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Art Deco · 06-10-2023, 10:49 PM

A not-great series for the Rays as they dropped 2 of 3 to Baltimore and with Toronto sweeping their series Tampa Bay dropped back into second, 1 1/2 behind the Jays and tied with the Yankees as we head into the All-Star break.

The Rays jumped out to a 4-0 lead after 3 in the opener but Randy Morris couldn't hold it and Baltimore ended up winning 7-5. Morris finished 5 8 5 5 1 3 and the game went to the 9th tied at 5 before Devon Williams (1-1) put two men on to start his second inning of work and Wes Mendes gave up the hit to let them score. Danny Arroyave led the offense, going 3-4 with a double and 2 RBI and Bobby Marin had a 2-run double.

Chris Ferguson was brilliant once again, pitching 8 shutout innings to lead the Rays to a 4-0 win over the Orioles in the second game. Ferguson (9-4) was 8 6 0 0 1 8 and continued a roll that's seen him allow only 4 runs over his last 5 starts covering 34 innings and he's won the last four of those. Jake Westfall and Orlando Tosado supplied all the offense with Westfall tripling in a run and scoring on Tosado's sac fly in the 3rd and then each added a solo homer, Westfall's 21st and Tosado's 19th.

The Rays were done in by an old friend in the finale as their one-time rotation staple Michael Prosecky held them to 1 run over 6 2/3 innings in a 3-2 Baltimore win. Jake Westfall's 6th-inning solo shot (#22) was all they managed off him and Nate Strickland had his own bases-empty blast in the 9th (#25) to make it close but that was it for the offense, which wasted a fine game from Ethan McElvain (6-5) at 6 5 3 2 1 4.

Team record: 55-34. Next up: The All-Star break, after which we return to action with 4 big games in Toronto. We also have the draft on the day of the All-Star game.

06-10-2023, 10:49 PM	#1168
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,422	July 7-9, 2034: vs Baltimore (3) A not-great series for the Rays as they dropped 2 of 3 to Baltimore and with Toronto sweeping their series Tampa Bay dropped back into second, 1 1/2 behind the Jays and tied with the Yankees as we head into the All-Star break. The Rays jumped out to a 4-0 lead after 3 in the opener but Randy Morris couldn't hold it and Baltimore ended up winning 7-5. Morris finished 5 8 5 5 1 3 and the game went to the 9th tied at 5 before Devon Williams (1-1) put two men on to start his second inning of work and Wes Mendes gave up the hit to let them score. Danny Arroyave led the offense, going 3-4 with a double and 2 RBI and Bobby Marin had a 2-run double. Chris Ferguson was brilliant once again, pitching 8 shutout innings to lead the Rays to a 4-0 win over the Orioles in the second game. Ferguson (9-4) was 8 6 0 0 1 8 and continued a roll that's seen him allow only 4 runs over his last 5 starts covering 34 innings and he's won the last four of those. Jake Westfall and Orlando Tosado supplied all the offense with Westfall tripling in a run and scoring on Tosado's sac fly in the 3rd and then each added a solo homer, Westfall's 21st and Tosado's 19th. The Rays were done in by an old friend in the finale as their one-time rotation staple Michael Prosecky held them to 1 run over 6 2/3 innings in a 3-2 Baltimore win. Jake Westfall's 6th-inning solo shot (#22) was all they managed off him and Nate Strickland had his own bases-empty blast in the 9th (#25) to make it close but that was it for the offense, which wasted a fine game from Ethan McElvain (6-5) at 6 5 3 2 1 4. Team record: 55-34. Next up: The All-Star break, after which we return to action with 4 big games in Toronto. We also have the draft on the day of the All-Star game.