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Art Deco · 03-13-2021, 10:14 PM

Game 1: The Rays' bats continued their post-break slumber and Christian Little picked a bad time to start giving home runs in bulk again as the Phillies topped the Rays 4-1. It was a reunion of sorts with former Philly farmhands Dayle Jenkins, Rodolfo Rivas and Luis Corpus in the Rays' lineup and ex-Rays Judson Fabian, Nate Lowe and (farmhand) Zack Britton in the Phillies' lineup. In defense of the Rays' bats they were up against Hugo Garza, perhaps the best pitcher in the NL right now who came in 7-2, 3.02 with a 21/144 BB/K ratio in 119 innings. And he was even better than that tonight holding the Rays to 7 3 1 1 2 8 with the lone damage a Connor Kirkley solo HR (#18) in 3rd. Little looked great for four innings, not allowing a hit until Jordan Groshans led off the 5th with a single. After erasing him with a double play, Little gave up a homer to Kendall Simmons to tie it, and in the 6th he gave up a leadoff single to Fabian followed by an Eric Titcombe blast (the rookie's 28th, 2nd-most in the NL) which itself was followed by an Eddie Cucalon homer and it was 4-1. Evan Godwin got him out of the 6th, going 1 1/3, and Jon Whiteleather had a scoreless 8th. Speaking of old friends, we all got another ride on the Jasseelocoaster as De La Cruz faced his old team for the first time and he provided the full experience, walking the bases loaded in the 8th before whiffing Rivas to get out of it.

Game 2: In a season of great performances Andy Aparicio may have turned in his best considering the opponent and the ballpark, and the bats broke out of their post-All-Star Break slump with five homers in a 12-0 thrashing of the Phillies. Like Christian Little yesterday, Aparicio took a no-hitter into the 5th but unlike Little after it was broken up he wasn't fazed and continued to blow away Philadelphia hitters. AA ended up 7.2 3 0 0 1 12 for a game score of 83, his second best of the season. The win brings him to 12-1 and lowers his ERA back down to 1.43 while his 5.6 WAR is far and away the best in MLB (Wil Diaz is next at 4.7). Nate Thompson got the final four outs to complete the team shutout. And after scoring only 8 runs in their 4 games after the break the bats came to immediate life as they were up 4-0 after the first 4 batters of the game on Nate Clark's RBI double and Joe Barker's 3-run homer. They added 6 more in the 4th on 4 more homers: Victor de Jesus's 17th leading off the inning, a 3-run shot from Luis Corpus (#13) which was back-to-back with Ricky Widmar's 15th, and then Barker's 2nd of the game and 19th of the year. A Clark sac fly and a Dayle Jenkins RBI single accounted for the final two runs.

Game 3: For the second straight night Rays pitching shut down the powerful Philly lineup in a 7-0 win. Alec Sachais picked up where he left off after his hard-luck complete-game 1-0 loss to Toronto by twirling 7 shutout innings and going 7 4 0 0 1 8. He's now 10-6 with a 3.64 ERA. Jon Whiteleather (ERA down to 1.86) and Tim Siqueiros each had a scoreless inning to wrap up the game. Nate Clark's RBI single gave them the only run they'd need but the big hit of the game came from Victor de Jesus in the 5th with a 3-run blast (#18) that made it 4-0. Dane Ayers followed later in the inning with a 2-run shot (#11), and Clark added a solo homer (#27) in the 6th.

Team record: 79-18. Next up: An off-day, then Baltimore comes to town for the weekend.

03-13-2021, 10:14 PM	#740
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,613	July 21-23, 2031: at Philadelphia (3) Game 1: The Rays' bats continued their post-break slumber and Christian Little picked a bad time to start giving home runs in bulk again as the Phillies topped the Rays 4-1. It was a reunion of sorts with former Philly farmhands Dayle Jenkins, Rodolfo Rivas and Luis Corpus in the Rays' lineup and ex-Rays Judson Fabian, Nate Lowe and (farmhand) Zack Britton in the Phillies' lineup. In defense of the Rays' bats they were up against Hugo Garza, perhaps the best pitcher in the NL right now who came in 7-2, 3.02 with a 21/144 BB/K ratio in 119 innings. And he was even better than that tonight holding the Rays to 7 3 1 1 2 8 with the lone damage a Connor Kirkley solo HR (#18) in 3rd. Little looked great for four innings, not allowing a hit until Jordan Groshans led off the 5th with a single. After erasing him with a double play, Little gave up a homer to Kendall Simmons to tie it, and in the 6th he gave up a leadoff single to Fabian followed by an Eric Titcombe blast (the rookie's 28th, 2nd-most in the NL) which itself was followed by an Eddie Cucalon homer and it was 4-1. Evan Godwin got him out of the 6th, going 1 1/3, and Jon Whiteleather had a scoreless 8th. Speaking of old friends, we all got another ride on the Jasseelocoaster as De La Cruz faced his old team for the first time and he provided the full experience, walking the bases loaded in the 8th before whiffing Rivas to get out of it. Game 2: In a season of great performances Andy Aparicio may have turned in his best considering the opponent and the ballpark, and the bats broke out of their post-All-Star Break slump with five homers in a 12-0 thrashing of the Phillies. Like Christian Little yesterday, Aparicio took a no-hitter into the 5th but unlike Little after it was broken up he wasn't fazed and continued to blow away Philadelphia hitters. AA ended up 7.2 3 0 0 1 12 for a game score of 83, his second best of the season. The win brings him to 12-1 and lowers his ERA back down to 1.43 while his 5.6 WAR is far and away the best in MLB (Wil Diaz is next at 4.7). Nate Thompson got the final four outs to complete the team shutout. And after scoring only 8 runs in their 4 games after the break the bats came to immediate life as they were up 4-0 after the first 4 batters of the game on Nate Clark's RBI double and Joe Barker's 3-run homer. They added 6 more in the 4th on 4 more homers: Victor de Jesus's 17th leading off the inning, a 3-run shot from Luis Corpus (#13) which was back-to-back with Ricky Widmar's 15th, and then Barker's 2nd of the game and 19th of the year. A Clark sac fly and a Dayle Jenkins RBI single accounted for the final two runs. Game 3: For the second straight night Rays pitching shut down the powerful Philly lineup in a 7-0 win. Alec Sachais picked up where he left off after his hard-luck complete-game 1-0 loss to Toronto by twirling 7 shutout innings and going 7 4 0 0 1 8. He's now 10-6 with a 3.64 ERA. Jon Whiteleather (ERA down to 1.86) and Tim Siqueiros each had a scoreless inning to wrap up the game. Nate Clark's RBI single gave them the only run they'd need but the big hit of the game came from Victor de Jesus in the 5th with a 3-run blast (#18) that made it 4-0. Dane Ayers followed later in the inning with a 2-run shot (#11), and Clark added a solo homer (#27) in the 6th. Team record: 79-18. Next up: An off-day, then Baltimore comes to town for the weekend. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-14-2021 at 10:06 AM.