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Art Deco · 01-02-2022, 11:50 AM

Game 1: Danny Romero was sharp in a complete-game outing as the Rays bested Seattle 5-1. The lefty went 9 8 1 1 0 7 on 112 pitches to improve to 13-4, 2.97 as he turns in another fine season. The game was 1-1 until the 7th when Josh Beckett singled in a run and Jeff Baez immediately followed with a 3-run homer (#8).

August 10: Designated P Jose Morales for assignment and placed him on waivers, recalled P Doug Combs from AAA Durham.

The Morales experiment is over, as he was terrible in his outings since being reacquired. The hope is he clears waivers and can go to Durham since nobody ahead of us (i.e., the entire league) claimed him last time. Combs deserves to be back up.

Game 2: The Rays' bullpen woes of late continued today as they blew leads of 4-0 and 5-2 before losing 6-5 in 11 innings to the Mariners. Josh Alexander had a nice night going 3-5 with a double and 3 RBI and Josh Beckett was 4-5 with an RBI while Jeff Brockman was pitching well. Brockman gave up a couple of runs in the 6th but departed going 7 9 2 2 2 4 and should have had a win. But in the 8th Chris Williams and Ed Pretty combined to allow 3 runs and after Kikuo Kawase turned in two scoreless innings the Mariners got to Chris Toombs for a walk, a hit and a wild pitch to score the game-winner.

Game 3: The Rays took the series from Seattle with a 5-2 win, but it wasn't without more follies from the bullpen. Brad Jackson started and was dominant, but ran up a pitch count and left in the 6th having gone 5.1 4 0 0 2 9 on 98 pitches. Dan Anderson did a great job with two whiffs to get out of the jam and fanned two more in a scoreless 7th. Doug Combs got out of a 2-man-on jam Chris Toombs left him with in the 8th as it was 5-0 going into the 9th but made his own mess in the 9th. Two runs scored off him and Chris Williams came in and loaded the bases, but escaped further damage and hung on for his 6th save. Jackson improved to 17-3, 2.51 and is probably the AL Cy Young frontrunner. Andy Ruggles was the star on offense with an RBI double and a 2-run homer (#26) and Josh Beckett added a 2-run double for needed insurance.

Team record: 85-33. Next up: We head down the Pacific coast to face San Diego 3 times.

01-02-2022, 11:50 AM	#1583
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,629	August 9-11, 2041: at Seattle (3) Game 1: Danny Romero was sharp in a complete-game outing as the Rays bested Seattle 5-1. The lefty went 9 8 1 1 0 7 on 112 pitches to improve to 13-4, 2.97 as he turns in another fine season. The game was 1-1 until the 7th when Josh Beckett singled in a run and Jeff Baez immediately followed with a 3-run homer (#8). August 10: Designated P Jose Morales for assignment and placed him on waivers, recalled P Doug Combs from AAA Durham. The Morales experiment is over, as he was terrible in his outings since being reacquired. The hope is he clears waivers and can go to Durham since nobody ahead of us (i.e., the entire league) claimed him last time. Combs deserves to be back up. Game 2: The Rays' bullpen woes of late continued today as they blew leads of 4-0 and 5-2 before losing 6-5 in 11 innings to the Mariners. Josh Alexander had a nice night going 3-5 with a double and 3 RBI and Josh Beckett was 4-5 with an RBI while Jeff Brockman was pitching well. Brockman gave up a couple of runs in the 6th but departed going 7 9 2 2 2 4 and should have had a win. But in the 8th Chris Williams and Ed Pretty combined to allow 3 runs and after Kikuo Kawase turned in two scoreless innings the Mariners got to Chris Toombs for a walk, a hit and a wild pitch to score the game-winner. Game 3: The Rays took the series from Seattle with a 5-2 win, but it wasn't without more follies from the bullpen. Brad Jackson started and was dominant, but ran up a pitch count and left in the 6th having gone 5.1 4 0 0 2 9 on 98 pitches. Dan Anderson did a great job with two whiffs to get out of the jam and fanned two more in a scoreless 7th. Doug Combs got out of a 2-man-on jam Chris Toombs left him with in the 8th as it was 5-0 going into the 9th but made his own mess in the 9th. Two runs scored off him and Chris Williams came in and loaded the bases, but escaped further damage and hung on for his 6th save. Jackson improved to 17-3, 2.51 and is probably the AL Cy Young frontrunner. Andy Ruggles was the star on offense with an RBI double and a 2-run homer (#26) and Josh Beckett added a 2-run double for needed insurance. Team record: 85-33. Next up: We head down the Pacific coast to face San Diego 3 times. Last edited by Art Deco; 01-02-2022 at 11:52 AM.