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Art Deco · 05-04-2022, 09:48 AM

The Rays continue to inch closer to .500 after taking 2 of 3 in Cleveland.

The opener was a tough one as they couldn't hold an early 4-1 lead and ended up losing 6-4 on a pair of Skeiling Rodriguez homers for Cleveland. 2-run shots from Alex Kirilloff (#1) and Dominic Scavone (#4) gave them the early lead but Shane Panzini struggled for the second straight start after beginning the season brightly, giving up the first of Rodriguez's homers to allow the Guardians to tie and finishing 4.1 7 4 4 2 1. Wennington Romero (0-1) took the loss when allowed the second Rodriguez homer in the 7th.

The Rays clobbered Shane Bieber in the second game, hitting the veteran for 8 runs on 4 homers in a 16-5 rout of Cleveland. Heston Kjerstad had a massive game, going 4-6 with 2 HR and 5 RBI to give him 5 longballs on the year, Kelly Crumpton hit his AL-leading 11th, Jose Aguilar (#2) and Alex Kirilloff (#2) each launched 2-run blasts, and Michael Busch in his Rays debut found the seats. Kirilloff added a bases-clearing double to give him a 5-RBI as well. The big news though was the relative return to form of James Hays, who went 6 4 0 0 3 7 to move to 3-2. He's still not his 2027 self but this was a vast improvement over the shellings he suffered the last two times out. Not fixed though is JT Ginn, who made his first relief appearance and gave up 5 more runs (4 earned) in 2 1/3 innings to maintain that 14+ ERA.

For several innings this series pivoted between good and not-that-good for the Rays as they fell behind early 4-2 but came back to take a 5-4 win over Cleveland. Elvis Garcia made his Rays debut and Cleveland hitters were cruel to him in a 4 7 4 4 2 4 outing. But the bullpen held strong from there to buy time for a comeback and Andrew Greckel got it done almost single-handedly, hitting an RBI double and RBI triple to get it to 4-4, and then he doubled in the 9th before Dominic Scavone singled him home for the winner. Tylor Megill picked up his first win in relief this year, and Yasunari Uehara held the 9th for save #4.

Team record: 13-14, now within 3 1/2 of Boston which was swept by Texas although we're still 4th in the division. Next up: Back to the Trop for 3 vs Oakland.

Transactions: We made a couple of minor league signings, adding longtime Rockies 2B Brendan Rodgers and veteran reliever Grant Holmes, both of whom will report to Durham.

05-04-2022, 09:48 AM	#628
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,758	April 28-30, 2028: at Cleveland (3) The Rays continue to inch closer to .500 after taking 2 of 3 in Cleveland. The opener was a tough one as they couldn't hold an early 4-1 lead and ended up losing 6-4 on a pair of Skeiling Rodriguez homers for Cleveland. 2-run shots from Alex Kirilloff (#1) and Dominic Scavone (#4) gave them the early lead but Shane Panzini struggled for the second straight start after beginning the season brightly, giving up the first of Rodriguez's homers to allow the Guardians to tie and finishing 4.1 7 4 4 2 1. Wennington Romero (0-1) took the loss when allowed the second Rodriguez homer in the 7th. The Rays clobbered Shane Bieber in the second game, hitting the veteran for 8 runs on 4 homers in a 16-5 rout of Cleveland. Heston Kjerstad had a massive game, going 4-6 with 2 HR and 5 RBI to give him 5 longballs on the year, Kelly Crumpton hit his AL-leading 11th, Jose Aguilar (#2) and Alex Kirilloff (#2) each launched 2-run blasts, and Michael Busch in his Rays debut found the seats. Kirilloff added a bases-clearing double to give him a 5-RBI as well. The big news though was the relative return to form of James Hays, who went 6 4 0 0 3 7 to move to 3-2. He's still not his 2027 self but this was a vast improvement over the shellings he suffered the last two times out. Not fixed though is JT Ginn, who made his first relief appearance and gave up 5 more runs (4 earned) in 2 1/3 innings to maintain that 14+ ERA. For several innings this series pivoted between good and not-that-good for the Rays as they fell behind early 4-2 but came back to take a 5-4 win over Cleveland. Elvis Garcia made his Rays debut and Cleveland hitters were cruel to him in a 4 7 4 4 2 4 outing. But the bullpen held strong from there to buy time for a comeback and Andrew Greckel got it done almost single-handedly, hitting an RBI double and RBI triple to get it to 4-4, and then he doubled in the 9th before Dominic Scavone singled him home for the winner. Tylor Megill picked up his first win in relief this year, and Yasunari Uehara held the 9th for save #4. Team record: 13-14, now within 3 1/2 of Boston which was swept by Texas although we're still 4th in the division. Next up: Back to the Trop for 3 vs Oakland. Transactions: We made a couple of minor league signings, adding longtime Rockies 2B Brendan Rodgers and veteran reliever Grant Holmes, both of whom will report to Durham.