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Art Deco · 06-09-2025, 03:10 PM

The Rays made quick work of the Red Sox at Fenway, sweeping the two-game mini-series.

Tampa Bay took the opener 8-0 behind another sterling performance from Danny Morales, who moved to 9-0, 2.42 after going 7.1 4 0 0 1 7 and Chris Ericson retired the final 5 men he faced for the team shutout. Morales incidentally now has a career W/L record of 91-34, a .728 winning percentage which is the best in MLB history for 100 decisions or more (former Ray Joe Marlette is third at .710). Offensively Danny Perez was the story as he followed up his first-inning RBI single with a 2-run homer (#19) while John Lopez added a 2-run blast.

The Rays had to work harder to win the second game, tying it in the 8th and scoring three times in the 9th to take an 8-5 decision. Danny Perez homered (#20) for the third straight game to equalize and then Danny Arroyave came off the bench to lead off the 9th with his 20th as well to provide the winning blow before Isaiah Jackson doubled in two more for the final margin. Before all that the Rays got a poor start from Mike Blake (4.2 7 4 4 2 1) which cost them leads of 3-1 and 4-2. Isaac Washington improved his relief record to a gaudy 8-1 in picking up the win and Walt Kelly had an uneventful 9th for his 15th save. Jeremy Begley doubled, homered (#19) and drove in a pair as well.

Team record: 52-26. Next up: Another two-game quickie series farther down I-95 in Baltimore.

06-09-2025, 03:10 PM	#1543
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,399	June 27-28, 2039: at Boston (2) The Rays made quick work of the Red Sox at Fenway, sweeping the two-game mini-series. Tampa Bay took the opener 8-0 behind another sterling performance from Danny Morales, who moved to 9-0, 2.42 after going 7.1 4 0 0 1 7 and Chris Ericson retired the final 5 men he faced for the team shutout. Morales incidentally now has a career W/L record of 91-34, a .728 winning percentage which is the best in MLB history for 100 decisions or more (former Ray Joe Marlette is third at .710). Offensively Danny Perez was the story as he followed up his first-inning RBI single with a 2-run homer (#19) while John Lopez added a 2-run blast. The Rays had to work harder to win the second game, tying it in the 8th and scoring three times in the 9th to take an 8-5 decision. Danny Perez homered (#20) for the third straight game to equalize and then Danny Arroyave came off the bench to lead off the 9th with his 20th as well to provide the winning blow before Isaiah Jackson doubled in two more for the final margin. Before all that the Rays got a poor start from Mike Blake (4.2 7 4 4 2 1) which cost them leads of 3-1 and 4-2. Isaac Washington improved his relief record to a gaudy 8-1 in picking up the win and Walt Kelly had an uneventful 9th for his 15th save. Jeremy Begley doubled, homered (#19) and drove in a pair as well. Team record: 52-26. Next up: Another two-game quickie series farther down I-95 in Baltimore. Last edited by Art Deco; 06-12-2025 at 02:54 PM.