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Art Deco · 12-12-2022, 07:12 PM

Another good series against a very good team as the Rays took 2 of 3 from the Twins, dropping them back into 2nd place in the AL Central and making them our wild card opponents if the season ended today.

In the opener the Rays bats came out swinging and they built an 8-1 lead by the 5th inning but as often has been the case this season they had to survive the bullpen and held on to win 9-7. JT Realmuto started things in the 2nd with yet another homer (#27) and a misplayed popup kept the inning alive for them to score 5 times in total including a 3-run Wander Franco jack (#19). Kelly Crumpton's 2-run blast (#41) in the 5th made it 8-1 and things started getting dicey when John Swanda couldn't make it out of the 5th after going 4.1 6 4 4 3 2 to cut the lead to 8-4, and then three relievers each allowed a run (including Slade Cecconi who picked up the win to go 4-4) before Raymells Rosa cleaned things up with a scoreless 9th for Rays save #6 and #22 overall.

The Rays put 9 on the board again in the second game but this time got quality pitching and coasted to a 9-2 win over the Twins. The difference was that today was Joe Marlette's turn on the mound and he improved to 13-5 after going 6 7 2 2 0 9. JT Realmuto homered for the third straight game (#28) and with the game 5-2 going into the 9th Kelly Crumpton broke it open by going deep for the third straight game as well, with a man on, and Cristian Hernandez also launched a 2-run dinger (#21).

The same team which scored 9 runs in each of the first two games of the series couldn't even push one across and it was a shame as a brilliant outing from Kevin DiCostanzo was wasted in a 1-0 loss in the finale. DiCostanzo held the Twins to a pair of hits through 7 innings before allowing a hit and a walk with one out in the 8th and departing, and Mike Moore gave up a single to score the game's lone run. DiCostanzo dropped to 6-10 despite going 7.1 3 1 1 1 8 and lowering his ERA to 3.35 as Rays bats could only manage five hits.

Team record: 78-65, no hope of the division but the wild-card clinching magic number is down to 12. Next up: A day off then back home for 3 against the White Sox.

12-12-2022, 07:12 PM	#942
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,597	September 12-14, 2031: at Minnesota (3) Another good series against a very good team as the Rays took 2 of 3 from the Twins, dropping them back into 2nd place in the AL Central and making them our wild card opponents if the season ended today. In the opener the Rays bats came out swinging and they built an 8-1 lead by the 5th inning but as often has been the case this season they had to survive the bullpen and held on to win 9-7. JT Realmuto started things in the 2nd with yet another homer (#27) and a misplayed popup kept the inning alive for them to score 5 times in total including a 3-run Wander Franco jack (#19). Kelly Crumpton's 2-run blast (#41) in the 5th made it 8-1 and things started getting dicey when John Swanda couldn't make it out of the 5th after going 4.1 6 4 4 3 2 to cut the lead to 8-4, and then three relievers each allowed a run (including Slade Cecconi who picked up the win to go 4-4) before Raymells Rosa cleaned things up with a scoreless 9th for Rays save #6 and #22 overall. The Rays put 9 on the board again in the second game but this time got quality pitching and coasted to a 9-2 win over the Twins. The difference was that today was Joe Marlette's turn on the mound and he improved to 13-5 after going 6 7 2 2 0 9. JT Realmuto homered for the third straight game (#28) and with the game 5-2 going into the 9th Kelly Crumpton broke it open by going deep for the third straight game as well, with a man on, and Cristian Hernandez also launched a 2-run dinger (#21). The same team which scored 9 runs in each of the first two games of the series couldn't even push one across and it was a shame as a brilliant outing from Kevin DiCostanzo was wasted in a 1-0 loss in the finale. DiCostanzo held the Twins to a pair of hits through 7 innings before allowing a hit and a walk with one out in the 8th and departing, and Mike Moore gave up a single to score the game's lone run. DiCostanzo dropped to 6-10 despite going 7.1 3 1 1 1 8 and lowering his ERA to 3.35 as Rays bats could only manage five hits. Team record: 78-65, no hope of the division but the wild-card clinching magic number is down to 12. Next up: A day off then back home for 3 against the White Sox.