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Art Deco · 03-09-2021, 01:53 PM

Game 1: Turnabout is fair play and it was the Nationals who routed the Rays in their own park after being blown out twice in Tampa. The Nats got a 12-6 win that saw them pull ahead 8-2, the Rays get within 8-6 and then Washington scored 4 times in the 8th to put the game away. Alec Sachais started and was flat-out terrible, tagged for a 3.2 8 8 8 3 4 outing which included a runner thrown out at the plate. The Rays' last three losses have all been with Sachais on the mound as he's allowed 17 runs in his last 13 innings over those three starts. Nate Thompson pitched admirably in long relief, although he did allow the 8th run charged to Sachais to score. Thompson went 4 4 1 1 0 5 into the 8th when Mike Mooney came in and crapped the bed, brought in with one on and two out to get a lefty and proceeded to give up three straight hits, capped by a Josh Ellis 3-run homer. The Rays hit a few long balls of their own, with Victor de Jesus (#11) and Bobby Witt Jr (#7) going solo, and Jasson Dominguez (#15) hitting a 3-run blast in the top of the 8th which briefly brought them back within two.

June 19: Signed IF Rylan Bannon to a minor league contract, assigned him to AAA Durham.

Remember him? He was our righty-hitting backup IF, part-time DH on the first Rays World Series winners in 2023, then spent several years with the White Sox after we traded him there for Dean Christidis (whom we later traded to the Dodgers and is still in their bullpen). Anyway, we signed him to play 3B for Durham as Osmy Gregorio (another prodigal son who returned to the organization) is out 5 weeks with a groin. Virtually no chance he joins the big club with Dane Ayers and Mike Lammers on the team backing up Witt and Kirkley, but never say never.

Game 2: Jon Hayes was excellent and the Rays took a 6-2 win in Washington to take three out of four in their season series with the Nationals. Hayes was touched for 3 hits and a run in the 2nd but gave the Nats next to nothing outside of that, finishing 7 5 1 1 0 6 and is now 9-2, 3.48. Jordan Diaz came on with the score 4-1 in the 8th and gave up a homer, but they scored 2 more in the 9th and Diaz stayed in for a 2-inning save, #11 for him. The offense jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning lead on a Nate Clark RBI single and a 2-run knock from Rodolfo Rivas, Bobby Witt Jr. hit the first of his two doubles to score a run in the 6th and Dayle Jenkins had an RBI single and Clark an RBI double in the 9th to make it comfortable at the end. Three more hits from Clark today have his BA up to .352.

Team record: 56-12. Next up: The road trip resumes with AL opposition in Cleveland for three this weekend.

03-09-2021, 01:53 PM	#729
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,602	June 18-19, 2031: at Washington (2) Game 1: Turnabout is fair play and it was the Nationals who routed the Rays in their own park after being blown out twice in Tampa. The Nats got a 12-6 win that saw them pull ahead 8-2, the Rays get within 8-6 and then Washington scored 4 times in the 8th to put the game away. Alec Sachais started and was flat-out terrible, tagged for a 3.2 8 8 8 3 4 outing which included a runner thrown out at the plate. The Rays' last three losses have all been with Sachais on the mound as he's allowed 17 runs in his last 13 innings over those three starts. Nate Thompson pitched admirably in long relief, although he did allow the 8th run charged to Sachais to score. Thompson went 4 4 1 1 0 5 into the 8th when Mike Mooney came in and crapped the bed, brought in with one on and two out to get a lefty and proceeded to give up three straight hits, capped by a Josh Ellis 3-run homer. The Rays hit a few long balls of their own, with Victor de Jesus (#11) and Bobby Witt Jr (#7) going solo, and Jasson Dominguez (#15) hitting a 3-run blast in the top of the 8th which briefly brought them back within two. June 19: Signed IF Rylan Bannon to a minor league contract, assigned him to AAA Durham. Remember him? He was our righty-hitting backup IF, part-time DH on the first Rays World Series winners in 2023, then spent several years with the White Sox after we traded him there for Dean Christidis (whom we later traded to the Dodgers and is still in their bullpen). Anyway, we signed him to play 3B for Durham as Osmy Gregorio (another prodigal son who returned to the organization) is out 5 weeks with a groin. Virtually no chance he joins the big club with Dane Ayers and Mike Lammers on the team backing up Witt and Kirkley, but never say never. Game 2: Jon Hayes was excellent and the Rays took a 6-2 win in Washington to take three out of four in their season series with the Nationals. Hayes was touched for 3 hits and a run in the 2nd but gave the Nats next to nothing outside of that, finishing 7 5 1 1 0 6 and is now 9-2, 3.48. Jordan Diaz came on with the score 4-1 in the 8th and gave up a homer, but they scored 2 more in the 9th and Diaz stayed in for a 2-inning save, #11 for him. The offense jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning lead on a Nate Clark RBI single and a 2-run knock from Rodolfo Rivas, Bobby Witt Jr. hit the first of his two doubles to score a run in the 6th and Dayle Jenkins had an RBI single and Clark an RBI double in the 9th to make it comfortable at the end. Three more hits from Clark today have his BA up to .352. Team record: 56-12. Next up: The road trip resumes with AL opposition in Cleveland for three this weekend. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-09-2021 at 05:17 PM.