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Art Deco · 06-29-2025, 10:11 AM

August 14: at Minnesota 1-2 L. LP-Pepiot (13-6, 5 5 2 2 2 3). Offense was at a premium in this game and the Rays could only scratch out four hits on the day, saddling Pepiot with a tough-luck loss.

August 15: at Minnesota 5-6 L. LP-H.Smith (6-9, 3.2 6 6 6 5 3). HR-Westburg (12). Just when it looked like Smith had turned the corner, he puts up a stinker like today and last year's rookie sensation who put up 4.3 WAR is this year's sophomore slumper with 0.2. Curtis Mead strained an ab muscle and will be out 4 weeks.

Transaction: Mead goes on the IL and IF Brayden Taylor is up from Durham to take his place.

August 16: at Minnesota 3-2 W (7 1/2). WP-Bradley (13-5, 6 3 2 2 2 8). S-Maldonado (8). HR-O.Cruz (8/18), Cermak (20), Isaac (37). Perhaps for the first time in all my saves I had the Rays winning a rain-shortened game (all the ones before I remember were losses). And it came just in time with them nursing a slender one-run lead in the 8th. Bradley was brilliant as usual and all three runs came via solo homers with Isaac's breaking a 2-2 tie in the 6th.

August 17: Off-Day.

August 18: at Kansas City 11-5 W. WP-M.Rodriguez (3-0). Starter-Guan (5 4 2 0 1 4). HR-Caminero (28), Westburg (13), O.Cruz (9/19). A weird game that saw the Rays up 4-2 in the 6th before Lovelady gave up 3 runs to put them behind before they regained the lead in the 7th on a Cruz triple. Meanwhile they should have been up by 4-5 runs but kept leaving men on base with Westburg in particular the biggest culprit leaving 11(!) men on himself before coming to bat with - you guessed it - two more on in the 9th. This time he didn't fail, hitting a 3-run homer to ice the game. Cruz meanwhile on base all six times, going 4-4 with 2 walks, a triple, a homer and 3 RBI as he's been red-hot. The Rays had a whopping 26 baserunners on 18 hits and 8 walks.

August 19: at Kansas City 8-7 W (10). WP-Bautista (7-3). Starter-McGee (5.2 4 3 3 2 4). HR-Isaac (38), P.Meadows (5). Another wild one which saw the Rays go up 5-0 and later 7-3 before giving up 4 runs in the 8th to let KC tie only for Cermak's sac fly in the 10th to pull it out for Tampa Bay. Isaac drove in 3 including a 2-run homer and Meadows had a 2-run blast to stake them to the early lead but Scott and Maldonado combined to allow those 4 runs in the 8th. Thankfully Bautista was immaculate in the 9th and 10th while they managed to bring home the ghost runner in the top of the 10th.

August 20: at Kansas City 5-2 W. WP-McMillon (4-2). S-Bautista (23). Starter-Pepiot (6.1 4 0 0 2 4). Another weird one in KC as it was a 0-0 game until the bottom of the 8th when the hapless Scott and McMillon combined to allow two runs. But the bats came to the rescue in the 9th with Taylor (only in the game because Cruz was ejected for arguing a third strike call) delivering a game-tying 2-run single and a couple of batters later Morel drove in 2 more to win it and complete the sweep. They still had to survive the 9th where McMillon and Bautista loaded the bases but Felix got a whiff to secure the win.

Team record: 75-50. The Rays matched the Red Sox this week so they remain one game (two in the loss column) back of Boston in the AL East. Next week: We start with Monday off then we're at home for 3 against the White Sox and the Diamondbacks.

Players of the Week:

AL: Jake Fraley (DET), 11-21, 2 HR, 6 RBI
NL: Ezequiel Tovar (COL), 13-22, 2 HR, 6 RBI

MLB News: Atlanta's Ozzie Albies hit for the cycle in a game against the Phillies and it wasn't a quiet cycle either as he drove in 6 runs in a 12-6 win.

06-29-2025, 10:11 AM	#192
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,941	August 14-20, 2028 August 14: at Minnesota 1-2 L. LP-Pepiot (13-6, 5 5 2 2 2 3). Offense was at a premium in this game and the Rays could only scratch out four hits on the day, saddling Pepiot with a tough-luck loss. August 15: at Minnesota 5-6 L. LP-H.Smith (6-9, 3.2 6 6 6 5 3). HR-Westburg (12). Just when it looked like Smith had turned the corner, he puts up a stinker like today and last year's rookie sensation who put up 4.3 WAR is this year's sophomore slumper with 0.2. Curtis Mead strained an ab muscle and will be out 4 weeks. Transaction: Mead goes on the IL and IF Brayden Taylor is up from Durham to take his place. August 16: at Minnesota 3-2 W (7 1/2). WP-Bradley (13-5, 6 3 2 2 2 8). S-Maldonado (8). HR-O.Cruz (8/18), Cermak (20), Isaac (37). Perhaps for the first time in all my saves I had the Rays winning a rain-shortened game (all the ones before I remember were losses). And it came just in time with them nursing a slender one-run lead in the 8th. Bradley was brilliant as usual and all three runs came via solo homers with Isaac's breaking a 2-2 tie in the 6th. August 17: Off-Day. August 18: at Kansas City 11-5 W. WP-M.Rodriguez (3-0). Starter-Guan (5 4 2 0 1 4). HR-Caminero (28), Westburg (13), O.Cruz (9/19). A weird game that saw the Rays up 4-2 in the 6th before Lovelady gave up 3 runs to put them behind before they regained the lead in the 7th on a Cruz triple. Meanwhile they should have been up by 4-5 runs but kept leaving men on base with Westburg in particular the biggest culprit leaving 11(!) men on himself before coming to bat with - you guessed it - two more on in the 9th. This time he didn't fail, hitting a 3-run homer to ice the game. Cruz meanwhile on base all six times, going 4-4 with 2 walks, a triple, a homer and 3 RBI as he's been red-hot. The Rays had a whopping 26 baserunners on 18 hits and 8 walks. August 19: at Kansas City 8-7 W (10). WP-Bautista (7-3). Starter-McGee (5.2 4 3 3 2 4). HR-Isaac (38), P.Meadows (5). Another wild one which saw the Rays go up 5-0 and later 7-3 before giving up 4 runs in the 8th to let KC tie only for Cermak's sac fly in the 10th to pull it out for Tampa Bay. Isaac drove in 3 including a 2-run homer and Meadows had a 2-run blast to stake them to the early lead but Scott and Maldonado combined to allow those 4 runs in the 8th. Thankfully Bautista was immaculate in the 9th and 10th while they managed to bring home the ghost runner in the top of the 10th. August 20: at Kansas City 5-2 W. WP-McMillon (4-2). S-Bautista (23). Starter-Pepiot (6.1 4 0 0 2 4). Another weird one in KC as it was a 0-0 game until the bottom of the 8th when the hapless Scott and McMillon combined to allow two runs. But the bats came to the rescue in the 9th with Taylor (only in the game because Cruz was ejected for arguing a third strike call) delivering a game-tying 2-run single and a couple of batters later Morel drove in 2 more to win it and complete the sweep. They still had to survive the 9th where McMillon and Bautista loaded the bases but Felix got a whiff to secure the win. Team record: 75-50. The Rays matched the Red Sox this week so they remain one game (two in the loss column) back of Boston in the AL East. Next week: We start with Monday off then we're at home for 3 against the White Sox and the Diamondbacks. Players of the Week: AL: Jake Fraley (DET), 11-21, 2 HR, 6 RBI NL: Ezequiel Tovar (COL), 13-22, 2 HR, 6 RBI MLB News: Atlanta's Ozzie Albies hit for the cycle in a game against the Phillies and it wasn't a quiet cycle either as he drove in 6 runs in a 12-6 win.