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Art Deco · 08-01-2023, 02:14 PM

The traditional Opening Day box:

A tough loss on Opening Day for the Rays, coming through to tie it up in the top of the 9th on a clutch Ezequiel Avalos single only for Steve Talbott to cough up a 2-out homer in the bottom of the frame to let Toronto walk it off. Dave Rose turned in a fine outing but the bats were limp until the 9th.

Game 2: The bats came alive but the pitching was terrible today and the bullpen lost another lead late to doom the Rays to an 0-2 start after a 10-7 loss. A 4-run 6th highlighted by Jesus Avalos' second homer of the day, a 3-run shot, put the Rays up 7-5 while Jose Machado hit his first MLB dinger and David Morales added a rare solo shot. Melvin Lopez gave one back in the 6th and finished a terrible 5 8 6 6 1 2 with 3 homers allowed but they still held a lead into the 8th when Marco Berumen (0-1) blew up, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits including a home run to cost them the game.

April 5: Claimed P Steve Cleland on waivers from Austin, optioned 3B Kang-cheol Lee to AAA Durham.

We're back at a 14/14 balance on the roster with the pickup of Cleland, a veteran reliever with fine 60/70/55 ratings. The groundballer is capable of starting but with 40 stamina.

Game 3: The miserable start to 2053 continued as the Rays fought back from 3-0 to tie it, only to allow the go-ahead run and lose 4-3 to drop to 0-3. The Rays were blanked through 5 but broke through for 3 in the 6th on a Jon Morales RBI double and Luis Barela's first homer of the year, a 2-run shot and the 523rd of his illustrious career. But Tim Johnson (0-1) put a man on with one out in the 6th and former Jays closer Steve Bourassa gave up the hit that let Johnson's man score and that was that. Johnson finished 5.1 5 4 4 5 5 with 2 homers allowed.

Game 4: Hallelujah the Rays finally won a game as they routed the Jays 10-2 and actually ended up outscoring them 22-19 for the series despite losing 3 of 4. They broke out early, going up 7-0 by the 2nd including the first MLB homer from Sung-min Yang (who also had an RBI double), another homer from Jose Machado, and the first of the year from Ezequiel Avalos who drove in 3 on the day. Ben Hilton won his Rays debut in a decent 5.2 6 2 2 2 4 outing although he too allowed a pair of homers but limited the damage otherwise.

Team record: 1-3. Next up: We'll play our home opener to kick off a 3-game series with Texas.

08-01-2023, 02:14 PM	#2527
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,709	April 3-6, 2053: at Toronto (4) The traditional Opening Day box: A tough loss on Opening Day for the Rays, coming through to tie it up in the top of the 9th on a clutch Ezequiel Avalos single only for Steve Talbott to cough up a 2-out homer in the bottom of the frame to let Toronto walk it off. Dave Rose turned in a fine outing but the bats were limp until the 9th. Game 2: The bats came alive but the pitching was terrible today and the bullpen lost another lead late to doom the Rays to an 0-2 start after a 10-7 loss. A 4-run 6th highlighted by Jesus Avalos' second homer of the day, a 3-run shot, put the Rays up 7-5 while Jose Machado hit his first MLB dinger and David Morales added a rare solo shot. Melvin Lopez gave one back in the 6th and finished a terrible 5 8 6 6 1 2 with 3 homers allowed but they still held a lead into the 8th when Marco Berumen (0-1) blew up, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits including a home run to cost them the game. April 5: Claimed P Steve Cleland on waivers from Austin, optioned 3B Kang-cheol Lee to AAA Durham. We're back at a 14/14 balance on the roster with the pickup of Cleland, a veteran reliever with fine 60/70/55 ratings. The groundballer is capable of starting but with 40 stamina. Game 3: The miserable start to 2053 continued as the Rays fought back from 3-0 to tie it, only to allow the go-ahead run and lose 4-3 to drop to 0-3. The Rays were blanked through 5 but broke through for 3 in the 6th on a Jon Morales RBI double and Luis Barela's first homer of the year, a 2-run shot and the 523rd of his illustrious career. But Tim Johnson (0-1) put a man on with one out in the 6th and former Jays closer Steve Bourassa gave up the hit that let Johnson's man score and that was that. Johnson finished 5.1 5 4 4 5 5 with 2 homers allowed. Game 4: Hallelujah the Rays finally won a game as they routed the Jays 10-2 and actually ended up outscoring them 22-19 for the series despite losing 3 of 4. They broke out early, going up 7-0 by the 2nd including the first MLB homer from Sung-min Yang (who also had an RBI double), another homer from Jose Machado, and the first of the year from Ezequiel Avalos who drove in 3 on the day. Ben Hilton won his Rays debut in a decent 5.2 6 2 2 2 4 outing although he too allowed a pair of homers but limited the damage otherwise. Team record: 1-3. Next up: We'll play our home opener to kick off a 3-game series with Texas.