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Art Deco · 03-13-2025, 09:35 AM

At long last the regular season is over and the Rays took 2 of 3 from Boston despite liberally using bench players.

They were shellacked 9-1 in the opener as Chris Ericson had his first truly bad outing in his second tour of duty as a Ray, giving up 6 runs in the first inning. Ericson (6-1) lost for the first time this year in Tampa Bay colors, going 3 7 7 6 2 4. Danny Arroyave's double brought home the only Rays run but it wasn't his 30th homer to give the Rays an MLB-record six in that club.

The Rays edged the Red Sox 2-1 in the second game on a pair of RBI singles from Justin Blackwell. Moises Baca got his first start of the year with the big club and went a respectable 5 5 1 1 2 3, Ken Battle (3-1) got the win with two scoreless in relief, and Tony Alicea closed it out for save #39.

The regular season finale was what nobody wanted (extra innings) but the Rays didn't let it linger too long as they got by Boston 4-3 in 10 innings. Jeremy Begley made the 40-homer club with his game-winning solo shot in the 10th after Danny Rivera tied it in the 9th with homer #22 (Rivera ended up above the Mendoza line thanks to a 3-hit game on Friday and finished at .205). Leo Gutierrez went 5 4 1 1 0 6, Branden Gammage (7-4) picked up the relief win, and Jon Coggin converted a rare save chance for his 2nd of the year.

Final Regular Season Record: 107-55. Next up: The ALDS against either Kansas City or Minnesota.

Archundia Watch: Well after weeks of watching he finally heated up with homers in each of the final two games, leaving him at 73 and tied with Barry Bonds for the single-season MLB record. The Cubs won 104 games as the class of the NL but suffered a key blow as Archundia's bash brother Kevin Aguillard, who had 54 homers (his third straight year and fourth in the last five with 50+), is done for the year with back spasms.

03-13-2025, 09:35 AM	#1499
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,615	October 1-3, 2038: at Boston (3) At long last the regular season is over and the Rays took 2 of 3 from Boston despite liberally using bench players. They were shellacked 9-1 in the opener as Chris Ericson had his first truly bad outing in his second tour of duty as a Ray, giving up 6 runs in the first inning. Ericson (6-1) lost for the first time this year in Tampa Bay colors, going 3 7 7 6 2 4. Danny Arroyave's double brought home the only Rays run but it wasn't his 30th homer to give the Rays an MLB-record six in that club. The Rays edged the Red Sox 2-1 in the second game on a pair of RBI singles from Justin Blackwell. Moises Baca got his first start of the year with the big club and went a respectable 5 5 1 1 2 3, Ken Battle (3-1) got the win with two scoreless in relief, and Tony Alicea closed it out for save #39. The regular season finale was what nobody wanted (extra innings) but the Rays didn't let it linger too long as they got by Boston 4-3 in 10 innings. Jeremy Begley made the 40-homer club with his game-winning solo shot in the 10th after Danny Rivera tied it in the 9th with homer #22 (Rivera ended up above the Mendoza line thanks to a 3-hit game on Friday and finished at .205). Leo Gutierrez went 5 4 1 1 0 6, Branden Gammage (7-4) picked up the relief win, and Jon Coggin converted a rare save chance for his 2nd of the year. Final Regular Season Record: 107-55. Next up: The ALDS against either Kansas City or Minnesota. Archundia Watch: Well after weeks of watching he finally heated up with homers in each of the final two games, leaving him at 73 and tied with Barry Bonds for the single-season MLB record. The Cubs won 104 games as the class of the NL but suffered a key blow as Archundia's bash brother Kevin Aguillard, who had 54 homers (his third straight year and fourth in the last five with 50+), is done for the year with back spasms. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-13-2025 at 09:41 AM.