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Old 06-04-2022, 09:39 PM   #53
Art Deco
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September 27-29, 2022: at Cleveland (3)

Game 1: 3-5 L. LP-Patino (5-7, 6 4 2 2 0 7). HR-J.Bell (10/28). It was a 2-1 Cleveland lead going to the bottom of the 8th when Nick Anderson gave up 3 runs, which was unfortunate since the red-hot Bell added to his solo homer with a 2-run double in the 9th. Cleveland creeps within 3 games.

Game 2: 7-1 W. WP-Rasmussen (13-3, 5.1 5 1 1 1 4). HR-Zunino (17). Abraham Toro's 2-run single in the 1st capped a 3-run inning and sent the Rays on their way to a huge win, lowering their magic # to 3 to clinch a wild card and upping their playoff probability to 98%.

Game 3: 2-5 L. LP-Chirinos (5-5, 4.1 4 2 2 3 3). It was scoreless into the bottom of the 5th when Chirinos put a couple of men on and gave way to Andrew Kittredge, who was horrible, giving up 3 straight run-scoring hits and that was that. Whit Merrifield was 2-4 with 2 doubles and an RBI.

Team record: 82-74. The magic # stays at 3 but we're still 97% to make it. It's primarily about seeding now as Houston is in the #1 spot, 1/2 game up on Texas, which is 1/2 game up on the Rays. We'll have a lot to say about it with 3 games in Houston next on the schedule.

Minor League Playoff Update: Montgomery won the first two games of their playoff series against Biloxi but lost the next three so they're in need of two straight wins to advance to the Southern League finals. Durham dominated the IL with a 93-57 record led by Curtis Mead (.318-11-60), Kameron Misner (.262-19-87) and Luke Raley (.265-25-92) while Tommy Romero (10-4, 2.91) and Chris Mazza (12-7, 304) were their top pitchers. They'll start the Governors' Cup playoffs against Scranton Wilkes-Barre this weekend.
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