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Art Deco · 08-06-2022, 06:00 PM

Game 1: Never count this team out, Part 23649. Down 6-4 in the 7th they rallied with a 4-run 8th to take a 9-6 win over Texas in the opener at Publix Park. They teed off against former Ray Vinny Willard, who had control issues and walked Yuji Morioka with the bases loaded to tie it and then Dave Frick's 2-run single won it, giving Frick 11 RBI in his last 5 games. Earlier Luis Barela had a 2-run homer (#21) and they got solo shots from Akio Suzuki (#3), Mario Saro (#11) and Chris Parham (#1). The Rays withstood a monster game from another former Ray Jose Mendez who drove in 5 with a pair of homers including a grand slam off Caleb Ramos, who was awful today at 4.2 6 6 6 2 6 with 3 homers in total allowed. Chris O'Brien (2-1) got the win with 3 1/3 scoreless in relief of Ramos and Abelaldo Gray handed the 9th for save #4.

Game 2: Greg Bookhart bounced back from his first loss of the year to pitch a gem and he got plenty of support in an 11-2 win over the Rangers. The lefty improved to 10-1 after going 6 3 1 1 1 8 and Mel Mejia, who needed the innings, went the final 3 for his 2nd save. Four different Rays drove in a pair, including Yuji Morioka with a 2-run homer (#15) while Mario Saro had 3 hits including HR #12, a solo shot and Alex Duran was 3-5 with a double and 2 RBI.

Game 3: The script was there in the finale once again as the Rays scored twice in the 8th to turn a 5-4 deficit into a 6-5 lead. But what wasn't in the script was Texas scoring 6 times in the 9th off Satoshi Sato and Willie Minier to take an 11-8 win over the Rays and salvage a game from the series. Nelson Bocardo's 2-run homer in the 8th (#9) to cap a 3-RBI day looked like the winner but Sato (1-4, BS #6) immediately allowed Texas to tie and left a couple men on and then Minier didn't have it today, giving up 4 runs (although a Dave Frick error made 3 unearned). I'll give Minier a pass but Sato is completely unusable right now in high-leverage situations. Tomas Laboy had a 2-run homer (#4) early and Steve Emerson hit his first MLB dinger leading off the bottom of the 9th as the Rays scored twice in the inning and had the tying run at the plate but couldn't come back once again. They also got a poor start from Ben Moses (5 8 5 5 2 4).

Team record: 63-21. Next up: Baltimore visits for 3 games.

08-06-2022, 06:00 PM	#2091
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,933	June 28-30, 2047: vs Texas (3) Game 1: Never count this team out, Part 23649. Down 6-4 in the 7th they rallied with a 4-run 8th to take a 9-6 win over Texas in the opener at Publix Park. They teed off against former Ray Vinny Willard, who had control issues and walked Yuji Morioka with the bases loaded to tie it and then Dave Frick's 2-run single won it, giving Frick 11 RBI in his last 5 games. Earlier Luis Barela had a 2-run homer (#21) and they got solo shots from Akio Suzuki (#3), Mario Saro (#11) and Chris Parham (#1). The Rays withstood a monster game from another former Ray Jose Mendez who drove in 5 with a pair of homers including a grand slam off Caleb Ramos, who was awful today at 4.2 6 6 6 2 6 with 3 homers in total allowed. Chris O'Brien (2-1) got the win with 3 1/3 scoreless in relief of Ramos and Abelaldo Gray handed the 9th for save #4. Game 2: Greg Bookhart bounced back from his first loss of the year to pitch a gem and he got plenty of support in an 11-2 win over the Rangers. The lefty improved to 10-1 after going 6 3 1 1 1 8 and Mel Mejia, who needed the innings, went the final 3 for his 2nd save. Four different Rays drove in a pair, including Yuji Morioka with a 2-run homer (#15) while Mario Saro had 3 hits including HR #12, a solo shot and Alex Duran was 3-5 with a double and 2 RBI. Game 3: The script was there in the finale once again as the Rays scored twice in the 8th to turn a 5-4 deficit into a 6-5 lead. But what wasn't in the script was Texas scoring 6 times in the 9th off Satoshi Sato and Willie Minier to take an 11-8 win over the Rays and salvage a game from the series. Nelson Bocardo's 2-run homer in the 8th (#9) to cap a 3-RBI day looked like the winner but Sato (1-4, BS #6) immediately allowed Texas to tie and left a couple men on and then Minier didn't have it today, giving up 4 runs (although a Dave Frick error made 3 unearned). I'll give Minier a pass but Sato is completely unusable right now in high-leverage situations. Tomas Laboy had a 2-run homer (#4) early and Steve Emerson hit his first MLB dinger leading off the bottom of the 9th as the Rays scored twice in the inning and had the tying run at the plate but couldn't come back once again. They also got a poor start from Ben Moses (5 8 5 5 2 4). Team record: 63-21. Next up: Baltimore visits for 3 games.