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Art Deco · 09-30-2023, 08:37 PM

The Rays took 3 of 4 from the Red Sox as they approach the playoffs, but suffered a key injury in the process.

It was a pretty routine 4-1 win in the opener as Chris Ferguson continues to make a last-ditch effort to join the playoff rotation, going 7 5 1 1 2 4 in his second excellent start in a row after suffering through about a two-month period of poor pitching. The win got him to 8-12 and Ajani Riddick finished up for his 2nd save. Joe Stack (#30, surpassing his rookie total of 29) and Luis Berumen (#32) homered off former Ray Shane Baz while Berumen added an RBI double.

Joe Scheu was sterling and the Rays shut out the Sox 3-0 in the second game. The lefty improved to 16-6, 3.04 after a 7 6 0 0 1 5 performance, with Mike Moore closing it out for his 21st save. Bobby Marin's 2-run first inning single held up as all the runs they'd need.

The Rays lost a lot more than a baseball game in the third tilt as slugging 1B/DH Danny Charlton suffered a strained oblique which will end his season as they dropped a 5-4 decision to Boston. He finishes his season 266/352/543 with 35 HR and 92 RBI and will be sorely missed come playoff time. His absence will mean a regular role against righties for Duk-yoon Ko in RF with Luis Berumen shifting to DH and Alex Rivas will start against lefties as he had been doing. As for the game Danny Morales' own error led to 4 unearned runs in the 3rd. Morales (18-3) finished a decent 7 6 5 1 0 3 while Joe Stack paced the offense going 3-4 with HR #31 and 2 RBI.

Transaction: Charlton was placed on the IL and Agustin Lopez was called up from Durham, giving us a RH bat on the bench who can play multiple positions and pinch-run.

The Rays had to go extra innings in the finale, edging Boston 4-3 in 10 on Alex Rivas' bases-loaded RBI single. Mike Moore (6-6) got the win and Kevin DiCostanzo was 6 3 3 0 4 5 in his final tune-up start before the playoffs. Bobby Marin (#20) and Joe Stack (#32) added solo homers with Stack now one RBI away from 100.

Team record: 105-54. Next up: We close out the regular season with 3 games in New York against the Yankees.

Playoff race update: There aren't any. 2035 will go down as one of the dullest final weekends in MLB history as everything is clinched with the lone exception of the third wild card where San Diego is 3 up on Cincinnati and Colorado with 3 games left, so their magic number is 1 (and I haven't checked the tiebreakers - they may actually have already clinched).

09-30-2023, 08:37 PM	#1271
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,946	September 24-27, 2035: vs Boston (4) The Rays took 3 of 4 from the Red Sox as they approach the playoffs, but suffered a key injury in the process. It was a pretty routine 4-1 win in the opener as Chris Ferguson continues to make a last-ditch effort to join the playoff rotation, going 7 5 1 1 2 4 in his second excellent start in a row after suffering through about a two-month period of poor pitching. The win got him to 8-12 and Ajani Riddick finished up for his 2nd save. Joe Stack (#30, surpassing his rookie total of 29) and Luis Berumen (#32) homered off former Ray Shane Baz while Berumen added an RBI double. Joe Scheu was sterling and the Rays shut out the Sox 3-0 in the second game. The lefty improved to 16-6, 3.04 after a 7 6 0 0 1 5 performance, with Mike Moore closing it out for his 21st save. Bobby Marin's 2-run first inning single held up as all the runs they'd need. The Rays lost a lot more than a baseball game in the third tilt as slugging 1B/DH Danny Charlton suffered a strained oblique which will end his season as they dropped a 5-4 decision to Boston. He finishes his season 266/352/543 with 35 HR and 92 RBI and will be sorely missed come playoff time. His absence will mean a regular role against righties for Duk-yoon Ko in RF with Luis Berumen shifting to DH and Alex Rivas will start against lefties as he had been doing. As for the game Danny Morales' own error led to 4 unearned runs in the 3rd. Morales (18-3) finished a decent 7 6 5 1 0 3 while Joe Stack paced the offense going 3-4 with HR #31 and 2 RBI. Transaction: Charlton was placed on the IL and Agustin Lopez was called up from Durham, giving us a RH bat on the bench who can play multiple positions and pinch-run. The Rays had to go extra innings in the finale, edging Boston 4-3 in 10 on Alex Rivas' bases-loaded RBI single. Mike Moore (6-6) got the win and Kevin DiCostanzo was 6 3 3 0 4 5 in his final tune-up start before the playoffs. Bobby Marin (#20) and Joe Stack (#32) added solo homers with Stack now one RBI away from 100. Team record: 105-54. Next up: We close out the regular season with 3 games in New York against the Yankees. Playoff race update: There aren't any. 2035 will go down as one of the dullest final weekends in MLB history as everything is clinched with the lone exception of the third wild card where San Diego is 3 up on Cincinnati and Colorado with 3 games left, so their magic number is 1 (and I haven't checked the tiebreakers - they may actually have already clinched). Last edited by Art Deco; 09-30-2023 at 08:38 PM.