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Old 05-16-2025, 02:58 PM   #976
Art Deco
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April 17-20, 2034: vs Baltimore (4)

Game 1: 3-2 W (11). WP-Little (1-1). Starter-Acosta (6 4 2 2 3 10). HR-Pino (6), K.White (4). After two solo homers in the first the Rays didn't score again until the 11th when Will Perez's first MLB RBI, a sac fly, brought home the walk-off winner. In between Acosta and the bullpen (a combined 5 1 0 0 2 7) were dominant.

Transaction: Benjamin Buckman comes off the IL to rejoin the rotation, with Jaden Stevenson moving back to the pen and Christian Rodriguez being DFA'd to make roster space.

Game 2: 2-1 W
. WP-Buckman (1-0, 6 6 1 1 1 5). S-R.Rodriguez (4). HR-J.Jones (1), C.Williams (1). The Rays continue to struggle to score runs this year (27th in MLB) but keep eking out low-scoring wins thanks to excellent pitching. Today it was Buckman in his season debut and the bullpen pitching 3 perfect innings behind him.

Game 3: 0-3 L
. LP-Najera (2-2, 6 4 1 1 2 5). You can win low-scoring games but you can't win no-scoring games and the Rays reached their offensive nadir today as they scratched out a mere two singles in losing.

Game 3: 4-2 W. WP-Fragoso (2-0, 5.1 5 2 2 3 5). S-R.Rodriguez (5). HR-Pino (7). The way things have gone lately 4 runs is a scoring orgy for Tampa Bay with Pino's homer and RBI doubles from Haro and Rutschman enough to beat Baltimore and win the series. The bullpen remains unbelievable, going 3.2 0 0 0 1 9 to close out another win.

Team record: 10-7, 1/2 game behind Toronto. Next up: off to Seattle for 3 games.

MLB News: Houston's Luis Robert picked up his 2000th career hit.
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