OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post

Art Deco · 11-06-2022, 10:13 PM

Rays took two of three from Oakland and should have had a sweep but squandered numerous chances to win in the finale. Baltimore also won 2 of 3 but lost on our off day Thursday so the lead is 1 1/2 games.

Tampa Bay turned a 3-1 deficit into an 8-3 win over the A's in the opener thanks to a big 5-run 6th inning. Joe Marlette struggled a bit at 5 5 3 3 2 6 and the bats were slow to wake but Cristian Hernandez slugged a 3-run homer (#9) to put them up 4-3 before Diego Cartaya and Willi Castro (#3) added solo shots off former Ray Taj Bradley to cap the inning. Cartaya went deep again for his first two homers of the year and first two-homer game of his MLB career, driving in 3. Slade Cecconi (1-1) earned the win with a scoreless 6th and Mason Feole pitched two perfect innings to give him 5 since joining the Rays.

The Rays had to come from behind again as a 3-run 8th gave them a 7-5 win over Oakland. Wander Franco tripled in the tying run in the inning, Joshua Baez singled Wander home, and Cristian Hernandez doubled in Baez for the winning rally. Nathan Dettmer (3-0) picked up the win and Kevin DiCostanzo recorded save #9. Michael Prosecky went 5.1 5 4 3 0 6 and the last two runs off him scored courtesy of a homer allowed by Kendall Williams. That homer marked the complete squandering on an early 4-0 lead after Kelly Crumpton (a 3-run shot, #12) and Baez (#11, solo) homered in the opening frame.

The finale was an exercise in frustration as the Rays wound up falling 2-1 to Oakland in 13 innings. The Rays had glorious to chances to win it in the 8th after Chris Gutierrez was on 3rd with nobody out and they had a man on 3rd with one out in the 9th but strikeouts and shallow fly balls did them in both times. Eventually Oakland got to Seth Elledge (1-1) in the 13th for the winner as the bats wasted some outstanding pitching. Shane Panzini turned in a good start at 5 5 1 1 1 8 and with an off-day following, Kevin DiCostanzo went 3 scoreless allowing only a hit for naught.

Team record: 28-20. Next up: An off-day then 3 games at Fenway.

11-06-2022, 10:13 PM	#906
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,080	May 26-28, 2031: vs Oakland (3) Rays took two of three from Oakland and should have had a sweep but squandered numerous chances to win in the finale. Baltimore also won 2 of 3 but lost on our off day Thursday so the lead is 1 1/2 games. Tampa Bay turned a 3-1 deficit into an 8-3 win over the A's in the opener thanks to a big 5-run 6th inning. Joe Marlette struggled a bit at 5 5 3 3 2 6 and the bats were slow to wake but Cristian Hernandez slugged a 3-run homer (#9) to put them up 4-3 before Diego Cartaya and Willi Castro (#3) added solo shots off former Ray Taj Bradley to cap the inning. Cartaya went deep again for his first two homers of the year and first two-homer game of his MLB career, driving in 3. Slade Cecconi (1-1) earned the win with a scoreless 6th and Mason Feole pitched two perfect innings to give him 5 since joining the Rays. The Rays had to come from behind again as a 3-run 8th gave them a 7-5 win over Oakland. Wander Franco tripled in the tying run in the inning, Joshua Baez singled Wander home, and Cristian Hernandez doubled in Baez for the winning rally. Nathan Dettmer (3-0) picked up the win and Kevin DiCostanzo recorded save #9. Michael Prosecky went 5.1 5 4 3 0 6 and the last two runs off him scored courtesy of a homer allowed by Kendall Williams. That homer marked the complete squandering on an early 4-0 lead after Kelly Crumpton (a 3-run shot, #12) and Baez (#11, solo) homered in the opening frame. The finale was an exercise in frustration as the Rays wound up falling 2-1 to Oakland in 13 innings. The Rays had glorious to chances to win it in the 8th after Chris Gutierrez was on 3rd with nobody out and they had a man on 3rd with one out in the 9th but strikeouts and shallow fly balls did them in both times. Eventually Oakland got to Seth Elledge (1-1) in the 13th for the winner as the bats wasted some outstanding pitching. Shane Panzini turned in a good start at 5 5 1 1 1 8 and with an off-day following, Kevin DiCostanzo went 3 scoreless allowing only a hit for naught. Team record: 28-20. Next up: An off-day then 3 games at Fenway.