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Art Deco · 10-06-2022, 07:30 PM

The march to the playoffs continued with another series sweep, this one comprised of three one-run nailbiters over the Rangers.

The opener saw the Rays come back from deficits of 4-0 and 7-4, the latter the score when the game went to the bottom of the 9th as they scored 4 times on 5 hits off former farmhand Mike Mank to walk it off 8-7. Kelly Crumpton's RBI double got them within 7-6 and Joshua Baez lined to a 2-run single to win it. Baez had a 3-RBI day thanks to an earlier solo homer (#18) and JT Realmuto went deep as well (#19). Michael Prosecky's recent woes continued at 5 6 4 4 2 4 and the win went to Wennington Romero (7-1), who got the final two outs in the top of the 9th.

The second game was a different affair with runs at a premium but the Rays managed two of three scored in it to win again. Johnny Kuykendall was brilliant once again, improving to 5-0, 2.23 as a Ray (and 10-9 overall) after going 7 2 1 1 1 4. Kevin DiCostanzo recorded save #31 despite allowing a couple of hits. A pair of homers accounted for the offense with Wander Franco going deep with #19 in the first and Andrew Greckel's solo shot in the 6th (#25) standing up as the winner.

2-1 was the score once again as the Rays prevailed in the finale, but it took them 13 innings this time to complete the sweep. JT Realmuto, who has been Mr. Clutch this season, walked it off again with an RBI single in the bottom of the 13th after sending the game to extras with a critical 2-out single in the bottom of the 9th to tie it after Dong-hwan Kim reached on a 2-base error. James Hays was overpowering in his start, going 5.1 3 1 1 2 11, and seven Rays relievers combined for 7 2/3 shutout innings with Mike Moore, the last of them, picking up the win to go 4-0. The rookie fireballer has been excellent since being called up, with a combined line of 16 12 2 2 3 16 over his 13 appearances and should be a fixture of the pen for years to come.

Team record: 92-47, magic number down to 11. Next up: An off-day then we head to Kansas City for 3 games. The Royals are tied with Minnesota atop the AL Central and both are 3 1/2 out of the third wild card so it's likely division-or-bust for them.

10-06-2022, 07:30 PM	#852
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,595	September 2-4, 2030: vs Texas (3) The march to the playoffs continued with another series sweep, this one comprised of three one-run nailbiters over the Rangers. The opener saw the Rays come back from deficits of 4-0 and 7-4, the latter the score when the game went to the bottom of the 9th as they scored 4 times on 5 hits off former farmhand Mike Mank to walk it off 8-7. Kelly Crumpton's RBI double got them within 7-6 and Joshua Baez lined to a 2-run single to win it. Baez had a 3-RBI day thanks to an earlier solo homer (#18) and JT Realmuto went deep as well (#19). Michael Prosecky's recent woes continued at 5 6 4 4 2 4 and the win went to Wennington Romero (7-1), who got the final two outs in the top of the 9th. The second game was a different affair with runs at a premium but the Rays managed two of three scored in it to win again. Johnny Kuykendall was brilliant once again, improving to 5-0, 2.23 as a Ray (and 10-9 overall) after going 7 2 1 1 1 4. Kevin DiCostanzo recorded save #31 despite allowing a couple of hits. A pair of homers accounted for the offense with Wander Franco going deep with #19 in the first and Andrew Greckel's solo shot in the 6th (#25) standing up as the winner. 2-1 was the score once again as the Rays prevailed in the finale, but it took them 13 innings this time to complete the sweep. JT Realmuto, who has been Mr. Clutch this season, walked it off again with an RBI single in the bottom of the 13th after sending the game to extras with a critical 2-out single in the bottom of the 9th to tie it after Dong-hwan Kim reached on a 2-base error. James Hays was overpowering in his start, going 5.1 3 1 1 2 11, and seven Rays relievers combined for 7 2/3 shutout innings with Mike Moore, the last of them, picking up the win to go 4-0. The rookie fireballer has been excellent since being called up, with a combined line of 16 12 2 2 3 16 over his 13 appearances and should be a fixture of the pen for years to come. Team record: 92-47, magic number down to 11. Next up: An off-day then we head to Kansas City for 3 games. The Royals are tied with Minnesota atop the AL Central and both are 3 1/2 out of the third wild card so it's likely division-or-bust for them.