Game 1: 7-5 W. WP-Kittredge (2-0). S-Feyereisen (7). Starter-Patino (4.1 5 4 4 1 2). Juan Soto to the rescue as his 2-run single in the 7th made it 6-5 Rays and he added an RBI single in the 9th for insurance. It was a costly win though as Kittredge tore his rotator cuff and is out 10 months while Springs strained his forearm and will be out 2 weeks.
Transactions: Kittredge went on the 60-day IL and Springs on the 15, we recalled reliever Colby White and purchased the contract of lefty Ian Seymour, our 2nd round pick in 2020, who's been a decent starter but will be used in relief.
Game 2: 7-4 W (10). WP-Feyereisen (2-3). S-Seymour (1). Starter-Rasmussen (5 2 2 2 4 3). HR-Arozarena (16), DeLoach (2). Feyereisen blew a 4-2 lead in the 9th but Zach DeLoach bailed him out with a 3-run homer in the 10th. And Ian Seymour pitched around two hits in the 10th to earn the save in his MLB debut. Albies was 4-6 with a double and RBI.
Transaction: After the game we swung a trade with the team hosting us:
Having already acquired Josh Taylor from Boston earlier this season we plundered them again for Pressly, still considered a top reliever (65 stuff/60 movement/65 control) and who had 3 wins and 9 saves in 17 appearances for Boston this season. It's a bittersweet farewell to Chirinos, who has been a useful pitcher for us the last couple of years in a swingman role, but room needed to be made in the rotation for the return of Shane Baz as well as the fact we needed a replacement for Kittredge. The two minor leaguers thrown in are nobodies but they got Boston to eat more salary to the point where we netted $, important given how cash-strapped we are currently. Also Baz was activated and Colby White returned to Durham after striking out the side in an inning of work tonight.
Game 3: 1-7 L. LP-Baz (3-4, 5 7 7 7 0 6). HR-Soto (22). A rough return for Baz, although it was a bit of a weird outing. He allowed all 7 runs in the 2nd on a couple of homers, but was perfect in the other 4 innings he worked. Meanwhile, guess who the winning pitcher was for Boston? Yep, Yonny Chirinos, who relieved Garrett Whitlock in the 5th and went 4 4 1 1 1 1.
Game 4: 11-1 W. WP-Swanda (10-3, 6 4 1 1 2 8). S-Whitley (2). HR-Arozarena (17). Swanda dominated again and in his last 7 starts is 5-0 with 8 ER allowed in 44.2 IP for a tidy 1.61 ERA. Arozrena had a slam (which scored 3 of Chirinos' baserunners as Boston ran him out again today after going 4 IP yesterday) and Albies had another 4-hit game. Forrest Whitley had a 3-inning save with 6 whiffs.
Team record: 61-33. The Yankees split their 4 games with Baltimore so the lead is back up to 3 1/2 games. Next up: An off-day then we head back home to the Trop for 3 with Colorado.
While this series was going on we also had the Amateur Draft, so a post on that is next.