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Art Deco · 09-14-2022, 10:54 PM

Game 1: Mario Saro had a huge game, leading the Rays to an 8-3 victory in their series opener at Publix Park against Houston. The LF blasted a pair of homers to give him 8 on the young season and drove in 3, while Yuji Morioka added a solo shot (#4) and Tomas Laboy a 2-run jack (#3). Nelson Bocardo doubled twice among his three hits and drove in a pair as well. Greg Bookhart (2-0) was good enough for the win at 5 6 3 3 1 5 and Jose Carrasco notched his first Rays save with 2 perfect innings on only 13 pitches.

Game 2: It was a matchup of Rays rotation mates from last season as Gordie Ager took the Publix Park mound in enemy colors and Bob Riley was on the bump for Tampa Bay. Neither distinguished himself today as the Rays fell 8-6 to the Astros. Riley (3-1) gave up all 8 runs on 3 homers and finished 5 9 8 8 1 2 while Ager fell one out short of qualifying for the win after giving up 6 runs on 9 hits through 4 2/3, raising his Houston ERA to 9.00. The same trio which went deep for the Rays yesterday did it again with Mario Saro (#9), Yuji Morioka (#5) and Tomas Laboy (#4) finding the seats.

April 26: Placed C Akio Suzuki on the 10-day IL with a strained abdominal muscle, recalled C Kurt Ferguson from AAA Durham.

Suzuki will miss about six weeks with the injury so Ferguson gets another shot at the bigs after a brief appearance last season with us.

Game 3: The Rays unleashed an offensive onslaught on Houston to take the series, beating them 15-7 and banging out 22 hits in the process. Every Ray scored at least one run, every Ray had at least one hit (in fact everyone had at least 2 hits except Chris Parham) and every Ray drove in a run except Jose Castillo. They totaled 9 doubles, a triple and two homers (Doug Johns and Tomas Laboy, the 5th for each and the third straight game Laboy has gone deep). Johns and Dave Frick each knocked in 3, and the newly-recalled Kurt Ferguson had 2 doubles and drove in a run. The beneficiary of all this support was Chris O'Brien, who went to 3-0 with a 5 7 3 3 0 5 outing. Brad Mabe and Dan Anderson weren't very good in relief, allowing a pair of runs each.

Team record: 19-4. Next up: We hopped on a plane right after the game to fly to SoCal where we'll take on the Angels for 3 in Anaheim.

09-14-2022, 10:54 PM	#2151
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,937	April 24-26, 2048: vs Houston (3) Game 1: Mario Saro had a huge game, leading the Rays to an 8-3 victory in their series opener at Publix Park against Houston. The LF blasted a pair of homers to give him 8 on the young season and drove in 3, while Yuji Morioka added a solo shot (#4) and Tomas Laboy a 2-run jack (#3). Nelson Bocardo doubled twice among his three hits and drove in a pair as well. Greg Bookhart (2-0) was good enough for the win at 5 6 3 3 1 5 and Jose Carrasco notched his first Rays save with 2 perfect innings on only 13 pitches. Game 2: It was a matchup of Rays rotation mates from last season as Gordie Ager took the Publix Park mound in enemy colors and Bob Riley was on the bump for Tampa Bay. Neither distinguished himself today as the Rays fell 8-6 to the Astros. Riley (3-1) gave up all 8 runs on 3 homers and finished 5 9 8 8 1 2 while Ager fell one out short of qualifying for the win after giving up 6 runs on 9 hits through 4 2/3, raising his Houston ERA to 9.00. The same trio which went deep for the Rays yesterday did it again with Mario Saro (#9), Yuji Morioka (#5) and Tomas Laboy (#4) finding the seats. April 26: Placed C Akio Suzuki on the 10-day IL with a strained abdominal muscle, recalled C Kurt Ferguson from AAA Durham. Suzuki will miss about six weeks with the injury so Ferguson gets another shot at the bigs after a brief appearance last season with us. Game 3: The Rays unleashed an offensive onslaught on Houston to take the series, beating them 15-7 and banging out 22 hits in the process. Every Ray scored at least one run, every Ray had at least one hit (in fact everyone had at least 2 hits except Chris Parham) and every Ray drove in a run except Jose Castillo. They totaled 9 doubles, a triple and two homers (Doug Johns and Tomas Laboy, the 5th for each and the third straight game Laboy has gone deep). Johns and Dave Frick each knocked in 3, and the newly-recalled Kurt Ferguson had 2 doubles and drove in a run. The beneficiary of all this support was Chris O'Brien, who went to 3-0 with a 5 7 3 3 0 5 outing. Brad Mabe and Dan Anderson weren't very good in relief, allowing a pair of runs each. Team record: 19-4. Next up: We hopped on a plane right after the game to fly to SoCal where we'll take on the Angels for 3 in Anaheim.