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Art Deco · 08-05-2023, 05:59 PM

The Rays swept the 2-game quickie series from the Yankees and with Toronto actually losing a game we're only 1/2 game back entering the big series with the Jays at the Trop up next.

Transaction: We'll have to get used to life without Wander Franco for a while with rookie prospect Claus Hoppenbrouwers recalled from Durham for a second stint with the big club this year. He'll play the bulk of the time at 2B with Agustin Lopez factoring in as well.

Joe Scheu continues to demonstrate he was an inspired acquisition from St. Louis for Nate Strickland last winter as he and a pair of relievers combined on a 5-hit shutout in a 6-0 Rays win over the Yankees. Scheu went 6 4 0 0 1 3 and is now 7-2, 2.56. Luis Berumen was 3-5 with an RBI double, Danny Arroyave doubled and hit a solo homer (#4), and Joe Stack busted it open with a Triple Stack™, a 3-run homer (#11) in the 8th.

The Rays took a 5-3 win in the second game behind a fine outing from Kevin DiCostanzo and three homers from unlikely sources. The unlikeliest of them came leading off the game when Alex Rivas hit one off the LCF wall and it took a crazy carom enabling Rivas to circle the bases for an inside-the-parker, his 3rd homer of the year. Also going deep were Claus Hoppenbrouwers (#2) and William Contreras (#3), back-to-back in the 3rd. Contreras finished the day 3-3 with a HBP and 2 RBI. DiCostanzo (7-2) meanwhile coasted with an early 5-0 lead, going 6 6 1 1 2 7, and after Devon Williams made things far too interesting once again in the 9th by allowing back-to-back jacks with a 4-run lead, Mike Moore got the final two outs for save #9.

Team record: 33-14. Next up: That huge 3-game series against the Jays at the Trop.

08-05-2023, 05:59 PM	#1232
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,080	May 23-24, 2035: vs NY Yankees (2) The Rays swept the 2-game quickie series from the Yankees and with Toronto actually losing a game we're only 1/2 game back entering the big series with the Jays at the Trop up next. Transaction: We'll have to get used to life without Wander Franco for a while with rookie prospect Claus Hoppenbrouwers recalled from Durham for a second stint with the big club this year. He'll play the bulk of the time at 2B with Agustin Lopez factoring in as well. Joe Scheu continues to demonstrate he was an inspired acquisition from St. Louis for Nate Strickland last winter as he and a pair of relievers combined on a 5-hit shutout in a 6-0 Rays win over the Yankees. Scheu went 6 4 0 0 1 3 and is now 7-2, 2.56. Luis Berumen was 3-5 with an RBI double, Danny Arroyave doubled and hit a solo homer (#4), and Joe Stack busted it open with a Triple Stack™, a 3-run homer (#11) in the 8th. The Rays took a 5-3 win in the second game behind a fine outing from Kevin DiCostanzo and three homers from unlikely sources. The unlikeliest of them came leading off the game when Alex Rivas hit one off the LCF wall and it took a crazy carom enabling Rivas to circle the bases for an inside-the-parker, his 3rd homer of the year. Also going deep were Claus Hoppenbrouwers (#2) and William Contreras (#3), back-to-back in the 3rd. Contreras finished the day 3-3 with a HBP and 2 RBI. DiCostanzo (7-2) meanwhile coasted with an early 5-0 lead, going 6 6 1 1 2 7, and after Devon Williams made things far too interesting once again in the 9th by allowing back-to-back jacks with a 4-run lead, Mike Moore got the final two outs for save #9. Team record: 33-14. Next up: That huge 3-game series against the Jays at the Trop.