April 14-16, 2031: at Minnesota (3)
Transaction: Donye Evans went on the IL with his pronator strain and will be back in about a month. We're going to move Aldry Acosta into the rotation where he's rated well as a starter and Christian Rodriguez is called up from Durham to take on a mop-up/long relief role. with 55/45/40 ratings we're not going to want to use him in any key situations.
Game 1: 12-3 W. WP-Khattak (2-0, 5 3 3 3 3 2). HR-Alvarez 2 (2), Arrambide (2). Yordan hit his first two homers of the season and drove in 5 while Haro, Caminero and Cade Arrambide all knocked in a pair to lead a 14-hit attack in the rout, which snapped a 4-game losing streak.
Game 2: 6-2 W. WP-Bradley (1-1, 7.2 5 2 2 2 6). S-R.Rodriguez (2). HR-Haro (2), R.Solano (2), Alvarez (3). Bradley was Taj-riffic and Yordan hit a big 3-run homer to lead the Rays to another win over the Twins.
Game 3: 10-4 W. WP-Onyshko (1-0). Starter-Eldridge (4.1 7 3 3 3 3). HR-Hardy (2). Yordan capped a big series (8-12, 3 HR, 10 RBI) by going 4-5 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI, but on the second double in the 9th he strained his oblique and will be gone for about 5 weeks. We somehow made it through last season with the injury-prone Alvarez staying healthy but things finally caught up to us. Hardy was also 3-4 with a 2-run homer as the sweep was completed and 28 runs were scored.
Team record: 6-4. Next up: An off-day then we slide over to Wisconsin to play 3 in Milwaukee.
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