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Old 07-11-2023, 08:35 PM   #624
Art Deco
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August 3-5, 2029: vs Toronto (3)

Game 1: 6-5 W. WP-Riley (3-1). S-Diaz (18). Starter-Khattak (6 7 4 4 3 4). HR-R.Castillo (3), DeLoach (18), Santana (30). Santana's solo homer in the 8th broke a 5-5 tie and Castillo's homer was a 3-run shot in the 1st.

Game 2: 4-0 W
. WP-Eldridge (10-4, 6 4 0 0 2 5). S-Acosta (2). HR-Luciano (15). Eldridge and Acosta combined on a 4-hit shutout and Luciano drove in 3 with a 2-run homer and RBI double to make it 4 straight wins.

Transaction: Activated 1B/3B Anthony Rendon from the 15-day IL, optioned 1B Robby Castillo to AAA Durham.

Castillo had 3 homers while filling in the last couple of weeks for Nelson Haro, and Rendon will DH in Haro's spot for now and when Haro comes back we'll see about playing Rendon and Luciano.

Game 3: 7-3 W. WP-Swanda (7-7, 6 6 2 2 4 6). S-Diaz (19). HR-Albies (10), Caminero (16), Rivera (13). I said in the previous post the Rays would need to sweep to make it a race in the division and amazingly they did, pulling within 3 1/2 of Toronto. Caminero was 4-4 with a double and a 3-run homer while Albies had a 2-run shot. Anthony Rendon was 0-3 with a walk in his Rays debut.

Team record: 60-52. In addition to pulling much closer in the division the Rays are now tied for the second wild card with Cleveland, 1/2 game up on Oakland. Next up: We head south to Miami for 3 games.

Rays news: James Wood did not sulk when he was sent to Durham a few weeks ago and may be coming back very soon. He was IL Player of the Week after going 11-22 with 3 HR and 9 RBI this week and is hitting 421/500/877 with 5 HR and 16 RBI in 15 games.
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