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Art Deco · 01-08-2023, 08:50 PM

Game 1: Dave Rose was dominant and the Rays shut out the Red Sox 7-0. The righty improved to 18-4, 3.16 with a 6.2 7 0 0 0 9 performance and has shown he's just about unbeatable when he's not giving up homers (of course he's allowed 31 this year). Juan Viatoro had a 2-run homer in the 2nd (#12) to stake them to an early lead and Alex Duran put it away with a grand slam in the 8th (#32).

Game 2: Greg Bookhart's quest for 20 wins reached its destination tonight as he held Boston to 1 hit over 6 innings in a 3-0 Rays win, the team's second straight shutout. Bookhart went to 20-5, 3.26 after going 6 1 0 0 4 4 but the win was in question as the game was scoreless until the 7th, when his mates got him the runs he needed with Ruben Ramirez's 2-run single the key. Steve Falcon preserved the win with a round number of his own, save #40.

Game 3: The Rays completed the sweep of Boston, edging the Sox 5-4 at Fenway. Jon Morales was 3-4 with a pair of doubles and an RBI while Yuji Morioka cranked a 2-run homer (#29), bringing him within one longball of being the 5th Ray to hit at least 30 this year. Melvin Delgado (9-4) was decent at 6 7 3 2 1 4 and Steve Falcon saved again but this time in shaky fashion, giving up a leadoff homer in the 9th and then putting two more on before getting a double play and a whiff to notch save #41.

Team record: 113-45. Next up: We close out the regular season with 4 games at Yankee Stadium. New York is in the thick of the wild card race (more on that in a minute) and we can definitely play spoiler.

Playoff race update: So the wild card race remains wide-open in the AL with the Angels all but set for one but the second in contest with Detroit a 1/2 game up on Minnesota and the Yankees. The NL has a division race to be decided as the Phillies lead Washington by only 1/2 game in the East and one wild card up for grabs with the Dodgers 1 1/2 up on the Nationals, so the East loser may miss the playoffs altogether.

Retirements: The usual wave of guys who finished out their careers in AAA took place and a couple of former Rays hung up the cleats. Most notable was OF Daniel Malone, who spent four productive years with us from 2037-2040 and he hit .317 with 6.2 WAR in 2038 when he won his only ring (that was a "down" period for us, only winning one title in those four seasons). In 2039 he led the league in runs (124) and triples (14). The other was IF Ramon Ruiz, an international signing by us whom we traded to St. Louis while a prospect but re-acquired in late 2038 on waivers and then spent the rest of that season and three more as our primarily infield backup.

01-08-2023, 08:50 PM	#2279
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,947	September 27-29, 2049: at Boston (3) Game 1: Dave Rose was dominant and the Rays shut out the Red Sox 7-0. The righty improved to 18-4, 3.16 with a 6.2 7 0 0 0 9 performance and has shown he's just about unbeatable when he's not giving up homers (of course he's allowed 31 this year). Juan Viatoro had a 2-run homer in the 2nd (#12) to stake them to an early lead and Alex Duran put it away with a grand slam in the 8th (#32). Game 2: Greg Bookhart's quest for 20 wins reached its destination tonight as he held Boston to 1 hit over 6 innings in a 3-0 Rays win, the team's second straight shutout. Bookhart went to 20-5, 3.26 after going 6 1 0 0 4 4 but the win was in question as the game was scoreless until the 7th, when his mates got him the runs he needed with Ruben Ramirez's 2-run single the key. Steve Falcon preserved the win with a round number of his own, save #40. Game 3: The Rays completed the sweep of Boston, edging the Sox 5-4 at Fenway. Jon Morales was 3-4 with a pair of doubles and an RBI while Yuji Morioka cranked a 2-run homer (#29), bringing him within one longball of being the 5th Ray to hit at least 30 this year. Melvin Delgado (9-4) was decent at 6 7 3 2 1 4 and Steve Falcon saved again but this time in shaky fashion, giving up a leadoff homer in the 9th and then putting two more on before getting a double play and a whiff to notch save #41. Team record: 113-45. Next up: We close out the regular season with 4 games at Yankee Stadium. New York is in the thick of the wild card race (more on that in a minute) and we can definitely play spoiler. Playoff race update: So the wild card race remains wide-open in the AL with the Angels all but set for one but the second in contest with Detroit a 1/2 game up on Minnesota and the Yankees. The NL has a division race to be decided as the Phillies lead Washington by only 1/2 game in the East and one wild card up for grabs with the Dodgers 1 1/2 up on the Nationals, so the East loser may miss the playoffs altogether. Retirements: The usual wave of guys who finished out their careers in AAA took place and a couple of former Rays hung up the cleats. Most notable was OF Daniel Malone, who spent four productive years with us from 2037-2040 and he hit .317 with 6.2 WAR in 2038 when he won his only ring (that was a "down" period for us, only winning one title in those four seasons). In 2039 he led the league in runs (124) and triples (14). The other was IF Ramon Ruiz, an international signing by us whom we traded to St. Louis while a prospect but re-acquired in late 2038 on waivers and then spent the rest of that season and three more as our primarily infield backup.