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Art Deco · 03-09-2023, 02:54 PM

Game 1: Nicola Greico was excellent and so was the offense as the Rays took the opener 7-1 from the Twins at Target Field. The lefty pitched his best game in a while going 7 4 1 1 2 7 to improve to 10-6. Beau Bonczek (#30), Alex Duran (#20) and Jon Morales (#31) all homered to pace the offense.

Game 2: The Rays got a great start from Greg Bookhart and survived some shaky work from the bullpen to hang on to a 6-4 win. Bookhart went to 10-2 after a 7 4 0 0 1 7 outing but Mike Bertram and Chris Hetzel combined to allow 4 runs in the 8th. Steve Talbott cleaned up in the 9th for save #24. Juan Viatoro had a 2-run homer (#22) while Luis Barela drove in a pair including his 48th homer.

Game 3: Tampa Bay couldn't complete the sweep, losing the finale 4-2, losing a chance to gain ground on New York who lost today, and losing one of their top hitters for the rest of the season and perhaps until at least the World Series should they get there. The worst news first: Juan Viatoro took a fastball off his face and suffered a broken cheekbone, a 5-6 week injury. The 1B, who could always hit for average, added power to his game and finished his breakout season at 350/396/561 with 22 HR and 95 RBI, good for 5.2 WAR. Ruben Ramirez, himself a 327/360/606 hitter although mostly against lefties, is a good fall-back option at the position. As for the game Dave Rose (10-12) wasn't his sharpest at 6.2 7 4 4 2 7 and the bats didn't do a lot outside of Alex Duran's solo homer (#21).

Team record: 87-57, still 4 behind New York. Next up: A massive series as the Yankees come to Publix Park for 3 games. At a minimum they need to take 2 of 3 but realistically a sweep is imperative.

After the game Viatoro was placed on the 15-day IL and 1B Eric Wilson, who hit 282/344/508 with 22 HR and 95 RBI this year at Durham, was called up. Wilson is a lefty hitter but will Ruben Ramirez will get first crack against righties.

03-09-2023, 02:54 PM	#2361
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,616	September 9-11, 2050: at Minnesota (3) Game 1: Nicola Greico was excellent and so was the offense as the Rays took the opener 7-1 from the Twins at Target Field. The lefty pitched his best game in a while going 7 4 1 1 2 7 to improve to 10-6. Beau Bonczek (#30), Alex Duran (#20) and Jon Morales (#31) all homered to pace the offense. Game 2: The Rays got a great start from Greg Bookhart and survived some shaky work from the bullpen to hang on to a 6-4 win. Bookhart went to 10-2 after a 7 4 0 0 1 7 outing but Mike Bertram and Chris Hetzel combined to allow 4 runs in the 8th. Steve Talbott cleaned up in the 9th for save #24. Juan Viatoro had a 2-run homer (#22) while Luis Barela drove in a pair including his 48th homer. Game 3: Tampa Bay couldn't complete the sweep, losing the finale 4-2, losing a chance to gain ground on New York who lost today, and losing one of their top hitters for the rest of the season and perhaps until at least the World Series should they get there. The worst news first: Juan Viatoro took a fastball off his face and suffered a broken cheekbone, a 5-6 week injury. The 1B, who could always hit for average, added power to his game and finished his breakout season at 350/396/561 with 22 HR and 95 RBI, good for 5.2 WAR. Ruben Ramirez, himself a 327/360/606 hitter although mostly against lefties, is a good fall-back option at the position. As for the game Dave Rose (10-12) wasn't his sharpest at 6.2 7 4 4 2 7 and the bats didn't do a lot outside of Alex Duran's solo homer (#21). Team record: 87-57, still 4 behind New York. Next up: A massive series as the Yankees come to Publix Park for 3 games. At a minimum they need to take 2 of 3 but realistically a sweep is imperative. After the game Viatoro was placed on the 15-day IL and 1B Eric Wilson, who hit 282/344/508 with 22 HR and 95 RBI this year at Durham, was called up. Wilson is a lefty hitter but will Ruben Ramirez will get first crack against righties.