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Art Deco · 06-22-2022, 01:07 PM

It was a close, hard-fought series with lead changes in every game and the Rays ended up prevailing in 2 of them to stay two games behind Boston in the AL East.

The Rays were the team coming from behind to win in the opener as they overcame a 5-1 deficit and took a 6-5 victory over the Yankees at Tropicana Field. The comeback came via the longball as Wander Franco (twice, #2 & 3), Chris Gutierrez (#2) and Kelly Crumpton (#3) all went deep to make it 5-5, and then they manufactured the winning run in the 7th as they got the first two on with nobody out and I called for a rare bunt which Chris Seise executed and Ed Howard came through with a sac fly. Michael Prosecky had his first rough start as a Ray (4 9 5 5 3 4) but the pen was sterling with Landon Knack (1-0) getting the win and Yasunari Uehara save #3.

The second game was a seesaw affair with the Rays blowing the lead this time but coming back to tie and eventually win 7-6 in 12 innings on a walk-off Kelly Crumpton blast (#4). It was 4-0 after 5 which saw the lead built in part on rare back-to-back triples from Andrew Greckel and Jose Aguilar, and Robinson Ortiz was 1-hitting the Yankees. In the 6th though Ortiz walked a pair and had to leave, Tylor Megill gave up a 3-run homer to get New York back in it (Ortiz' final line was 5.1 1 2 2 4 3), and then the Yankees scored 3 more in the 8th off Dax Fulton and Tommy Doyle to go up 6-5. But Ed Howard doubled leading off the 9th and scored on Greckel's 3rd RBI of the day, a sac fly, setting the stage for Crumpton's winner. Landon Knack (2-0) once again picked up the win.

The Rays were in position to sweep the series after going up 3-1 after 4 in the finale, but a 4-run 5th keyed by an error from last night's hero Kelly Crumpton enabled the Yankees to take a 6-4 win. First Crumpton homered for the third straight game (#4) to help them to that early lead but his error opened the door for all 4 runs being unearned in that 5th and Jackson Baumeister (3-1) tasted defeat for the first time this season. Error aside, Baumeister wasn't very sharp and finished 4.1 8 4 1 2 5 on 100 pitches. Joshua Baez hit his first Rays homer to get them back within 5-4, but that was as close as they'd get.

Team record: 9-7. Next up: 4 big early games against the team we're chasing, the Boston Red Sox.

06-22-2022, 01:07 PM	#717
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,087	April 16-18, 2029: vs NY Yankees (3) It was a close, hard-fought series with lead changes in every game and the Rays ended up prevailing in 2 of them to stay two games behind Boston in the AL East. The Rays were the team coming from behind to win in the opener as they overcame a 5-1 deficit and took a 6-5 victory over the Yankees at Tropicana Field. The comeback came via the longball as Wander Franco (twice, #2 & 3), Chris Gutierrez (#2) and Kelly Crumpton (#3) all went deep to make it 5-5, and then they manufactured the winning run in the 7th as they got the first two on with nobody out and I called for a rare bunt which Chris Seise executed and Ed Howard came through with a sac fly. Michael Prosecky had his first rough start as a Ray (4 9 5 5 3 4) but the pen was sterling with Landon Knack (1-0) getting the win and Yasunari Uehara save #3. The second game was a seesaw affair with the Rays blowing the lead this time but coming back to tie and eventually win 7-6 in 12 innings on a walk-off Kelly Crumpton blast (#4). It was 4-0 after 5 which saw the lead built in part on rare back-to-back triples from Andrew Greckel and Jose Aguilar, and Robinson Ortiz was 1-hitting the Yankees. In the 6th though Ortiz walked a pair and had to leave, Tylor Megill gave up a 3-run homer to get New York back in it (Ortiz' final line was 5.1 1 2 2 4 3), and then the Yankees scored 3 more in the 8th off Dax Fulton and Tommy Doyle to go up 6-5. But Ed Howard doubled leading off the 9th and scored on Greckel's 3rd RBI of the day, a sac fly, setting the stage for Crumpton's winner. Landon Knack (2-0) once again picked up the win. The Rays were in position to sweep the series after going up 3-1 after 4 in the finale, but a 4-run 5th keyed by an error from last night's hero Kelly Crumpton enabled the Yankees to take a 6-4 win. First Crumpton homered for the third straight game (#4) to help them to that early lead but his error opened the door for all 4 runs being unearned in that 5th and Jackson Baumeister (3-1) tasted defeat for the first time this season. Error aside, Baumeister wasn't very sharp and finished 4.1 8 4 1 2 5 on 100 pitches. Joshua Baez hit his first Rays homer to get them back within 5-4, but that was as close as they'd get. Team record: 9-7. Next up: 4 big early games against the team we're chasing, the Boston Red Sox. Last edited by Art Deco; 06-22-2022 at 01:10 PM.