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Art Deco · 11-12-2022, 09:12 AM

A disastrous series for the Rays as they were swept out of first place by the Yankees. In fact they were swept out of a playoff spot as they're now 1 back of the third wild card in the AL. The primary culprit was the offense instead of the bullpen for a change, but you can't blow leads if you're not taking them.

And in the opener there was never a hint of a lead to blow as they were routed by the Yankees 7-0 and held to 3 hits. Joe Marlette (5-3) was flat-out terrible for once, going 4 8 7 7 3 2 in perhaps his worst outing as a Ray.

The bats were anemic again in the second game with Wander Franco's 2-run homer in the 6th (#9) their only scoring in a 3-2 loss. Michael Prosecky no-hit the Yankees through 4 before they broke through for all 3 of their runs in the 5th with a Cristian Hernandez error proving critical and leading to two unearned runs. Prosecky (2-2) finished 5 2 3 1 2 5 and deserved better.

The Andy Kelley-for-Ramifer Salinas trade was supposed to boost the Rays offense but despite Salinas' RBI single today he's only hitting 248/296/366 with Tampa Bay and to make matters worse Kelley delivered a 2-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the 9th off Nathan Dettmer (3-1) to give the Yankees a 5-3 win and series sweep. The Rays and Yankees traded runs over the first four innings to make it 3-3 but the offense went ice-cold after that, managing only one hit over the final 5 innings. Shane Panzini had some struggles but kept them in it at 5 6 3 3 2 3 and three relievers turned in a scoreless inning before Dettmer gave up only his 3rd earned run of the year as the man on ahead of Kelley reached on a error.

Team record: 35-28. Next up: The Rays will try to get right farther south down I-95 when they play 3 in Washington, a daunting task since the Nats are tied for MLB's best record at 43-20.

MLB News: The Dodgers' exciting sophomore 2B Arturo Gutierrez tied an MLB record held by many by homering five times in two consecutive games over the weekend, hitting two against the Cubs on Saturday and three more on Sunday. Also Twins star Byron Buxton hit his 300th career homer.

Rays News: We signed veteran starter Alex Manoah to a minor league deal and he'll be pitching at Durham.

11-12-2022, 09:12 AM	#911
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,410	June 13-15, 2031: at NY Yankees (3) A disastrous series for the Rays as they were swept out of first place by the Yankees. In fact they were swept out of a playoff spot as they're now 1 back of the third wild card in the AL. The primary culprit was the offense instead of the bullpen for a change, but you can't blow leads if you're not taking them. And in the opener there was never a hint of a lead to blow as they were routed by the Yankees 7-0 and held to 3 hits. Joe Marlette (5-3) was flat-out terrible for once, going 4 8 7 7 3 2 in perhaps his worst outing as a Ray. The bats were anemic again in the second game with Wander Franco's 2-run homer in the 6th (#9) their only scoring in a 3-2 loss. Michael Prosecky no-hit the Yankees through 4 before they broke through for all 3 of their runs in the 5th with a Cristian Hernandez error proving critical and leading to two unearned runs. Prosecky (2-2) finished 5 2 3 1 2 5 and deserved better. The Andy Kelley-for-Ramifer Salinas trade was supposed to boost the Rays offense but despite Salinas' RBI single today he's only hitting 248/296/366 with Tampa Bay and to make matters worse Kelley delivered a 2-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the 9th off Nathan Dettmer (3-1) to give the Yankees a 5-3 win and series sweep. The Rays and Yankees traded runs over the first four innings to make it 3-3 but the offense went ice-cold after that, managing only one hit over the final 5 innings. Shane Panzini had some struggles but kept them in it at 5 6 3 3 2 3 and three relievers turned in a scoreless inning before Dettmer gave up only his 3rd earned run of the year as the man on ahead of Kelley reached on a error. Team record: 35-28. Next up: The Rays will try to get right farther south down I-95 when they play 3 in Washington, a daunting task since the Nats are tied for MLB's best record at 43-20. MLB News: The Dodgers' exciting sophomore 2B Arturo Gutierrez tied an MLB record held by many by homering five times in two consecutive games over the weekend, hitting two against the Cubs on Saturday and three more on Sunday. Also Twins star Byron Buxton hit his 300th career homer. Rays News: We signed veteran starter Alex Manoah to a minor league deal and he'll be pitching at Durham.