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Art Deco · 10-10-2024, 04:42 PM

Game 1: The Rays came back and finally stopped the rot, breaking a 7-game losing streak by edging Baltimore 5-4 at Publix Park. Down 3-1 in the 6th Tampa Bay scored 4 times, although it wasn't pretty with Luis Barela's bases-loaded walk tying the game then a dropped fly ball by an Oriole OF allowed the decisive two runs to score. Cesar Scoggins had earlier homered (#5) for the Rays while Tim Johnson had a typical mediocre start at 5.1 5 3 3 2 5. Warren Dalton (3-0) picked up the relief win and Mario Berumen earned save #37 despite allowing a run in the 9th.

September 21: Activated 1B Nesty de la Rosa from the IL, optioned C/1B Dave Gonzalez to AAA Durham.

After Nesty got hurt in July we acquired Joel Bland who took over the position and hit well, so now Bland will move to LF against righties with Jose Lozada back to only starting against lefties (not terribly fair to him since he's having a fine season).

Game 2: The Rays beat Baltimore late again 10-8 in 10 innings but they shouldn't have had to work that hard as they squandered a 6-1 lead in the 7th. But if they hadn't blow the big lead Joel Bland wouldn't have had to chance to be an epic hero on the day, hitting a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game and then another 2-run blast in the 10th to win it, giving him 12 as a Ray and 25 overall. It all started so well with Kang-cheol Lee going yard (#17) and Ezequiel Avalos unloading a 3-run shot (#22) to build that healthy lead. And with Dave Rose on the mound what could go wrong? Plenty, it turned out as Rose suddenly couldn't get anyone out in the 7th, allowing a run and leaving the bases loaded for Nate Trevathan, who poured fuel on the fire and a 6-1 lead quickly turned into a 7-6 deficit. Mario Berumen (8-1) ended up with the win after a scoreless 10th, thanks to Bland's feat.

Game 3: This time the Rays dug themselves far too large a hole to get out of as Baltimore scored 7 in the first off Melvin Lopez and went on to rout the Rays 16-7. Lopez (7-6) clearly didn't have it and went 0.2 6 7 7 2 0 in a brutal outing. Phil Weststrom then proceeded to give up 6 more runs in the 3 innings to follow and it was one of those days. Jose Lozada homered (#15) and drove in a pair in the losing effort.

Team record: 91-61. The Yankees also took 2 of 3 to stay 4 1/2 back but the magic number dropped to 6. Next up: After a day off a big series with those Yankees in the Bronx and not a great time to go there on the heels of losing 8 of 10. We'll see if they can right the ship.

10-10-2024, 04:42 PM	#2732
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,632	September 20-22, 2055: vs Baltimore (3) Game 1: The Rays came back and finally stopped the rot, breaking a 7-game losing streak by edging Baltimore 5-4 at Publix Park. Down 3-1 in the 6th Tampa Bay scored 4 times, although it wasn't pretty with Luis Barela's bases-loaded walk tying the game then a dropped fly ball by an Oriole OF allowed the decisive two runs to score. Cesar Scoggins had earlier homered (#5) for the Rays while Tim Johnson had a typical mediocre start at 5.1 5 3 3 2 5. Warren Dalton (3-0) picked up the relief win and Mario Berumen earned save #37 despite allowing a run in the 9th. September 21: Activated 1B Nesty de la Rosa from the IL, optioned C/1B Dave Gonzalez to AAA Durham. After Nesty got hurt in July we acquired Joel Bland who took over the position and hit well, so now Bland will move to LF against righties with Jose Lozada back to only starting against lefties (not terribly fair to him since he's having a fine season). Game 2: The Rays beat Baltimore late again 10-8 in 10 innings but they shouldn't have had to work that hard as they squandered a 6-1 lead in the 7th. But if they hadn't blow the big lead Joel Bland wouldn't have had to chance to be an epic hero on the day, hitting a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game and then another 2-run blast in the 10th to win it, giving him 12 as a Ray and 25 overall. It all started so well with Kang-cheol Lee going yard (#17) and Ezequiel Avalos unloading a 3-run shot (#22) to build that healthy lead. And with Dave Rose on the mound what could go wrong? Plenty, it turned out as Rose suddenly couldn't get anyone out in the 7th, allowing a run and leaving the bases loaded for Nate Trevathan, who poured fuel on the fire and a 6-1 lead quickly turned into a 7-6 deficit. Mario Berumen (8-1) ended up with the win after a scoreless 10th, thanks to Bland's feat. Game 3: This time the Rays dug themselves far too large a hole to get out of as Baltimore scored 7 in the first off Melvin Lopez and went on to rout the Rays 16-7. Lopez (7-6) clearly didn't have it and went 0.2 6 7 7 2 0 in a brutal outing. Phil Weststrom then proceeded to give up 6 more runs in the 3 innings to follow and it was one of those days. Jose Lozada homered (#15) and drove in a pair in the losing effort. Team record: 91-61. The Yankees also took 2 of 3 to stay 4 1/2 back but the magic number dropped to 6. Next up: After a day off a big series with those Yankees in the Bronx and not a great time to go there on the heels of losing 8 of 10. We'll see if they can right the ship.