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Art Deco · 08-15-2023, 11:45 PM

The offensive struggles continued and this time the Rays could only snag one win out of three. Toronto swept its series but then lost on our Monday off, so the division lead is down to 1 1/2 games.

The Rays did take the opener 7-0 over the Alamos although they packed just about all their scoring into one inning, a 6-run 5th. Bobby Marin's 2-run single made it 3-0 and a couple of batters later Luis Berumen launched a grand slam (#13) to put it away. They backed a dominant yet short outing from Joe Marlette, who improved to 8-4, 2.36 after going 5 3 0 0 3 10. Nick Wallerstedt ended up going the final 4 innings and recorded his 2nd save.

The second game was painful to watch as the Rays wasted 8 shutout innings from Danny Morales and lost 1-0 to San Antonio. Morales went 8 5 0 0 1 6 and gave way to Mike Moore (2-3) in the 9th, who promptly gave up the game's first and only run. Meanwhile the bats only managed five hits although one of them was a 1-out triple by Alex Rivas in the bottom of the 9th but Jake Westfall struck out and Luis Berumen grounded out to strand him and end the game.

The run of great pitching came to an end in the finale as the Alamos got the better of Tampa Bay 6-3. Chris Ferguson (3-6) nearly had a perfectly symmetrical yet perfectly awful line of 4.1 4 4 4 4 4 and the bullpen wasn't much help afterwards, allowing 2 of Ferguson's men to score and 2 of their own on solo homers. Speaking of solo homers, the Rays did get ones from Danny Charlton (#14) and Jake Westfall (#11) but not much else.

Team record: 49-26. Next up: An off-day then we're off to Detroit for 3 games.

08-15-2023, 11:45 PM	#1241
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,939	June 22-24, 2035: vs San Antonio (3) The offensive struggles continued and this time the Rays could only snag one win out of three. Toronto swept its series but then lost on our Monday off, so the division lead is down to 1 1/2 games. The Rays did take the opener 7-0 over the Alamos although they packed just about all their scoring into one inning, a 6-run 5th. Bobby Marin's 2-run single made it 3-0 and a couple of batters later Luis Berumen launched a grand slam (#13) to put it away. They backed a dominant yet short outing from Joe Marlette, who improved to 8-4, 2.36 after going 5 3 0 0 3 10. Nick Wallerstedt ended up going the final 4 innings and recorded his 2nd save. The second game was painful to watch as the Rays wasted 8 shutout innings from Danny Morales and lost 1-0 to San Antonio. Morales went 8 5 0 0 1 6 and gave way to Mike Moore (2-3) in the 9th, who promptly gave up the game's first and only run. Meanwhile the bats only managed five hits although one of them was a 1-out triple by Alex Rivas in the bottom of the 9th but Jake Westfall struck out and Luis Berumen grounded out to strand him and end the game. The run of great pitching came to an end in the finale as the Alamos got the better of Tampa Bay 6-3. Chris Ferguson (3-6) nearly had a perfectly symmetrical yet perfectly awful line of 4.1 4 4 4 4 4 and the bullpen wasn't much help afterwards, allowing 2 of Ferguson's men to score and 2 of their own on solo homers. Speaking of solo homers, the Rays did get ones from Danny Charlton (#14) and Jake Westfall (#11) but not much else. Team record: 49-26. Next up: An off-day then we're off to Detroit for 3 games.