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Art Deco · 03-28-2021, 11:57 AM

Game 1: The Rays jumped out to an early 6-0 lead, watched the Royals climb back within 6-4 and then blew it open with a 5-run 8th to win going away 11-4. The Royals decided to bring up all of their top prospects today with Daniel Lynch getting the start, Bobby Witt Jr starting at 3rd, and Asa Lacy (who pitched 3 innings in relief, allowing a run) in the bullpen. The Rays treated Lynch rudely in his debut, putting four on the board in the first highlighted by RBI doubles from Austin Meadows and Brandon Lowe, and then Yandy Diaz added a 2-run double in the 4th to make it 6-0. But the Royals kept chipping away against Michael Wacha. After holding them hitless through the first 3 2/3, Hunter Dozier homered and they added runs against him in the 5th and 6th, when he left with the bases loaded and nobody out. Peter Fairbanks came on and walked a man to force in a run but whiffed the next 3 to snuff out that rally. Carlos Santana homered off Fairbanks in the 7th to make it 6-4, but Diego Castillo got the final out of that inning before the Rays broke it open in the 8th with another Diaz RBI double and a 2-run single from Lowe the big hits of that inning. Luis Patino came on for the 8th and couldn't finish the 9th, loading the bases but Cody Reed came in and got the final out. Wacha picked up the win to go to 2-0 with a 5 5 3 3 3 4 line.

Game 2: The Rays' bats were as cold as a Kansas City winter as the Royals handled Tampa Bay 6-0 today, with Royals pitching holding them to 2 hits and striking out 15. Kris Bubic, who came in after opener Jakob Junis, was pretty much unhittable going 6.1 1 0 0 2 10, and rookie Asa Lacy pitched again going the final 1 2/3 with 3 whiffs. Randy Arozarena saw his 13-game hitting streak snuffed out in the process. Ryan Yarbrough was matching zeroes with Bubic until the 6th, when he had two out and one on and then proceeded to give up 5 straight hits, leading to 4 runs. He finished 5.2 9 4 4 0 4 and Cody Reed gave up a 2-run homer to Jorge Soler to cap the Royal scoring. Nick Anderson had a 1-2-3 2K 8th inning getting some work in on a night the Rays would like to forget.

Game 3: Old man Rich Hill was great and Willy Adames delivered a grand slam and drove in 5 to lead the Rays to a 6-0 win over Kansas City to take the rubber match of the series. The 41-year-old Hill taught the young whippersnappers of Kansas City some lessons today, going 6 3 0 0 2 6 and improving to 2-1, 1.35. Peter Fairbanks struck out all 5 Royals he faced, and Diego Castllo, Chaz Roe and Nick Anderson finished off the combined shutout. Adames' slam off Brady Singer in the 2nd inning, his first homer of the year, would be all they'd need but he did add an RBI single in the 6th while Brandon Lowe had an RBI triple in the 2nd after the Adames homer. Yandy Diaz was on base all 4 trips to the plate with 3 singles and a walk and 2 runs scored.

Team record: 10-9. Next up: an off-day then back home at the Trop to face Toronto.

03-28-2021, 11:57 AM	#8
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,631	April 19-21: at Kansas City (3) Game 1: The Rays jumped out to an early 6-0 lead, watched the Royals climb back within 6-4 and then blew it open with a 5-run 8th to win going away 11-4. The Royals decided to bring up all of their top prospects today with Daniel Lynch getting the start, Bobby Witt Jr starting at 3rd, and Asa Lacy (who pitched 3 innings in relief, allowing a run) in the bullpen. The Rays treated Lynch rudely in his debut, putting four on the board in the first highlighted by RBI doubles from Austin Meadows and Brandon Lowe, and then Yandy Diaz added a 2-run double in the 4th to make it 6-0. But the Royals kept chipping away against Michael Wacha. After holding them hitless through the first 3 2/3, Hunter Dozier homered and they added runs against him in the 5th and 6th, when he left with the bases loaded and nobody out. Peter Fairbanks came on and walked a man to force in a run but whiffed the next 3 to snuff out that rally. Carlos Santana homered off Fairbanks in the 7th to make it 6-4, but Diego Castillo got the final out of that inning before the Rays broke it open in the 8th with another Diaz RBI double and a 2-run single from Lowe the big hits of that inning. Luis Patino came on for the 8th and couldn't finish the 9th, loading the bases but Cody Reed came in and got the final out. Wacha picked up the win to go to 2-0 with a 5 5 3 3 3 4 line. Game 2: The Rays' bats were as cold as a Kansas City winter as the Royals handled Tampa Bay 6-0 today, with Royals pitching holding them to 2 hits and striking out 15. Kris Bubic, who came in after opener Jakob Junis, was pretty much unhittable going 6.1 1 0 0 2 10, and rookie Asa Lacy pitched again going the final 1 2/3 with 3 whiffs. Randy Arozarena saw his 13-game hitting streak snuffed out in the process. Ryan Yarbrough was matching zeroes with Bubic until the 6th, when he had two out and one on and then proceeded to give up 5 straight hits, leading to 4 runs. He finished 5.2 9 4 4 0 4 and Cody Reed gave up a 2-run homer to Jorge Soler to cap the Royal scoring. Nick Anderson had a 1-2-3 2K 8th inning getting some work in on a night the Rays would like to forget. Game 3: Old man Rich Hill was great and Willy Adames delivered a grand slam and drove in 5 to lead the Rays to a 6-0 win over Kansas City to take the rubber match of the series. The 41-year-old Hill taught the young whippersnappers of Kansas City some lessons today, going 6 3 0 0 2 6 and improving to 2-1, 1.35. Peter Fairbanks struck out all 5 Royals he faced, and Diego Castllo, Chaz Roe and Nick Anderson finished off the combined shutout. Adames' slam off Brady Singer in the 2nd inning, his first homer of the year, would be all they'd need but he did add an RBI single in the 6th while Brandon Lowe had an RBI triple in the 2nd after the Adames homer. Yandy Diaz was on base all 4 trips to the plate with 3 singles and a walk and 2 runs scored. Team record: 10-9. Next up: an off-day then back home at the Trop to face Toronto. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-29-2021 at 05:21 PM.