September 14-16, 2029: vs Kansas City (3)
Game 1: 4-2 W. WP-Dodson (4-3). S-Diaz (27). Starter-Evans (4 4 2 2 4 7). HR-Santana (41). Santana's 3-run homer in the first propelled the Rays to victory in the opener.
Game 2: 5-2 W. WP-Eldridge (11-7, 6.2 4 1 1 2 6). S-Diaz (28). HR-Santana (42), Franco (21). Another big 3-run homer from Santana, this time breaking a 1-1 tie in the 4th, won it for the Rays as he reached the 100-RBI mark for the first time in his career.
Game 3: 3-6 L (15). LP-Ruegger (0-1). Starter-German (4.2 4 2 2 4 5). Rays should have had the sweep but Trey Riley blew the lead in the 9th as Edwin Diaz was tired from the previous two days. Ironically it finally got to the point where we had to throw Diaz back in there and sure enough he gave up a 3-run homer in the 15th with Ruegger's men aboard to lose it.
Team record: 82-67. We did gain a game on the Red Sox, now 2 up in the first wild card and with a magic # of 8 to clinch a playoff spot. Next up: An off-day then 3 games in Milwaukee. The Brewers are MLB's worst squad at 46-103 so I'm sure we'll lose 2 of 3.
MLB News: Trea Turner of the Cubs slugged career homer #300.
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