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Art Deco · 02-14-2024, 12:37 AM

The Rays stayed baseball's hottest team, extending their win streak to 11 and reducing their magic number to 12 after sweeping the NL East-leading Marlins in a trio of close affairs.

Wander Franco was 3-3 with a walk and a solo homer (#12) to lead the Rays to a 4-3 win over the Marlins in the opener. Joe Stack made it two straight years in the 30-homer club with a solo shot of his own and Danny Mauricio (3-0) went 2 1/3 scoreless for the win in relief of Jordan Rodriguez, who went 4.1 3 1 1 2 2. Jadon Smith surrendered a two-run homer in the 8th to let Miami within one but Eric Lewis closed the door with a perfect 9th for save #31.

Transaction: Rookie starter Leo Gutierrez was recalled after two decent starts in his rehab at Durham and he'll rejoin the Rays to start the second game of this series after missing nearly 4 months with shoulder inflammation. David Marin was optioned to the Bulls.

The Rays lost a 4-2 lead to Miami but Alex Rivas' pinch-RBI single in the 8th enabled them to take a 5-4 win. Joe Stack stayed toasty with a 2-run homer (#31) and Leo Gutierrez started for the first time since May and finished an effective 6 5 3 2 0 5, but Ruben Abeyta cost him the win by giving up the tying run in the 7th. The Rivas single in the 8th made a winner of Mike Moore (3-3) and Eric Lewis saved again (#32).

Joe Marlette pitched a dud in the finale and it looked like the win streak would end after the Marlins were up 5-1 going into the bottom of the 7th. But the Rays erupted with 4 to tie it in that inning and plated 3 more in the 8th to stun Miami 8-5 and complete the sweep. Marlette got his whiffs but was hit hard otherwise in going 5 9 5 5 1 7 including a couple of homers allowed. It was Danny Charlton to the rescue though and his 3-run homer (#35) in the 7th tied it up as he eclipsed the 100-RBI plateau, and then in the 8th Duk-yoon Ko's RBI single broke the deadlock and they tacked a couple of more on. Ko, who has hit 500/647/600 since coming back up on 9/1, was 2-3 with 2 walks, a double and that big ribbie. Mike Moore (4-3) won for the second straight day in relief and this time Jadon Smith pitched the 9th for his 5th save.

Team record: 88-49. Next up: Off to Seattle for 3.

02-14-2024, 12:37 AM	#1333
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,622	September 5-7, 2036: vs Miami (3) The Rays stayed baseball's hottest team, extending their win streak to 11 and reducing their magic number to 12 after sweeping the NL East-leading Marlins in a trio of close affairs. Wander Franco was 3-3 with a walk and a solo homer (#12) to lead the Rays to a 4-3 win over the Marlins in the opener. Joe Stack made it two straight years in the 30-homer club with a solo shot of his own and Danny Mauricio (3-0) went 2 1/3 scoreless for the win in relief of Jordan Rodriguez, who went 4.1 3 1 1 2 2. Jadon Smith surrendered a two-run homer in the 8th to let Miami within one but Eric Lewis closed the door with a perfect 9th for save #31. Transaction: Rookie starter Leo Gutierrez was recalled after two decent starts in his rehab at Durham and he'll rejoin the Rays to start the second game of this series after missing nearly 4 months with shoulder inflammation. David Marin was optioned to the Bulls. The Rays lost a 4-2 lead to Miami but Alex Rivas' pinch-RBI single in the 8th enabled them to take a 5-4 win. Joe Stack stayed toasty with a 2-run homer (#31) and Leo Gutierrez started for the first time since May and finished an effective 6 5 3 2 0 5, but Ruben Abeyta cost him the win by giving up the tying run in the 7th. The Rivas single in the 8th made a winner of Mike Moore (3-3) and Eric Lewis saved again (#32). Joe Marlette pitched a dud in the finale and it looked like the win streak would end after the Marlins were up 5-1 going into the bottom of the 7th. But the Rays erupted with 4 to tie it in that inning and plated 3 more in the 8th to stun Miami 8-5 and complete the sweep. Marlette got his whiffs but was hit hard otherwise in going 5 9 5 5 1 7 including a couple of homers allowed. It was Danny Charlton to the rescue though and his 3-run homer (#35) in the 7th tied it up as he eclipsed the 100-RBI plateau, and then in the 8th Duk-yoon Ko's RBI single broke the deadlock and they tacked a couple of more on. Ko, who has hit 500/647/600 since coming back up on 9/1, was 2-3 with 2 walks, a double and that big ribbie. Mike Moore (4-3) won for the second straight day in relief and this time Jadon Smith pitched the 9th for his 5th save. Team record: 88-49. Next up: Off to Seattle for 3.