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Art Deco · 02-16-2022, 12:00 AM

The Rays kept on truckin' with a sweep of the Orioles in Baltimore while Toronto won its first two against Seattle before losing in the finale, giving the Rays a 2-game division lead. Tampa Bay was helped by one of its former players as Brendan McKay got a rare start in the field for Seattle after struggling in the bullpen this year and went 5-5 with a HR and 5 RBI in a 11-3 beatdown of the Jays.

Tampa Bay put 3 on the board in the 1st inning of the opener and never looked back in a 7-3 win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Adley Rutschman had an RBI single and Andrew Greckel a 2-run knock to give them the early lead, and Rutschman later hit HR #9 in the 5th as they had their way with the key man Rutschman was traded for a few years back, Nick Bitsko. Tarik Skubal was much better tonight than in his first game off the DL, improving to 6-5 going 5 5 1 1 2 4. Osvanni Gutierrez actually picked up his 5th save when he got Slade Cecconi out of the 8th and finished things out.

The Rays were homer-happy in the second game, blasting four as they beat Baltimore 9-4. Corey Collins, who could barely get a hit since coming up to be the backup catcher, blasted two of them and drove in 3 while Andrew Greckel was 3-4 with HR #11 and 3 RBI. Ed Howard added HR #5 and Heston Kjerstad had a big early 2-run double. Drew Rasmussen continued to round into form with his third straight excellent start, moving to 4-2, 5.06 after going 5 3 1 1 2 5. DL Hall went 2 perfect innings against his old team for save #4.

Tampa Bay had to come from behind in the finale to complete the sweep, overcoming a 3-1 deficit in the 7th to go on and win 5-3. They were up against brief former teammate from last year Dennis Santana, and he showed his homer-proneness by giving up an Alex Kirilloff homer in the 1st (#10), but that was all he allowed until Heston Kjerstad took him deep (#17) with a man on in the 7th to tie it up. In the 8th Angelo DiSpigna led off with a walk and then Taylor Walls pinch-ran for him, stealing second, going to third on the throwing error and scoring on an Ed Howard single for the winner. Kjerstad added insurance in the 9th with his 18th of the year and 2nd of the game. Tyler Glasnow started and was mediocre at 5 6 3 3 1 6 while Christian Chamberlain picked up win #3 despite allowing 3 hits and only retiring one batter (the final out of the 7th). Tylor Megill had a 2-inning, 4-whiff save, his 4th.

Team record: 53-31, winners of 7 straight and 19 of their last 23. Next up: We return home for 3 against the Angels, still a good team but down from previous years.

02-16-2022, 12:00 AM	#470
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,571	July 1-3, 2026: at Baltimore (3) The Rays kept on truckin' with a sweep of the Orioles in Baltimore while Toronto won its first two against Seattle before losing in the finale, giving the Rays a 2-game division lead. Tampa Bay was helped by one of its former players as Brendan McKay got a rare start in the field for Seattle after struggling in the bullpen this year and went 5-5 with a HR and 5 RBI in a 11-3 beatdown of the Jays. Tampa Bay put 3 on the board in the 1st inning of the opener and never looked back in a 7-3 win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Adley Rutschman had an RBI single and Andrew Greckel a 2-run knock to give them the early lead, and Rutschman later hit HR #9 in the 5th as they had their way with the key man Rutschman was traded for a few years back, Nick Bitsko. Tarik Skubal was much better tonight than in his first game off the DL, improving to 6-5 going 5 5 1 1 2 4. Osvanni Gutierrez actually picked up his 5th save when he got Slade Cecconi out of the 8th and finished things out. The Rays were homer-happy in the second game, blasting four as they beat Baltimore 9-4. Corey Collins, who could barely get a hit since coming up to be the backup catcher, blasted two of them and drove in 3 while Andrew Greckel was 3-4 with HR #11 and 3 RBI. Ed Howard added HR #5 and Heston Kjerstad had a big early 2-run double. Drew Rasmussen continued to round into form with his third straight excellent start, moving to 4-2, 5.06 after going 5 3 1 1 2 5. DL Hall went 2 perfect innings against his old team for save #4. Tampa Bay had to come from behind in the finale to complete the sweep, overcoming a 3-1 deficit in the 7th to go on and win 5-3. They were up against brief former teammate from last year Dennis Santana, and he showed his homer-proneness by giving up an Alex Kirilloff homer in the 1st (#10), but that was all he allowed until Heston Kjerstad took him deep (#17) with a man on in the 7th to tie it up. In the 8th Angelo DiSpigna led off with a walk and then Taylor Walls pinch-ran for him, stealing second, going to third on the throwing error and scoring on an Ed Howard single for the winner. Kjerstad added insurance in the 9th with his 18th of the year and 2nd of the game. Tyler Glasnow started and was mediocre at 5 6 3 3 1 6 while Christian Chamberlain picked up win #3 despite allowing 3 hits and only retiring one batter (the final out of the 7th). Tylor Megill had a 2-inning, 4-whiff save, his 4th. Team record: 53-31, winners of 7 straight and 19 of their last 23. Next up: We return home for 3 against the Angels, still a good team but down from previous years.