OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post

Art Deco · 11-21-2021, 12:05 AM

Game 1: Danny Romero was dominant again, the Rays had a 4-1 lead in the 7th, everything was there for a win until Ken Neil came in and served up a pair of 2-run homers and the Orioles came back for a 5-4 win. Romero went 6 2 1 1 2 7 on 94 pitches, although he did allow his first homer of the year to Oriole catcher Tim Daniel. Daniel then smacked the 2nd of the homers off Neil in the 7th for the game-winner. The Rays had two runners thrown out at home including Josh Alexander, who tried to score on Danny Ayala's double in the 9th. Before it all went wrong, Jimmy Leonard had a 2-run HR (#8) and Jaiden Hardaway contributed a solo shot (#7).

Game 2: The Rays built leads of 5-0 and 6-2 but it wasn't enough for Jordan Perez to get the win, although they still went on to take a 9-5 decision. Perez was 4 6 3 3 2 8 on 97 pitches as although he's getting his strikeouts this year, he's not getting enough people out. Chris Toombs took win #2 in relief, although he allowed a 2-run homer to get the Orioles within 6-5. Josh Beckett had the big early hit, a 3-run inside-the-park homer, his first four-bagger as a Ray. Danny Ayala drove in 3 with a 2-run single and a groundout while Jaiden Hardaway hit a solo homer for the second straight game (#8).

May 13: Activated P Ron Adams from the 10-day IL, optioned P Dan Anderson to AAA Durham.

Game 3: Ron Adams came off the IL and started, and it was like he never left as he served up 3 more homers to give him a ridiculous 11 allowed in 29 innings. Nevertheless the Rays still prevailed 6-5 on an RBI single from Jeff Baez in the 8th after he earlier had a 2-run double. That made a winner of another very homer-prone pitcher, Ken Neil, who gave up his 3rd longball of the series to allow Baltimore to tie in the 7th, his 4th of the season in only 14.1 IP. Kikuo Kawase notched his 8th save with a clean 9th. Daniel Malone was 2-4 with a double, steal and RBI and Jim Gebers doubled and scored twice.

Team record: 26-11, still 2 1/2 up over Boston. This has to be the least enjoyable 26-11 team I've managed, what with the horrible starting pitching and all. A trade or two could be in the offing if things don't improve on the pitching side. Next up: The road trip continues with 3 in Kansas City against the woeful 11-30 Royals.

11-21-2021, 12:05 AM	#1472
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,750	May 11-13, 2040: at Baltimore (3) Game 1: Danny Romero was dominant again, the Rays had a 4-1 lead in the 7th, everything was there for a win until Ken Neil came in and served up a pair of 2-run homers and the Orioles came back for a 5-4 win. Romero went 6 2 1 1 2 7 on 94 pitches, although he did allow his first homer of the year to Oriole catcher Tim Daniel. Daniel then smacked the 2nd of the homers off Neil in the 7th for the game-winner. The Rays had two runners thrown out at home including Josh Alexander, who tried to score on Danny Ayala's double in the 9th. Before it all went wrong, Jimmy Leonard had a 2-run HR (#8) and Jaiden Hardaway contributed a solo shot (#7). Game 2: The Rays built leads of 5-0 and 6-2 but it wasn't enough for Jordan Perez to get the win, although they still went on to take a 9-5 decision. Perez was 4 6 3 3 2 8 on 97 pitches as although he's getting his strikeouts this year, he's not getting enough people out. Chris Toombs took win #2 in relief, although he allowed a 2-run homer to get the Orioles within 6-5. Josh Beckett had the big early hit, a 3-run inside-the-park homer, his first four-bagger as a Ray. Danny Ayala drove in 3 with a 2-run single and a groundout while Jaiden Hardaway hit a solo homer for the second straight game (#8). May 13: Activated P Ron Adams from the 10-day IL, optioned P Dan Anderson to AAA Durham. Game 3: Ron Adams came off the IL and started, and it was like he never left as he served up 3 more homers to give him a ridiculous 11 allowed in 29 innings. Nevertheless the Rays still prevailed 6-5 on an RBI single from Jeff Baez in the 8th after he earlier had a 2-run double. That made a winner of another very homer-prone pitcher, Ken Neil, who gave up his 3rd longball of the series to allow Baltimore to tie in the 7th, his 4th of the season in only 14.1 IP. Kikuo Kawase notched his 8th save with a clean 9th. Daniel Malone was 2-4 with a double, steal and RBI and Jim Gebers doubled and scored twice. Team record: 26-11, still 2 1/2 up over Boston. This has to be the least enjoyable 26-11 team I've managed, what with the horrible starting pitching and all. A trade or two could be in the offing if things don't improve on the pitching side. Next up: The road trip continues with 3 in Kansas City against the woeful 11-30 Royals.