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Art Deco · 04-16-2022, 10:53 PM

The Rays' mini-funk continued as they dropped the first two to the Royals to make it 4 straight losses but they did salvage the finale as James Hays was on the mound. Amazingly the Rays gained ground on the Yankees as New York was swept in Oakland, so the division lead is back up to 7 1/2.

Transaction: Activated Heston Kjerstad from his rehab assignment at Durham, where he had a 2-homer game, and optioned Jhon Diaz to the Bulls. Kjerstad's return will relegate Kody Hoese to the bench.

The Rays lost a tough one to Kansas City to open the series as they battled back to tie the game at 3 on Ed Howard's 2-run HR (#10, 6th in his last 11) in the top of the 8th, only for DL Hall (2-4) to surrender a run in the bottom of the inning to send them to a 4-3 loss. JT Ginn turned in a decent start (5 4 2 2 3 5).

The second game was ugly as Wennington Romero didn't have it and the Rays were routed 7-1 by the Royals. The lefty was hit to the tune of 4.2 7 6 6 1 5 and gave up a pair of homers, including one to recent former Ray Angelo DiSpigna, who of course has hit 4 homers in 9 games since the trade for Luis Castro, who has just one for the Rays.

James Hays has been otherworldly this season and today he played the role of stopper as the Rays had lost the four games since his last turn in the rotation. He "struggled" today in a 5-0 win, if you can call 6 5 0 0 2 7 "struggling" as it took him 110 pitches and he actually was in a couple of jams. This was his third consecutive start covering 19 innings in which he hasn't allowed a run and he's now 17-3, 1.64 overall on the season. Forget the Cy Young, Hays should be the frontrunner for MVP. One guy who might give him some competition in that department is Andrew Greckel, who had a big offensive day including his AL-best 33rd homer, a 2-run shot in the 8th after he singled in the opening Rays run in the first. Heston Kjerstad also hit his 7th and first since coming back from his second IL stint of the year. Yoelqui Cespedes was ejected and suspended 3 games for charging the mound after being hit immediately following Kjerstad's homer.

Team record: 76-43. Next up: 3 games at home vs Detroit which has slumped of late, losing 4 straight and losing the best record in the AL to the Rays a little while back; they're now 72-48.

04-16-2022, 10:53 PM	#575
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,568	August 8-10, 2027: at Kansas City (3) The Rays' mini-funk continued as they dropped the first two to the Royals to make it 4 straight losses but they did salvage the finale as James Hays was on the mound. Amazingly the Rays gained ground on the Yankees as New York was swept in Oakland, so the division lead is back up to 7 1/2. Transaction: Activated Heston Kjerstad from his rehab assignment at Durham, where he had a 2-homer game, and optioned Jhon Diaz to the Bulls. Kjerstad's return will relegate Kody Hoese to the bench. The Rays lost a tough one to Kansas City to open the series as they battled back to tie the game at 3 on Ed Howard's 2-run HR (#10, 6th in his last 11) in the top of the 8th, only for DL Hall (2-4) to surrender a run in the bottom of the inning to send them to a 4-3 loss. JT Ginn turned in a decent start (5 4 2 2 3 5). The second game was ugly as Wennington Romero didn't have it and the Rays were routed 7-1 by the Royals. The lefty was hit to the tune of 4.2 7 6 6 1 5 and gave up a pair of homers, including one to recent former Ray Angelo DiSpigna, who of course has hit 4 homers in 9 games since the trade for Luis Castro, who has just one for the Rays. James Hays has been otherworldly this season and today he played the role of stopper as the Rays had lost the four games since his last turn in the rotation. He "struggled" today in a 5-0 win, if you can call 6 5 0 0 2 7 "struggling" as it took him 110 pitches and he actually was in a couple of jams. This was his third consecutive start covering 19 innings in which he hasn't allowed a run and he's now 17-3, 1.64 overall on the season. Forget the Cy Young, Hays should be the frontrunner for MVP. One guy who might give him some competition in that department is Andrew Greckel, who had a big offensive day including his AL-best 33rd homer, a 2-run shot in the 8th after he singled in the opening Rays run in the first. Heston Kjerstad also hit his 7th and first since coming back from his second IL stint of the year. Yoelqui Cespedes was ejected and suspended 3 games for charging the mound after being hit immediately following Kjerstad's homer. Team record: 76-43. Next up: 3 games at home vs Detroit which has slumped of late, losing 4 straight and losing the best record in the AL to the Rays a little while back; they're now 72-48.