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Art Deco · 03-10-2023, 07:01 PM

Game 1: The biggest series of the season opened at Publix Park with the Rays trailing the visiting Yankees by 4 games and Rex Bransington showed up, going 5 2 1 1 4 10 in a dominant performance. Unfortunately his teammates with bats didn't though, and the Yankees took the opener 3-0 to move back ahead by 5 games. Bransington dropped to 6-2 as a Ray and 11-9 overall with the undeserved loss while the offense, which scores runs in its sleep, only managed six hits.

Game 2: The Rays picked up a necessary win in the second game as the bats showed up and they routed the Yankees 9-2. It was a 4-1 game until they unloaded for 5 runs in the 7th. Luis Barela was 3-4 with a double and 2 RBI, Ruben Ramirez homered (#16) and drove in a pair, and Ismael Morales contributed a 2-run single. Alec McInerney went to 8-1 as a Ray with a fine 5 3 1 1 3 6 start and Brad Mabe made his season debut, going the final 1 2/3 scoreless.

Game 3: This was the pivotal game to decide whether the Rays were likely to be also-rans in the division or still had a chance, and to add to the tension it took 14 innings to decide before Ruben Ramirez's 2-run walk-off homer (#17) in the 14th gave the Rays a vital 5-3 win and pulled them within 3 of the Yankees with a 3-game series between the teams in New York scheduled to end the regular season. Tampa Bay took a 3-1 lead in the 5th on Mario Saro's 3-run jack (#39) as he joined teammates Luis Barela and Beau Bonczek in the 100-RBI club but New York quickly responded with 2 in the 6th off starter Nicola Grieco, who finished 5 3 3 3 2 3. Steve Morris (5-2), the fourth Rays reliever and a former Yankee, went the final two innings for the win.

Team record: 89-58. Next up: An off-day then Toronto visits for 3 games.

03-10-2023, 07:01 PM	#2362
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,682	September 12-14, 2050: vs NY Yankees (3) Game 1: The biggest series of the season opened at Publix Park with the Rays trailing the visiting Yankees by 4 games and Rex Bransington showed up, going 5 2 1 1 4 10 in a dominant performance. Unfortunately his teammates with bats didn't though, and the Yankees took the opener 3-0 to move back ahead by 5 games. Bransington dropped to 6-2 as a Ray and 11-9 overall with the undeserved loss while the offense, which scores runs in its sleep, only managed six hits. Game 2: The Rays picked up a necessary win in the second game as the bats showed up and they routed the Yankees 9-2. It was a 4-1 game until they unloaded for 5 runs in the 7th. Luis Barela was 3-4 with a double and 2 RBI, Ruben Ramirez homered (#16) and drove in a pair, and Ismael Morales contributed a 2-run single. Alec McInerney went to 8-1 as a Ray with a fine 5 3 1 1 3 6 start and Brad Mabe made his season debut, going the final 1 2/3 scoreless. Game 3: This was the pivotal game to decide whether the Rays were likely to be also-rans in the division or still had a chance, and to add to the tension it took 14 innings to decide before Ruben Ramirez's 2-run walk-off homer (#17) in the 14th gave the Rays a vital 5-3 win and pulled them within 3 of the Yankees with a 3-game series between the teams in New York scheduled to end the regular season. Tampa Bay took a 3-1 lead in the 5th on Mario Saro's 3-run jack (#39) as he joined teammates Luis Barela and Beau Bonczek in the 100-RBI club but New York quickly responded with 2 in the 6th off starter Nicola Grieco, who finished 5 3 3 3 2 3. Steve Morris (5-2), the fourth Rays reliever and a former Yankee, went the final two innings for the win. Team record: 89-58. Next up: An off-day then Toronto visits for 3 games.