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Art Deco · 06-27-2022, 01:18 AM

The Rays bounced back nicely from their surprise sweep at home by Oakland and would have had a sweep of their own had they not suffered a bullpen meltdown in the finale. Boston swept its series to pull within 1 1/2 games but lost on our off-day afterwards to drop 2 back.

Robinson Ortiz and two relievers held the Mariners to 6 hits in a 5-1 win at T-Mobile Park in the series opener. Ortiz (2-2) was excellent at 5.2 4 1 1 0 4 and Tommy Doyle went the final two innings for his first Rays save. Dong-hwan Kim had a big game, going 4-5 with 2 RBI as he continues to pay dividends from the recent trade, and Ed Howard had a solo homer for the second straight game (#3).

James Hays is our established ace but Jackson Baumeister is laying claim to that designation this season after he turned in another dominant performance in a 3-1 win over Seattle. He went to 5-1, 1.88 and leads MLB in pitcher WAR at 1.6 after a 6.1 3 0 0 0 9 outing. Yasunari Uehara picked up save #7 but it was another one which wasn't clean as he gave up an RBI single in the 9th. Kelly Crumpton's 2-run homer (#8) in the 6th was the difference.

The Rays grabbed an early 5-0 lead and received an outstanding performance from Shane Panzini, who left in the 7th with that lead intact, but the bullpen blew up in a bad way allowing 4 Seattle homers to allow the Mariners to steal the game 6-5. Five different Rays drove in runs in those first two innings and Panzini took a shutout into the 7th with 2 out but put a couple of men on. He departed for Wennington Romero, who immediately served up a 3-run homer to leave Panzini with a 6.2 6 2 2 0 7 line. That still should have been enough to win but Tommy Doyle (0-1), who had been lights-out for us to date, inexplicably allowed three solo homers in the 8th to lose the game. The Rays did put a couple of men on with one out against former teammate Aaron Fletcher in the 9th, but couldn't get them home.

Team record: 20-13. Next up: Another off-day as we travel east to Minnesota for 3 games.

06-27-2022, 01:18 AM	#723
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,574	May 4-6, 2029: at Seattle (3) The Rays bounced back nicely from their surprise sweep at home by Oakland and would have had a sweep of their own had they not suffered a bullpen meltdown in the finale. Boston swept its series to pull within 1 1/2 games but lost on our off-day afterwards to drop 2 back. Robinson Ortiz and two relievers held the Mariners to 6 hits in a 5-1 win at T-Mobile Park in the series opener. Ortiz (2-2) was excellent at 5.2 4 1 1 0 4 and Tommy Doyle went the final two innings for his first Rays save. Dong-hwan Kim had a big game, going 4-5 with 2 RBI as he continues to pay dividends from the recent trade, and Ed Howard had a solo homer for the second straight game (#3). James Hays is our established ace but Jackson Baumeister is laying claim to that designation this season after he turned in another dominant performance in a 3-1 win over Seattle. He went to 5-1, 1.88 and leads MLB in pitcher WAR at 1.6 after a 6.1 3 0 0 0 9 outing. Yasunari Uehara picked up save #7 but it was another one which wasn't clean as he gave up an RBI single in the 9th. Kelly Crumpton's 2-run homer (#8) in the 6th was the difference. The Rays grabbed an early 5-0 lead and received an outstanding performance from Shane Panzini, who left in the 7th with that lead intact, but the bullpen blew up in a bad way allowing 4 Seattle homers to allow the Mariners to steal the game 6-5. Five different Rays drove in runs in those first two innings and Panzini took a shutout into the 7th with 2 out but put a couple of men on. He departed for Wennington Romero, who immediately served up a 3-run homer to leave Panzini with a 6.2 6 2 2 0 7 line. That still should have been enough to win but Tommy Doyle (0-1), who had been lights-out for us to date, inexplicably allowed three solo homers in the 8th to lose the game. The Rays did put a couple of men on with one out against former teammate Aaron Fletcher in the 9th, but couldn't get them home. Team record: 20-13. Next up: Another off-day as we travel east to Minnesota for 3 games.