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Art Deco · 11-14-2022, 07:00 PM

The Rays closed out their I-95 road trip by taking 2 of 3 in Philadelphia with the bats finally coming to life but still ended it a rough 3-6 overall. Status quo in the standings, still 2 behind the Yankees and tied with Cleveland for the third wild card.

Chris Gutierrez had his first 2-homer game as a Ray (and probably in his career) as Tampa Bay went deep five times in all and routed the Phillies 11-3 in the opener. The CF, better known for his great defense, had a solo homer in a 4-run 4th which broke the game open and a 2-run shot in the 6th to give him 5 for the season. Kelly Crumpton launched #17 in the 2nd to start the scoring while JT Realmuto had a 3-run shot (#12) in that 4th and Raimfer Salinas added the cherry on top with a solo shot in the 9th (#5/16). All this scoring made a winner of Michael Prosecky (3-2) who went 6 7 1 1 0 9 and despite allowing a 2-run homer Brad Garrard recorded his first save by going the final 3.

Shane Panzini pitched the game of his life and the bats went wild again in another rout of the Phillies 10-0. The righty pitched a complete game 1-hitter, walked none and fanned 8 on 102 pitches to improve to 5-2. His teammates made it easy for him by scoring in double digits once more led by battery mate JT Realmuto, who tormented his old club for the second straight night with a pair of homers (#s 13 & 14) and drove in 3 while Joshua Baez continued his big week with a grand slam (#18), his fifth homer in four games. Chris Gutierrez also got in on the homer-happy run by going deep for the third time in two nights, his 6th.

Unfortunately the Rays were unable to complete the sweep in the finale when Nathan Dettmer uncorked a wild pitch in the bottom of the 9th to allow the winning run to score for his former team and the Rays fell 4-3. Kevin DiCostanzo made his second start and was decent at 6 4 3 3 2 7 while Wander Franco extended his hit streak to 11 with an RBI double, but in the 9th Dettmer (3-2) put men on first and third with two out and then threw one that got by JT Realmuto to let Philly walk it off.

Team record: 38-31. Next up: The good news? We're back home. The bad news? It's three against the 46-23 Royals who hold the best record in the AL and second-best record in MLB.

11-14-2022, 07:00 PM	#913
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,692	June 20-22, 2031: at Philadelphia (3) The Rays closed out their I-95 road trip by taking 2 of 3 in Philadelphia with the bats finally coming to life but still ended it a rough 3-6 overall. Status quo in the standings, still 2 behind the Yankees and tied with Cleveland for the third wild card. Chris Gutierrez had his first 2-homer game as a Ray (and probably in his career) as Tampa Bay went deep five times in all and routed the Phillies 11-3 in the opener. The CF, better known for his great defense, had a solo homer in a 4-run 4th which broke the game open and a 2-run shot in the 6th to give him 5 for the season. Kelly Crumpton launched #17 in the 2nd to start the scoring while JT Realmuto had a 3-run shot (#12) in that 4th and Raimfer Salinas added the cherry on top with a solo shot in the 9th (#5/16). All this scoring made a winner of Michael Prosecky (3-2) who went 6 7 1 1 0 9 and despite allowing a 2-run homer Brad Garrard recorded his first save by going the final 3. Shane Panzini pitched the game of his life and the bats went wild again in another rout of the Phillies 10-0. The righty pitched a complete game 1-hitter, walked none and fanned 8 on 102 pitches to improve to 5-2. His teammates made it easy for him by scoring in double digits once more led by battery mate JT Realmuto, who tormented his old club for the second straight night with a pair of homers (#s 13 & 14) and drove in 3 while Joshua Baez continued his big week with a grand slam (#18), his fifth homer in four games. Chris Gutierrez also got in on the homer-happy run by going deep for the third time in two nights, his 6th. Unfortunately the Rays were unable to complete the sweep in the finale when Nathan Dettmer uncorked a wild pitch in the bottom of the 9th to allow the winning run to score for his former team and the Rays fell 4-3. Kevin DiCostanzo made his second start and was decent at 6 4 3 3 2 7 while Wander Franco extended his hit streak to 11 with an RBI double, but in the 9th Dettmer (3-2) put men on first and third with two out and then threw one that got by JT Realmuto to let Philly walk it off. Team record: 38-31. Next up: The good news? We're back home. The bad news? It's three against the 46-23 Royals who hold the best record in the AL and second-best record in MLB.