (#16) to tie and after Daniel Malone singled for his third hit of the day, Jim Gebers came off the bench and slugged homer #9 to win the game. He made a winner of Ken Burgess, the lone Rays pitcher today to not allow a run. Homers from Danny Ayala (#38), Jeff Baez (#8) and Jimmy Leonard (#21) helped built the 9-3 lead and Sean Forbes while not great at 5 5 3 3 4 4 was in line for the win. But after a scoreless 6th Danny Hill gave up 3 runs in the 7th to halve the lead and Dan Anderson couldn't get anyone out either and gave up 3 more to let Cleveland tie. Then former Ray Jeremy Glasson homered off Ed Pretty in the 8th to put the Guardians ahead before the Rays' 9th-inning heroics. Game 3: The Rays' bullpen woes continued as Danny Romero was cruising with a 4-1 lead in the 6th before things went off the rails and there was no miracle comeback today as Cleveland salvaged the final game of the series by beating Tampa Bay 5-4. They wasted a brilliant day from Daniel Malone, who had a solo shot and a 3-run blast to score all 4 Rays runs, homers #21 & 22 for the CF. Romero was rolling against his old team but put a couple of men on in the 6th and Dan Anderson faltered again, allowing Romero's 2 runners and one of his own to score to let Cleveland tie it up. And like yesterday Cleveland went ahead in the 8th on a solo homer, today off Joe Trader, but unlike yesterday the Rays went down meekly in the 9th. Team record: 99-46. Next up: An off-day then Oakland visits for 3. The A's, who looked historically bad when we faced them early in the season, are now just conventionally bad at 52-95. Durham Playoff Update: Another year, another division title for the Bulls who went 87-53 this year. That bought them a first-round matchup with the Syracuse Mets, and before you get too excited they dropped the first two games in Durham. Both were low-scoring affairs (2-1 and 3-2) and both saw the Mets start lefties, kryptonite to the lefty-heavy Bulls lineup which actually had a losing record against portsiders during the regular season. Game 1 saw them only manage 1 hit, and Game 2 wasn't much better as they scored their 2 runs as part of a 9th-inning rally which fell short. Willie Duran was the only one hitting as the righty-swinger had the sole hit in Game 1 and homered and doubled in Game 2. Prospect Joel Gird will try to save their season in two days in Syracuse. Last edited by Art Deco; 12-08-2021 at 02:59 PM.