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Art Deco · 06-05-2025, 07:27 PM

The Rays returned to their personal house of horrors Seattle's T-Mobile Park, where their World Series dreams went to die the last two seasons, and it was more disappointment as they dropped two out of three.

The Mariners came in the hottest team in baseball with 11 straight wins and walked away with their 12th after beating the Rays 6-5 in the opener. Ruben Cerrillo (5-5) had his worst start as a Ray, giving up a pair of homers in a rough 4 10 6 6 0 1 outing, only marginally better than the 6 he gave up the previous time out in 4 1/3 innings. The offense did get back in the game on solo homers from Danny Arroyave (#19), Danny Rodriguez (#6) and Jeremy Begley (#18) but it wasn't enoguh.

Moises Baca had a rough time of it in the second game and the Rays became Seattle's 13th straight victim in a 5-3 loss. Baca seems to alternate between brilliant and brutal and he was definitely the latter today, going 3 5 4 4 2 4 and needing 80 pitches to do so. Frank Duron was 3-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored as one of the few Rays able to hold his head high on the day.

The Rays held a 4-0 lead in the finale and Sergio Espinoza took a no-hitter into the 7th and despite that they blew that lead and had to end up winning in 10 innings 5-4, snapping Seattle's 13-game win streak. 2-run homers from Justin Blackwell (#7) and Danny Perez (#18, his first in just over a month) gave Tampa Bay the advantage and Espinoza was rolling until the 7th, when with one out he walked a pair and then lost the no-hitter by giving up a 3-run homer. Walt Kelly then blew the save in the 9th allowing the Mariners to equalize but Danny Arroyave came to the rescue with the third of three consecutive singles that brought home the winner in the 10th. Kelly (5-3) stayed on to preserve his own vultured win.

Team record: 50-26. The division lead slipped a bit to 9 1/2 over the now-second place Yankees. Next up: 2 games in Boston.

06-05-2025, 07:27 PM	#1542
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,391	June 24-26, 2039: at Seattle (3) The Rays returned to their personal house of horrors Seattle's T-Mobile Park, where their World Series dreams went to die the last two seasons, and it was more disappointment as they dropped two out of three. The Mariners came in the hottest team in baseball with 11 straight wins and walked away with their 12th after beating the Rays 6-5 in the opener. Ruben Cerrillo (5-5) had his worst start as a Ray, giving up a pair of homers in a rough 4 10 6 6 0 1 outing, only marginally better than the 6 he gave up the previous time out in 4 1/3 innings. The offense did get back in the game on solo homers from Danny Arroyave (#19), Danny Rodriguez (#6) and Jeremy Begley (#18) but it wasn't enoguh. Moises Baca had a rough time of it in the second game and the Rays became Seattle's 13th straight victim in a 5-3 loss. Baca seems to alternate between brilliant and brutal and he was definitely the latter today, going 3 5 4 4 2 4 and needing 80 pitches to do so. Frank Duron was 3-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored as one of the few Rays able to hold his head high on the day. The Rays held a 4-0 lead in the finale and Sergio Espinoza took a no-hitter into the 7th and despite that they blew that lead and had to end up winning in 10 innings 5-4, snapping Seattle's 13-game win streak. 2-run homers from Justin Blackwell (#7) and Danny Perez (#18, his first in just over a month) gave Tampa Bay the advantage and Espinoza was rolling until the 7th, when with one out he walked a pair and then lost the no-hitter by giving up a 3-run homer. Walt Kelly then blew the save in the 9th allowing the Mariners to equalize but Danny Arroyave came to the rescue with the third of three consecutive singles that brought home the winner in the 10th. Kelly (5-3) stayed on to preserve his own vultured win. Team record: 50-26. The division lead slipped a bit to 9 1/2 over the now-second place Yankees. Next up: 2 games in Boston.