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Art Deco · 11-04-2022, 09:55 PM

The Rays threw their three best pitchers at Atlanta (Hays, Marlette and Prosecky) and gave up 18 runs in the 3 games. But thanks to some offensive heroics they still took two out of three. Unfortunately they still lost ground as Baltimore completed its sweep of Miami and cut the lead to 2 games, but given the opponent and the circumstances it was still a good three days.

As GM of the team I'm not sure I could have scripted the opener any better, although I would have left the part out where James Hays gets hit to the tune of 3.2 8 6 5 0 8 (an odd line) and the Rays fall behind 6-0. But newly-acquired Orlando Tosado came off the bench in the bottom of the 8th to hit a pinch 3-run homer in his first Tampa Bay at-bat to tie the game, and then the also newly-acquired Raimfer Salinas hit a 2-run walk-off blast in the bottom of the 9th to give the Rays an improbable 8-6 comeback win. Salinas finished 3-5 in his debut after singling in his first two Rays at-bats and Wander Franco also went deep with 6th of the year. Dax Fulton (1-1) picked up the win in relief.

The second game wasn't very pretty as the Rays and Joe Marlette were hit hard in a 7-3 loss. Like Hays yesterday Marlette got his strikeouts but everything else seemed to find holes and gaps as he went 4.1 9 3 3 0 7. He didn't take the loss though as the Rays came back to tie at 3 before Slade Cecconi (0-1) was ineffective again, giving up a pair in a 4-run Atlanta 6th that also saw Mike Moore do likewise. Cristian Hernandez had a great game against his old team in a losing cause, going 3-3 with 2 doubles, a walk, and a solo homer (#8).

The Rays rode a 5-run first inning in the finale to take an 11-5 win over Atlanta and win the series, although it wasn't without some nervous moments. Raimfer Salinas had an RBI single and Cristian Hernandez a 2-run single in that opening frame, but Michael Prosecky couldn't stand prosperity, giving Atlanta 3 back in the 2nd and failing to make it out of the 5th after giving a leadoff homer in the inning to finish 4 6 5 5 4 4 and let Atlanta back within 7-5. The "other" guy acquired on Monday, Mason Feole, made his Rays debut in relief of Prosecky and calmed things down nicely with a couple of perfect innings for the win. With the score 8-5 in the 7th, Nathan Dettmer made things dicey by putting the first two on, but he struck out the side after that. Hernandez couldn't be retired again, going 4-4 with 2 RBI and 8-11 for the series, Kelly Crumpton added HR #9 and drove in a pair, as did Orlando Tosado in his first start, equaling in one series the number of homers he hit with LA this year while Chris Gutierrez was 3-5 with a double and 2 RBI.

Team record: 25-17. Next up: More interleague action as the Mets come to town for the weekend. Included should be a start for former Ray Wennington Romero, in the New York rotation but struggling at 0-1, 5.86 in 8 starts (with 7 no-decisions!).

11-04-2022, 09:55 PM	#904
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,706	May 19-21, 2031: vs Atlanta (3) The Rays threw their three best pitchers at Atlanta (Hays, Marlette and Prosecky) and gave up 18 runs in the 3 games. But thanks to some offensive heroics they still took two out of three. Unfortunately they still lost ground as Baltimore completed its sweep of Miami and cut the lead to 2 games, but given the opponent and the circumstances it was still a good three days. As GM of the team I'm not sure I could have scripted the opener any better, although I would have left the part out where James Hays gets hit to the tune of 3.2 8 6 5 0 8 (an odd line) and the Rays fall behind 6-0. But newly-acquired Orlando Tosado came off the bench in the bottom of the 8th to hit a pinch 3-run homer in his first Tampa Bay at-bat to tie the game, and then the also newly-acquired Raimfer Salinas hit a 2-run walk-off blast in the bottom of the 9th to give the Rays an improbable 8-6 comeback win. Salinas finished 3-5 in his debut after singling in his first two Rays at-bats and Wander Franco also went deep with 6th of the year. Dax Fulton (1-1) picked up the win in relief. The second game wasn't very pretty as the Rays and Joe Marlette were hit hard in a 7-3 loss. Like Hays yesterday Marlette got his strikeouts but everything else seemed to find holes and gaps as he went 4.1 9 3 3 0 7. He didn't take the loss though as the Rays came back to tie at 3 before Slade Cecconi (0-1) was ineffective again, giving up a pair in a 4-run Atlanta 6th that also saw Mike Moore do likewise. Cristian Hernandez had a great game against his old team in a losing cause, going 3-3 with 2 doubles, a walk, and a solo homer (#8). The Rays rode a 5-run first inning in the finale to take an 11-5 win over Atlanta and win the series, although it wasn't without some nervous moments. Raimfer Salinas had an RBI single and Cristian Hernandez a 2-run single in that opening frame, but Michael Prosecky couldn't stand prosperity, giving Atlanta 3 back in the 2nd and failing to make it out of the 5th after giving a leadoff homer in the inning to finish 4 6 5 5 4 4 and let Atlanta back within 7-5. The "other" guy acquired on Monday, Mason Feole, made his Rays debut in relief of Prosecky and calmed things down nicely with a couple of perfect innings for the win. With the score 8-5 in the 7th, Nathan Dettmer made things dicey by putting the first two on, but he struck out the side after that. Hernandez couldn't be retired again, going 4-4 with 2 RBI and 8-11 for the series, Kelly Crumpton added HR #9 and drove in a pair, as did Orlando Tosado in his first start, equaling in one series the number of homers he hit with LA this year while Chris Gutierrez was 3-5 with a double and 2 RBI. Team record: 25-17. Next up: More interleague action as the Mets come to town for the weekend. Included should be a start for former Ray Wennington Romero, in the New York rotation but struggling at 0-1, 5.86 in 8 starts (with 7 no-decisions!).