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Art Deco · 02-19-2022, 09:56 PM

First some news from the league office:

Game 1: The Rays jumped all over former Tampa Bay hurler Ted Hadley and Joel Gird was excellent again in a 9-2 win over the Astros at Publix Park. They put four on the board in the first, capped by a 2-run Jose Mendez homer, his 1st of the year and later Luis Barela showed signs of life by hitting a solo shot and a 3-run blast to give him a 5-RBI game and 7 homers on the season. Gird meanwhile was efficient and effective, going 7 4 2 2 1 4 on 79 pitches for the win to improve to 2-1, 2.90. One bit of bad news, though: Ken Burgess had to leave after pitching the 8th and it turns out he needs surgery for bone chips in his elbow, ending his season prematurely for the second straight year.

May 2: Placed P Ken Burgess on the 60-day IL with bone chips in his elbow, recalled P Doug Combs from AAA Durham.

Game 2: Tampa Bay overcame another poor start from Johnny Soland and the resulting 6-3 deficit to take a 7-6 win, their 9th straight, behind Luis Barela's second straight two-homer game. Barela had a 2-run shot in the 5th to get them back within 6-5, and after Dan Gregory's RBI single tied the game in the 6th Barela hit a solo blast in the 7th to provide the winning margin, and he suddenly leads the AL in homers with 9. Tony Cordova earlier had a 2-run double. Soland was roughed up again to the tune of 4.1 8 6 6 3 4, sees his ERA rise to 6.00 and has allowed a whopping 48 hits in 33 IP. Some of that's due to a .375 BABIP which should come down but he's pitching to hard contact this season. Dan Anderson picked up win #1 with 2 2/3 IP of scoreless relief (although he did give up a 2-run single to score Soland's last two runners), and Freddy Zamora had an impressive 5-whiff 2-inning outing for save #6.

Game 3: The Rays' 9-game win-streak came to an end today in the series finale as they fell to Houston 5-2. Greg Bookhart got another spot start due to last week's rainout and ensuing doubleheader and it did not go as well as his first one. The good news was that he walked 1 and fanned 8 in 5 innings but the bad news was that he gave up 5 runs on 7 hits including a pair of homers. The only bright spot today was the first MLB homer for Tomas Laboy, a solo shot in the 5th.

Team record: 22-7. Next up: We head out west to play 4 games in Anaheim against the Angels.

02-19-2022, 09:56 PM	#1725
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,944	May 1-3, 2043: vs Houston (3) First some news from the league office: Game 1: The Rays jumped all over former Tampa Bay hurler Ted Hadley and Joel Gird was excellent again in a 9-2 win over the Astros at Publix Park. They put four on the board in the first, capped by a 2-run Jose Mendez homer, his 1st of the year and later Luis Barela showed signs of life by hitting a solo shot and a 3-run blast to give him a 5-RBI game and 7 homers on the season. Gird meanwhile was efficient and effective, going 7 4 2 2 1 4 on 79 pitches for the win to improve to 2-1, 2.90. One bit of bad news, though: Ken Burgess had to leave after pitching the 8th and it turns out he needs surgery for bone chips in his elbow, ending his season prematurely for the second straight year. May 2: Placed P Ken Burgess on the 60-day IL with bone chips in his elbow, recalled P Doug Combs from AAA Durham. Game 2: Tampa Bay overcame another poor start from Johnny Soland and the resulting 6-3 deficit to take a 7-6 win, their 9th straight, behind Luis Barela's second straight two-homer game. Barela had a 2-run shot in the 5th to get them back within 6-5, and after Dan Gregory's RBI single tied the game in the 6th Barela hit a solo blast in the 7th to provide the winning margin, and he suddenly leads the AL in homers with 9. Tony Cordova earlier had a 2-run double. Soland was roughed up again to the tune of 4.1 8 6 6 3 4, sees his ERA rise to 6.00 and has allowed a whopping 48 hits in 33 IP. Some of that's due to a .375 BABIP which should come down but he's pitching to hard contact this season. Dan Anderson picked up win #1 with 2 2/3 IP of scoreless relief (although he did give up a 2-run single to score Soland's last two runners), and Freddy Zamora had an impressive 5-whiff 2-inning outing for save #6. Game 3: The Rays' 9-game win-streak came to an end today in the series finale as they fell to Houston 5-2. Greg Bookhart got another spot start due to last week's rainout and ensuing doubleheader and it did not go as well as his first one. The good news was that he walked 1 and fanned 8 in 5 innings but the bad news was that he gave up 5 runs on 7 hits including a pair of homers. The only bright spot today was the first MLB homer for Tomas Laboy, a solo shot in the 5th. Team record: 22-7. Next up: We head out west to play 4 games in Anaheim against the Angels.