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Art Deco · 06-21-2020, 08:29 PM

Game 1: Back to the Trop for the first time since opening weekend and it turned out to be a classic, back-in-the-day Rays-type game that saw the inning-by-inning scoreline in binary. The Rays prevailed 2-0 in their first shutout of the year and it was also the first time they've scored fewer than 4 runs in a game. Max Fried started and went 4 two-hit innings before having to leave with forearm soreness, his first injury as a Ray. It doesn't seem too serious as he'll only be out 6 days, but it temporarily answers whose spot in the rotation Greinke will take. Wander provided all the offense that was needed with a 3rd inning HR off Zack Wheeler, and Abraham Toro supplied an RBI single in the 6th. Jacob Nix pitched the fifth and sixth and picked up the win, while the Alvarado-Anderson-Hand troika completed the combined 4-hit shutout, Hand getting save #5. And Cleveland beat the Blue Jays so the Rays move into first place, 1/2 game up.

Game 2: The Rays made it 7 in a row behind a dominant Joe Ryan performance. The righty won his second game of the year with a 6 3 1 1 2 11 line that was blemished only by my bringing him out for the 7th inning and allowing a solo HR to Derek Fisher. At that point it made the game 2-1 Rays as they had picked up 2 runs in the 4th off Spencer Howard on a bases-loaded GIDP by Nelson Cruz and an RBI single from Vidal Brujan. Ryne Stanek got the Rays through the 7th, and the Rays then busted it open against Howard and brief former teammate Tony Watson for 4 runs capped by a Max Kepler bases-clearing double, his biggest hit so far as a Ray. Things did get a bit dicey in the 8th when Stanek got the first out, and with lefties Nate Lowe and Bryce Harper due and Jose Alvarado unavailable, Shane McClanahan got the call but walked Lowe and surrendered a HR to Harper to make it 6-3. And to make matters worse he had to leave the game after retiring the next batter with a "diagnosis pending" injury. Austin Adams got the final out in the inning and a 1-2-3 ninth to nail down his first save of the season and Wander singled in a run to make the final 7-3.

April 17: Placed P Shane McClanahan on the 15-day IL, activated P Zack Greinke from his rehab assignment at AAA Durham.

No word yet on McClanahan's injury, but I'm guessing it's not good. Greinke makes his Rays debut today with the start against the Phillies. Also in not-good injury news, Alex Kirilloff suffered a serious hamstring injury at Durham last night and will be out 2-3 months.

Game 3: Having won 12 of 13, the Rays were due for a clunker, but we didn't expect to clunk so hard. Zack Greinke had a nightmarish Rays debut, allowing 4 runs in the 1st (including an uncharacteristic bases-loaded walk), then surrendered a 3-run HR to Andrew McCutchen in the 2nd. He hung around for 3 1/3, allowing another run to make the final damage total 8 runs and 11 hits, and he didn't strike out anybody. Maybe he could have used another rehab start. The final was 10-2, with the Rays runs coming on Yusniel Diaz's first HR of the year and an Alec Bohm sac fly against his old organization. The Jays won but the Rays remain 1/2 game up.

Team record: 12-3.

06-21-2020, 08:29 PM	#27
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,596	April 15-17, 2022: vs Philadelphia (3) Game 1: Back to the Trop for the first time since opening weekend and it turned out to be a classic, back-in-the-day Rays-type game that saw the inning-by-inning scoreline in binary. The Rays prevailed 2-0 in their first shutout of the year and it was also the first time they've scored fewer than 4 runs in a game. Max Fried started and went 4 two-hit innings before having to leave with forearm soreness, his first injury as a Ray. It doesn't seem too serious as he'll only be out 6 days, but it temporarily answers whose spot in the rotation Greinke will take. Wander provided all the offense that was needed with a 3rd inning HR off Zack Wheeler, and Abraham Toro supplied an RBI single in the 6th. Jacob Nix pitched the fifth and sixth and picked up the win, while the Alvarado-Anderson-Hand troika completed the combined 4-hit shutout, Hand getting save #5. And Cleveland beat the Blue Jays so the Rays move into first place, 1/2 game up. Game 2: The Rays made it 7 in a row behind a dominant Joe Ryan performance. The righty won his second game of the year with a 6 3 1 1 2 11 line that was blemished only by my bringing him out for the 7th inning and allowing a solo HR to Derek Fisher. At that point it made the game 2-1 Rays as they had picked up 2 runs in the 4th off Spencer Howard on a bases-loaded GIDP by Nelson Cruz and an RBI single from Vidal Brujan. Ryne Stanek got the Rays through the 7th, and the Rays then busted it open against Howard and brief former teammate Tony Watson for 4 runs capped by a Max Kepler bases-clearing double, his biggest hit so far as a Ray. Things did get a bit dicey in the 8th when Stanek got the first out, and with lefties Nate Lowe and Bryce Harper due and Jose Alvarado unavailable, Shane McClanahan got the call but walked Lowe and surrendered a HR to Harper to make it 6-3. And to make matters worse he had to leave the game after retiring the next batter with a "diagnosis pending" injury. Austin Adams got the final out in the inning and a 1-2-3 ninth to nail down his first save of the season and Wander singled in a run to make the final 7-3. April 17: Placed P Shane McClanahan on the 15-day IL, activated P Zack Greinke from his rehab assignment at AAA Durham. No word yet on McClanahan's injury, but I'm guessing it's not good. Greinke makes his Rays debut today with the start against the Phillies. Also in not-good injury news, Alex Kirilloff suffered a serious hamstring injury at Durham last night and will be out 2-3 months. Game 3: Having won 12 of 13, the Rays were due for a clunker, but we didn't expect to clunk so hard. Zack Greinke had a nightmarish Rays debut, allowing 4 runs in the 1st (including an uncharacteristic bases-loaded walk), then surrendered a 3-run HR to Andrew McCutchen in the 2nd. He hung around for 3 1/3, allowing another run to make the final damage total 8 runs and 11 hits, and he didn't strike out anybody. Maybe he could have used another rehab start. The final was 10-2, with the Rays runs coming on Yusniel Diaz's first HR of the year and an Alec Bohm sac fly against his old organization. The Jays won but the Rays remain 1/2 game up. Team record: 12-3. Last edited by Art Deco; 06-21-2020 at 11:26 PM.