August 10-12, 2029: at Seattle (3)
Game 1: 9-2 W. WP-Swanda (8-7, 7.1 4 2 2 1 4). HR-Wood (14), DeLoach (20), Santana (32), Albies (11), Caminero (20). Rays went homer-happy at T-Mobile Park and extended their win streak to 9. James Wood had the kind of big day we've been waiting all season for, doubling in 2 and hitting a 2-run homer.
Game 2: 4-14 L. LP-Eldridge (10-5, 1.1 8 7 7 1 1). HR-Franco (16), Santana (33). All good things, as they say, and the Rays win streak was over by the 2nd inning as Seattle pounded Eldridge and went up 7-0. Wander drove in 3 in a losing cause.
Game 2: 4-3 W. WP-Riley (4-1). S-Diaz (21). Starter-German (5 6 3 2 2 5). HR-Santana (34), Albies (12). Rays got back in the win column thanks to Wood's RBI single in the 8th that broke a 3-3 tie. Albies had a 4-hit day including the homer and Santana homered for the fourth straight game.
Team record: 65-53. Toronto swept so we've dropped back 2 1/2 games in the East while taking over the first wild card slot. We've actually ascended to #1 in the power rankings for what that's worth (nothing, really) as the team holding the best record in the majors is the Dodgers at 68-50, only 3 games better than the Rays as nobody has dominated this season.
MLB News: Ballyhooed pitching prospect Nehemiah Bell of Atlanta pitched a no-hitter as the rookie went 9 0 0 0 3 9 against Washington on 110 pitches. And Houston's Carlos Correa, on his third tour of duty with the club, hit career homer #300.
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