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Art Deco · 11-11-2020, 01:20 PM

Game 1: Things looked good early, jumping out to a 3-0 lead against Cleveland ace Kantaro Yokoyama and with Christian Little striking out people left and right. But Little started running out of gas, and the bullpen flat-out stunk after him dooming the Rays to a 6-3 loss, their third straight. Triston Casas finally got the Rays on the board after two straight shutouts with his 8th HR of the year in the 2nd to make it 1-0, and they strung together several hits to score 2 more in the 4th with RBI singles from Keibert Ruiz and Brandon Marsh expanding the lead to 3-0. But Little ran out of gas in the 5th, giving up 4 hits and 2 runs and departed with a 5 8 2 2 1 9 line. Evan Godwin got them through the 6th, but Liam Hendriks turned in his second straight terrible outing (and 3rd in 4) giving up a hit and then a 2-run HR to Tim Borden, a rookie who hit all of 3 in a full season of AAA ball last year, putting Cleveland in front to stay. Mike Bayley gave up a couple of doubles in the 8th for another run, and Asa Lacy was touched for a run thanks to an infield single and an error. Meanwhile the offense dried up as Yokoyama settled down and ended up 8 10 3 3 0 8, pretty good considering they had 9 hits by the 5th inning. The Yankees were idle so the Rays drop 1 1/2 games back.

Game 2: Normal service restored at the Trop as the Rays bounced Cleveland 8-4. Shane McClanahan pitched like the ace of the staff he is, going 7 7 2 2 1 8 to improve to 4-2, 2.76. He allowed Cesar Idrogo and his 30 power to lead off the game with a homer but was pretty much locked in after that. Yordan Alvarez's RBI single in the third broke a 2-2 tie and put the Rays in the lead to stay after Keibert Ruiz had hit HR #3 earlier and Alvarez had driven in a run on a groundout. They broke the game open with a 4-run 5th to make it 8-2 as the slumping Judson Fabian singled in a run, another scored on a wild pitch, Triston Casas had a sac fly and Ruiz singled in one more. Vidal Brujan had a very nice game, going 2-3 with a walk, an RBI, 3 runs scored and 2 stolen bases. Hayden Johns came on in the 8th and wasn't very good, allowing 2 runs before Evan Godwin got the last 2 outs of the inning and the first out of the 9th. Jack Filby made his Rays debut in the Trop and retired the last two batters. Detroit beat the Yankees so the Rays pull to within a 1/2 game of the lead.

(Typing this at the peak of Tropical Storm Eta here in Tampa Bay, hopefully my power/internet holds out, it's been flickering in here like a disco at times)

Game 3: The Rays had their way with Cleveland today, jumping out to a 10-0 lead after 3 and winning 11-0. Matt Manning was great, even though he didn't have to be, with a 7 4 0 0 2 9 to go to 5-1, 2.86; perhaps he'll emulate Tyler Glasnow's performance from his contract year last season. Asa Lacy threw 2 1-hit innings to complete the team whitewash. Offensively the stars were Vidal Brujan (4-4 with a walk, 3 runs scored and an RBI) and Andrew Knizner who had 3 doubles and 3 RBI in 5 trips to the plate. Judson Fabian was 3-5 with 2 RBI and Yordan Alvarez and Nick Gonzales were each 2-4 with 2 RBI. Everyone got a hit except Brandon Marsh (who walked) as it was one of those games. And the day got even better when the Yankees lost again to Detroit, putting the Rays back into first place.

Team record: 22-10. Next up: Leavin' on a jet plane to Oakland for 4 games starting tomorrow.

11-11-2020, 01:20 PM	#383
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,751	April 26-28, 2027: vs Cleveland (3) Game 1: Things looked good early, jumping out to a 3-0 lead against Cleveland ace Kantaro Yokoyama and with Christian Little striking out people left and right. But Little started running out of gas, and the bullpen flat-out stunk after him dooming the Rays to a 6-3 loss, their third straight. Triston Casas finally got the Rays on the board after two straight shutouts with his 8th HR of the year in the 2nd to make it 1-0, and they strung together several hits to score 2 more in the 4th with RBI singles from Keibert Ruiz and Brandon Marsh expanding the lead to 3-0. But Little ran out of gas in the 5th, giving up 4 hits and 2 runs and departed with a 5 8 2 2 1 9 line. Evan Godwin got them through the 6th, but Liam Hendriks turned in his second straight terrible outing (and 3rd in 4) giving up a hit and then a 2-run HR to Tim Borden, a rookie who hit all of 3 in a full season of AAA ball last year, putting Cleveland in front to stay. Mike Bayley gave up a couple of doubles in the 8th for another run, and Asa Lacy was touched for a run thanks to an infield single and an error. Meanwhile the offense dried up as Yokoyama settled down and ended up 8 10 3 3 0 8, pretty good considering they had 9 hits by the 5th inning. The Yankees were idle so the Rays drop 1 1/2 games back. Game 2: Normal service restored at the Trop as the Rays bounced Cleveland 8-4. Shane McClanahan pitched like the ace of the staff he is, going 7 7 2 2 1 8 to improve to 4-2, 2.76. He allowed Cesar Idrogo and his 30 power to lead off the game with a homer but was pretty much locked in after that. Yordan Alvarez's RBI single in the third broke a 2-2 tie and put the Rays in the lead to stay after Keibert Ruiz had hit HR #3 earlier and Alvarez had driven in a run on a groundout. They broke the game open with a 4-run 5th to make it 8-2 as the slumping Judson Fabian singled in a run, another scored on a wild pitch, Triston Casas had a sac fly and Ruiz singled in one more. Vidal Brujan had a very nice game, going 2-3 with a walk, an RBI, 3 runs scored and 2 stolen bases. Hayden Johns came on in the 8th and wasn't very good, allowing 2 runs before Evan Godwin got the last 2 outs of the inning and the first out of the 9th. Jack Filby made his Rays debut in the Trop and retired the last two batters. Detroit beat the Yankees so the Rays pull to within a 1/2 game of the lead. (Typing this at the peak of Tropical Storm Eta here in Tampa Bay, hopefully my power/internet holds out, it's been flickering in here like a disco at times) Game 3: The Rays had their way with Cleveland today, jumping out to a 10-0 lead after 3 and winning 11-0. Matt Manning was great, even though he didn't have to be, with a 7 4 0 0 2 9 to go to 5-1, 2.86; perhaps he'll emulate Tyler Glasnow's performance from his contract year last season. Asa Lacy threw 2 1-hit innings to complete the team whitewash. Offensively the stars were Vidal Brujan (4-4 with a walk, 3 runs scored and an RBI) and Andrew Knizner who had 3 doubles and 3 RBI in 5 trips to the plate. Judson Fabian was 3-5 with 2 RBI and Yordan Alvarez and Nick Gonzales were each 2-4 with 2 RBI. Everyone got a hit except Brandon Marsh (who walked) as it was one of those games. And the day got even better when the Yankees lost again to Detroit, putting the Rays back into first place. Team record: 22-10. Next up: Leavin' on a jet plane to Oakland for 4 games starting tomorrow. Last edited by Art Deco; 11-11-2020 at 08:49 PM.