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Art Deco · 01-26-2025, 10:37 AM

Dead in the water...

A truly pathetic performance on offense (offensive, to say the least) doomed the Rays to a nearly-insurmountable 0-3 hole in the ALCS as they lost another marathon heartbreaker 1-0 to the Mariners. The record will show Seattle won this game when Fernando Costume wild-pitched the winner home from the 3rd with 2 out in the 13th, but it was more like the Rays lost it with a horrendous day at the plate, mustering only 5 hits through 13 innings while fanning 18 times. And eyes turn to the man who could be MVP in the AL for the second straight year - Fernando Tatis Jr. who was 0-5 today with 3 whiffs, is 1-15 with 9 whiffs in this series, and is 4-30 with 0 HR and 1 RBI this postseason. But he has plenty of company, especially in this series. The Rays did have a brief glimmer of hope in the top of the 13th when Ben Schmidt (a season-long disappointment who was 1-for-18 himself in these playoffs) tripled with two out, but Joe Edwards was strikeout victim #18 and Seattle took the game shortly thereafter, negating another outstanding performance from the Rays bullpen. At this point of these recaps I always say "it's up to (tomorrow's starting pitcher)" to do something but with the way the bats have been going it's really up to them to support Brock Porter tomorrow and keep the season alive.

In yesterday's NLCS Game 2:

Not much scoring in that series either as it's looking like a west coast World Series.

01-26-2025, 10:37 AM	#228
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,396	October 19-20, 2032: ALCS Game 3 & NLCS Game 2 Dead in the water... A truly pathetic performance on offense (offensive, to say the least) doomed the Rays to a nearly-insurmountable 0-3 hole in the ALCS as they lost another marathon heartbreaker 1-0 to the Mariners. The record will show Seattle won this game when Fernando Costume wild-pitched the winner home from the 3rd with 2 out in the 13th, but it was more like the Rays lost it with a horrendous day at the plate, mustering only 5 hits through 13 innings while fanning 18 times. And eyes turn to the man who could be MVP in the AL for the second straight year - Fernando Tatis Jr. who was 0-5 today with 3 whiffs, is 1-15 with 9 whiffs in this series, and is 4-30 with 0 HR and 1 RBI this postseason. But he has plenty of company, especially in this series. The Rays did have a brief glimmer of hope in the top of the 13th when Ben Schmidt (a season-long disappointment who was 1-for-18 himself in these playoffs) tripled with two out, but Joe Edwards was strikeout victim #18 and Seattle took the game shortly thereafter, negating another outstanding performance from the Rays bullpen. At this point of these recaps I always say "it's up to (tomorrow's starting pitcher)" to do something but with the way the bats have been going it's really up to them to support Brock Porter tomorrow and keep the season alive. In yesterday's NLCS Game 2: Not much scoring in that series either as it's looking like a west coast World Series.