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Art Deco · 08-09-2025, 05:44 PM

The Rays continued to right the ship with a sweep of Washington and now have their magic number to clinch the AL East down to 17 with the better part of a month left.

Leo Gutierrez and three relievers combined on a 5-hit shutout as the Rays took the opener from Nationals 5-0. Gutierrez (3-1) was a bit wild but effective at 5.1 2 0 0 5 6 and Salvatore Garza swung the big bat with a 3-run homer (#9/32) in the 6th which broke open a 2-0 game.

The Rays got another great start in the second game from Mike Blake but had to hang on as the bullpen let Washington get close in a 4-3 win. It was encouraging to see Blake (9-6), who's struggle of late, go a solid 6 3 0 0 2 5. And another struggler, Eric Lewis, pitched a perfect 7th for his fourth straight clean outing. But Isaac Washington walked 3 in the 8th without recording an out and two of them came around to score, and then Devon Williams gave up a solo shot in the 9th while picking up his first Rays save of the season. The offense should have put more than the four they did, with 11 LOB and 2 CS, as Jeremy Begley was 4-4 with an RBI and Willis Ramirez was 3-4 with HR #7.

Tampa Bay completed the sweep with a 5-4, 11-inning comeback win in the finale. They trailed 4-1 in the 7th and then 4-3 in the 9th before Tony Fisher led off the inning with a solo homer (#28) to tie it and Danny Perez, whose RBI single in the 7th got the comeback going, walked it off with a solo shot in the bottom of the 11th, his 30th round-tripper of the year. Ruben Cerrillo started and went 5.2 5 4 4 3 6 although the last two runs off him came after he had left the game, and Sebastian Burns (2-1) ended up with the win in relief.

Team record: 85-52. Next up: Oakland visits for 3 games.

08-09-2025, 05:44 PM	#1567
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,422	September 2-4, 2039: vs Washington (3) The Rays continued to right the ship with a sweep of Washington and now have their magic number to clinch the AL East down to 17 with the better part of a month left. Leo Gutierrez and three relievers combined on a 5-hit shutout as the Rays took the opener from Nationals 5-0. Gutierrez (3-1) was a bit wild but effective at 5.1 2 0 0 5 6 and Salvatore Garza swung the big bat with a 3-run homer (#9/32) in the 6th which broke open a 2-0 game. The Rays got another great start in the second game from Mike Blake but had to hang on as the bullpen let Washington get close in a 4-3 win. It was encouraging to see Blake (9-6), who's struggle of late, go a solid 6 3 0 0 2 5. And another struggler, Eric Lewis, pitched a perfect 7th for his fourth straight clean outing. But Isaac Washington walked 3 in the 8th without recording an out and two of them came around to score, and then Devon Williams gave up a solo shot in the 9th while picking up his first Rays save of the season. The offense should have put more than the four they did, with 11 LOB and 2 CS, as Jeremy Begley was 4-4 with an RBI and Willis Ramirez was 3-4 with HR #7. Tampa Bay completed the sweep with a 5-4, 11-inning comeback win in the finale. They trailed 4-1 in the 7th and then 4-3 in the 9th before Tony Fisher led off the inning with a solo homer (#28) to tie it and Danny Perez, whose RBI single in the 7th got the comeback going, walked it off with a solo shot in the bottom of the 11th, his 30th round-tripper of the year. Ruben Cerrillo started and went 5.2 5 4 4 3 6 although the last two runs off him came after he had left the game, and Sebastian Burns (2-1) ended up with the win in relief. Team record: 85-52. Next up: Oakland visits for 3 games.