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Art Deco · 01-01-2022, 11:55 PM

Game 1: The Rays led 5-0 after 4 and ended up losing this one 7-6 at Publix Park to Toronto. Josh Alexander drove in 3, including his 28th homer, Seth Williams had 2 triples and the Rays looked on their way. But Vinny Willard has been far from reliable lately, and he couldn't make it through the 5th as Toronto scored 3 times, then the Jays erupted for 4 runs on 4 hits in the 8th against Ed Pretty and that was that. Jordan Perez went 2 2/3 scoreless between Willard and Pretty and he's thisclose to taking Willard's spot in the rotation, which would be ironic since it was Willard who gave the team a shot in the arm in the second half of last season taking Perez's place in the rotation.

Game 2: The bad times continued to roll as the Rays were shut out by old friend Jon Hayes and the Jays 3-0. Hayes went 7 6 0 0 2 6 and although he's not the Cy Young-caliber pitcher he was during his days in Tampa Bay, he can still turn back the clock from time to time as he did today. Brad Jackson was alright (6 9 3 3 1 3) but the bats weren't.

Game 3: Thankfully Toronto has a 53-64 record, and that's after sweeping the Rays thanks to an 11-2 beatdown, as this team is probably harder on Tampa Bay than any other franchise. Their combination of high-average, right-handed hitters and ground ball-throwing pitchers have given us fits over the last several seasons and today's loss was the 6th in 7 games for the Rays. Tampa Bay actually led this game 2-1 after 5 thanks to Doug Johns, who had 2 hits and an RBI, and Jose Mendoza, who was (relatively) cruising along. But Mendoza gave up a 2-run homer in the 6th and left with another man on in the 7th and it was Dan Anderson's turn in the dunk tank as Toronto battered him for 6 runs, one of Mendoza's and 5 of his, to blow it open in the inning. Toronto batters banged out 45 base hits in the 3 games and while our defense misses Dan Gregory, it wasn't just his absence to blame as we've fallen from 6th to 11th in defensive efficiency over the last six weeks or so.

Team record: 83-32. Next up: An off-day to tend to our bruised egos then we get as far away from Tampa as we can to escape the stink of this last series by heading to Seattle for 3.

01-01-2022, 11:55 PM	#1582
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,693	August 5-7, 2041: vs Toronto (3) Game 1: The Rays led 5-0 after 4 and ended up losing this one 7-6 at Publix Park to Toronto. Josh Alexander drove in 3, including his 28th homer, Seth Williams had 2 triples and the Rays looked on their way. But Vinny Willard has been far from reliable lately, and he couldn't make it through the 5th as Toronto scored 3 times, then the Jays erupted for 4 runs on 4 hits in the 8th against Ed Pretty and that was that. Jordan Perez went 2 2/3 scoreless between Willard and Pretty and he's thisclose to taking Willard's spot in the rotation, which would be ironic since it was Willard who gave the team a shot in the arm in the second half of last season taking Perez's place in the rotation. Game 2: The bad times continued to roll as the Rays were shut out by old friend Jon Hayes and the Jays 3-0. Hayes went 7 6 0 0 2 6 and although he's not the Cy Young-caliber pitcher he was during his days in Tampa Bay, he can still turn back the clock from time to time as he did today. Brad Jackson was alright (6 9 3 3 1 3) but the bats weren't. Game 3: Thankfully Toronto has a 53-64 record, and that's after sweeping the Rays thanks to an 11-2 beatdown, as this team is probably harder on Tampa Bay than any other franchise. Their combination of high-average, right-handed hitters and ground ball-throwing pitchers have given us fits over the last several seasons and today's loss was the 6th in 7 games for the Rays. Tampa Bay actually led this game 2-1 after 5 thanks to Doug Johns, who had 2 hits and an RBI, and Jose Mendoza, who was (relatively) cruising along. But Mendoza gave up a 2-run homer in the 6th and left with another man on in the 7th and it was Dan Anderson's turn in the dunk tank as Toronto battered him for 6 runs, one of Mendoza's and 5 of his, to blow it open in the inning. Toronto batters banged out 45 base hits in the 3 games and while our defense misses Dan Gregory, it wasn't just his absence to blame as we've fallen from 6th to 11th in defensive efficiency over the last six weeks or so. Team record: 83-32. Next up: An off-day to tend to our bruised egos then we get as far away from Tampa as we can to escape the stink of this last series by heading to Seattle for 3.