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Art Deco · 12-15-2022, 11:54 PM

It should have been a sweep, but the bullpen (which admittedly hasn't had many meltdowns of late after doing it most of the season) cost them the opener. The wild card magic number is now down to 2, and a date in Minnesota for the playoffs looks all but set as the Twins have fallen 2 1/2 behind the Royals.

The Rays took a 3-1 lead into the 9th inning to start the season but closer Raymells Rosa (2-5) has been shaky lately and today he went beyond shaky allowing 4 runs while trying to close it out and Baltimore won 5-3. Runs were at a premium tonight with Joshua Baez's 2-run single and Willi Castro's solo homer in the 8th (#11), which looked like a big insurance run, seemingly enough to win. Matt Manning had his best start in ages (5 5 1 1 1 6) and four relievers got them unscathed through the next three innings, but Rosa let that all go to waste.

The bats ensured that the second game wouldn't be dependent on the bullpen as they put five on the board in the 1st and went on to rout the Orioles 8-2. Willi Castro picked up where he left off last night and homered to lead off the game, and then homered again in the 8th to give him 4 hits on the night and 13 homers on the year. JT Realmuto also went yard twice with a 3-run blast to cap the 1st and a solo shot in the 6th as he kept extending his career-high homer total to 32. Cristian Hernandez added a bases-empty blast (#22). Meanwhile John Swanda (6-4) was excellent again on the mound at 7 4 1 1 1 6.

The Rays took the series with a 3-2 win on a walk-off wild pitch which scored pinch-runner Orlando Tosado in the bottom of the 9th. It was a pitchers' duel between Joe Marlette and Baltimore's two-way star Billy Carlow and Marlette took a no-hitter into the 6th before being tagged for a couple of runs and finishing 6 2 2 2 2 7. The Rays got a run back off Carlow in the bottom of the 6th and then Joshua Baez homered (#29) in the 7th to tie it, his first dinger since August 7. This brought us to the 9th as Raimfer Salinas led off with a single, Tosado pinch-ran for him and stole second before advancing to third on a Kelly Crumpton single, and Oriole reliever Riley Cornelio then wild-pitched Tosado home to end the game. Raymells Rosa (4-5) bounced back from Monday's debacle with a 1-2-3 9th and picked up the win.

Team record: 84-68. Next up: An off-day then the Yankees come to town for 3. New York is 6 up in the division with 10 games left so only a sweep would make it a race and even then it'd be a long shot.

12-15-2022, 11:54 PM	#945
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,598	September 22-24, 2031: vs Baltimore (3) It should have been a sweep, but the bullpen (which admittedly hasn't had many meltdowns of late after doing it most of the season) cost them the opener. The wild card magic number is now down to 2, and a date in Minnesota for the playoffs looks all but set as the Twins have fallen 2 1/2 behind the Royals. The Rays took a 3-1 lead into the 9th inning to start the season but closer Raymells Rosa (2-5) has been shaky lately and today he went beyond shaky allowing 4 runs while trying to close it out and Baltimore won 5-3. Runs were at a premium tonight with Joshua Baez's 2-run single and Willi Castro's solo homer in the 8th (#11), which looked like a big insurance run, seemingly enough to win. Matt Manning had his best start in ages (5 5 1 1 1 6) and four relievers got them unscathed through the next three innings, but Rosa let that all go to waste. The bats ensured that the second game wouldn't be dependent on the bullpen as they put five on the board in the 1st and went on to rout the Orioles 8-2. Willi Castro picked up where he left off last night and homered to lead off the game, and then homered again in the 8th to give him 4 hits on the night and 13 homers on the year. JT Realmuto also went yard twice with a 3-run blast to cap the 1st and a solo shot in the 6th as he kept extending his career-high homer total to 32. Cristian Hernandez added a bases-empty blast (#22). Meanwhile John Swanda (6-4) was excellent again on the mound at 7 4 1 1 1 6. The Rays took the series with a 3-2 win on a walk-off wild pitch which scored pinch-runner Orlando Tosado in the bottom of the 9th. It was a pitchers' duel between Joe Marlette and Baltimore's two-way star Billy Carlow and Marlette took a no-hitter into the 6th before being tagged for a couple of runs and finishing 6 2 2 2 2 7. The Rays got a run back off Carlow in the bottom of the 6th and then Joshua Baez homered (#29) in the 7th to tie it, his first dinger since August 7. This brought us to the 9th as Raimfer Salinas led off with a single, Tosado pinch-ran for him and stole second before advancing to third on a Kelly Crumpton single, and Oriole reliever Riley Cornelio then wild-pitched Tosado home to end the game. Raymells Rosa (4-5) bounced back from Monday's debacle with a 1-2-3 9th and picked up the win. Team record: 84-68. Next up: An off-day then the Yankees come to town for 3. New York is 6 up in the division with 10 games left so only a sweep would make it a race and even then it'd be a long shot.