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Art Deco · 10-19-2024, 04:04 PM

Game 1: The Rays continue to make it difficult for themselves to put the AL East to bed as the offense was punchless in a 2-0, 10-inning loss to the Blue Jays. Mario Berumen (8-2) served up a 2-run homer to Toronto in his second inning of work and that was it as the bats only managed 4 hits. Brad Villarreal was excellent (7 7 0 0 1 5) with nothing to show for it.

Game 2: Tampa Bay clinched a tie for the division tonight in Toronto but it wasn't anything they did as the Jays came back to beat them again 6-5 while the Yankees lost to Detroit. This one should have been in hand with them up 4-1 in the 7th but Steve Cleland crapped the bed, giving up 4 runs in the inning and although Kang-cheol Lee hit a solo homer (#18) in the 8th to tie it back up Aden Guardado (6-3) surrendered a longball in the bottom of the inning to lose it. Erik Witten was decent (4.1 6 1 1 0 2) in the start and the Rays also got a 2-run homer in the 6th from Sung-min Yang (#18).

Game 3: The Tampa Bay Rays, your 2055 AL East Champions. But they accomplished the dictionary definition of backing in as they started October in the same way they played most of September: poorly as they were whipped 9-2 by the Jays. Fortunately the Yankees went down to defeat in Detroit again and that was enough to wrap things up. Ezquiel Avalos homered (#23) and this one was as close at 4-2 before Toronto put 5 on the board in the 8th. Tim Johnson (4-8) got the start as scheduled starter Dave Rose was held back in case it came down to Monday's makeup game with New York and Johnson pitched decently at 5 5 3 2 1 5. So yay, I guess.

Game 4: With all the pressure off and a lineup full of benchwarmers the Rays won the finale 7-0 and amazingly got a 2-hit complete game shutout from Melvin Lopez (8-7), who started the day with a 5.64 ERA as a Ray but went 9 2 0 0 2 9 on 119 pitches to possibly secure a spot in the playoff rotation. He was supported by a 2-run Alex Brown homer (#4) and a Cesar Scroggins solo shot (#6).

Team record: 94-67. We still have a makeup game in New York tomorrow which OOTP is going to make us play.

MLB Playoff Race Update: The one race going for the NL Wild Cards finished in complete chaos as Indianapolis, Arizona and Pittsburgh all tied for the two wild card spots, meaning these teams are going to have a 3-game playoff and then two of them will play each other in a wild card game. This will likely delay the start of the playoffs proper for several days.

10-19-2024, 04:04 PM	#2735
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,128	September 30-October 2, 2055: at Toronto (4) Game 1: The Rays continue to make it difficult for themselves to put the AL East to bed as the offense was punchless in a 2-0, 10-inning loss to the Blue Jays. Mario Berumen (8-2) served up a 2-run homer to Toronto in his second inning of work and that was it as the bats only managed 4 hits. Brad Villarreal was excellent (7 7 0 0 1 5) with nothing to show for it. Game 2: Tampa Bay clinched a tie for the division tonight in Toronto but it wasn't anything they did as the Jays came back to beat them again 6-5 while the Yankees lost to Detroit. This one should have been in hand with them up 4-1 in the 7th but Steve Cleland crapped the bed, giving up 4 runs in the inning and although Kang-cheol Lee hit a solo homer (#18) in the 8th to tie it back up Aden Guardado (6-3) surrendered a longball in the bottom of the inning to lose it. Erik Witten was decent (4.1 6 1 1 0 2) in the start and the Rays also got a 2-run homer in the 6th from Sung-min Yang (#18). Game 3: The Tampa Bay Rays, your 2055 AL East Champions. But they accomplished the dictionary definition of backing in as they started October in the same way they played most of September: poorly as they were whipped 9-2 by the Jays. Fortunately the Yankees went down to defeat in Detroit again and that was enough to wrap things up. Ezquiel Avalos homered (#23) and this one was as close at 4-2 before Toronto put 5 on the board in the 8th. Tim Johnson (4-8) got the start as scheduled starter Dave Rose was held back in case it came down to Monday's makeup game with New York and Johnson pitched decently at 5 5 3 2 1 5. So yay, I guess. Game 4: With all the pressure off and a lineup full of benchwarmers the Rays won the finale 7-0 and amazingly got a 2-hit complete game shutout from Melvin Lopez (8-7), who started the day with a 5.64 ERA as a Ray but went 9 2 0 0 2 9 on 119 pitches to possibly secure a spot in the playoff rotation. He was supported by a 2-run Alex Brown homer (#4) and a Cesar Scroggins solo shot (#6). Team record: 94-67. We still have a makeup game in New York tomorrow which OOTP is going to make us play. MLB Playoff Race Update: The one race going for the NL Wild Cards finished in complete chaos as Indianapolis, Arizona and Pittsburgh all tied for the two wild card spots, meaning these teams are going to have a 3-game playoff and then two of them will play each other in a wild card game. This will likely delay the start of the playoffs proper for several days.