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Art Deco · 03-12-2023, 04:05 PM

Game 1: Somehow a 1-1 game going into the bottom of the 8th ended up 8-5 with the Rays on the wrong end of the scoreline. Alec McInerney was decent (5.2 7 1 1 0 3) but the offense was quiet and in the 8th Willie Navarro (4-2) and Kevin Leonard conspired to allow 7 runs. The Rays then got 4 back in the top of the 9th, mostly on a 3-run Mario Saro homer (#40) but it was too little, too late and they fell another game behind the Yankees.

Game 2: The Rays bounced back to win by the same score they lost by the night before, getting by Baltimore 8-5. The big blows in the game were a pair of 3-run homers, one from Luis Barela (#51) and the other from CJ Yamaguchi (#10). The 51 homers are a season-high in the illustrious career of Barela (actually his 47th a little while ago was his career high as well). Nicola Grieco (11-6, 5.1 7 5 5 1 5, 3 HR) wasn't very good but was awarded the win and Steve Talbott had a rare 1-2-3 9th for his 26th save.

Game 3: Tampa Bay took the series with a run in the 9th thanks to a two-base Oriole error and scratched out a 7-6 win. A Yankees loss means they're back within 4 games but with only 9 left in the season the division is the longest of long shots, however they did officially clinch a wild card. They trailed 6-1 after 4 as Greg Bookhart was knocked around to the tune of 4 8 6 6 0 1 but a 3-run Alex Duran homer (#22) in the 5th got them back in it and RBI doubles from Mario Saro and Nelson Bocardo tied it in the 6th. And Saro was on base in the 9th when Jon Morales' grounder was thrown in the dugout and the winning run scored from second. Mel Mejia (7-2) picked up the win in relief and with all lefties due for Baltimore in the 9th Joe Roberts earned his first Rays save and 33rd of the year overall.

Team record: 93-60. Next up: 3 games in Seattle after a day off.

03-12-2023, 04:05 PM	#2364
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,709	September 19-21, 2050: at Baltimore (3) Game 1: Somehow a 1-1 game going into the bottom of the 8th ended up 8-5 with the Rays on the wrong end of the scoreline. Alec McInerney was decent (5.2 7 1 1 0 3) but the offense was quiet and in the 8th Willie Navarro (4-2) and Kevin Leonard conspired to allow 7 runs. The Rays then got 4 back in the top of the 9th, mostly on a 3-run Mario Saro homer (#40) but it was too little, too late and they fell another game behind the Yankees. Game 2: The Rays bounced back to win by the same score they lost by the night before, getting by Baltimore 8-5. The big blows in the game were a pair of 3-run homers, one from Luis Barela (#51) and the other from CJ Yamaguchi (#10). The 51 homers are a season-high in the illustrious career of Barela (actually his 47th a little while ago was his career high as well). Nicola Grieco (11-6, 5.1 7 5 5 1 5, 3 HR) wasn't very good but was awarded the win and Steve Talbott had a rare 1-2-3 9th for his 26th save. Game 3: Tampa Bay took the series with a run in the 9th thanks to a two-base Oriole error and scratched out a 7-6 win. A Yankees loss means they're back within 4 games but with only 9 left in the season the division is the longest of long shots, however they did officially clinch a wild card. They trailed 6-1 after 4 as Greg Bookhart was knocked around to the tune of 4 8 6 6 0 1 but a 3-run Alex Duran homer (#22) in the 5th got them back in it and RBI doubles from Mario Saro and Nelson Bocardo tied it in the 6th. And Saro was on base in the 9th when Jon Morales' grounder was thrown in the dugout and the winning run scored from second. Mel Mejia (7-2) picked up the win in relief and with all lefties due for Baltimore in the 9th Joe Roberts earned his first Rays save and 33rd of the year overall. Team record: 93-60. Next up: 3 games in Seattle after a day off. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-12-2023 at 04:07 PM.