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Art Deco · 02-23-2021, 09:34 PM

A-sweepin' we will go:

A strong outing from a starting pitcher who ended the season poorly and homers from Joe Barker and Victor de Jesus. Game 1? No, Game 3 as the Rays swept the A's with a 4-0 win in Oakland. Jon Hayes was outstanding, even if he did battle baserunners constantly (he had only one 1-2-3 inning) over his 7 innings. Jose Alvarado was surprisingly off tonight, giving up a same-handed homer (and only the 3rd of any kind this year) to Rowdy Tellez and putting two more men on to bring the tying run to the plate before getting out of it in the 8th. But JDLC, despite an infield hit allowed, got through the 9th and picked up his 20th postseason Rays save as he and Alvarado look to get their 6th World Series rings this year. The offense wasn't scoring at will tonight as they did in the first two games, but the usual suspects came through. After threatening in the 1st (bases loaded with 2 out) and the 3rd (1st and 2nd with 2 out), they finally broke through in the 5th when Dayle Jenkins and Connor Kirkley singled to start the inning. After Nate Clark forced Kirkley at 1st, Barker stepped up and hit a 3-run homer to left, his 4th of the series, and a couple of batters later de Jesus went deep for his 3rd. Barker was unsurprisingly named series MVP. So now it's time to face the........

.....Texas Rangers for the third straight year in the ALCS:

The series itself wasn't suspenseful but tonight's Game 3 was as the Rangers scored twice in the 8th on a 2-run homer from that man, Series MVP Wander Franco, to tie the game and spoil a great outing from Detroit starter John Rizzo (7 3 1 1 1 7). The homer came off Detroit's excellent rookie closer Eddie Pelton, and sent the game to extras where a Dylan Carlson walk-off single in the 13th won the game and the series for Texas.

02-23-2021, 09:34 PM	#684
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,857	October 8, 2030: ALDS Game 3 A-sweepin' we will go: A strong outing from a starting pitcher who ended the season poorly and homers from Joe Barker and Victor de Jesus. Game 1? No, Game 3 as the Rays swept the A's with a 4-0 win in Oakland. Jon Hayes was outstanding, even if he did battle baserunners constantly (he had only one 1-2-3 inning) over his 7 innings. Jose Alvarado was surprisingly off tonight, giving up a same-handed homer (and only the 3rd of any kind this year) to Rowdy Tellez and putting two more men on to bring the tying run to the plate before getting out of it in the 8th. But JDLC, despite an infield hit allowed, got through the 9th and picked up his 20th postseason Rays save as he and Alvarado look to get their 6th World Series rings this year. The offense wasn't scoring at will tonight as they did in the first two games, but the usual suspects came through. After threatening in the 1st (bases loaded with 2 out) and the 3rd (1st and 2nd with 2 out), they finally broke through in the 5th when Dayle Jenkins and Connor Kirkley singled to start the inning. After Nate Clark forced Kirkley at 1st, Barker stepped up and hit a 3-run homer to left, his 4th of the series, and a couple of batters later de Jesus went deep for his 3rd. Barker was unsurprisingly named series MVP. So now it's time to face the........ .....Texas Rangers for the third straight year in the ALCS: The series itself wasn't suspenseful but tonight's Game 3 was as the Rangers scored twice in the 8th on a 2-run homer from that man, Series MVP Wander Franco, to tie the game and spoil a great outing from Detroit starter John Rizzo (7 3 1 1 1 7). The homer came off Detroit's excellent rookie closer Eddie Pelton, and sent the game to extras where a Dylan Carlson walk-off single in the 13th won the game and the series for Texas. Last edited by Art Deco; 02-23-2021 at 09:49 PM.