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Art Deco · 02-17-2022, 11:04 PM

Game 1: The Rays rallied late to take a 3-2 win over the Yankees at the Stadium in their series opener. Mike Willis' 2-run single in the 8th turned a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead, and Satoshi Sato (who picked up win #1) and Freddy Zamora (who nabbed save #3) held on for the win. They got an excellent start from Jim Brophy once again as the lefty went 6.2 5 2 2 2 3 in a no-decision. Luis Barela's 4th homer, a 435-foot shot to dead center in the 2nd, put the Rays on the board.

Game 2: Joel Gird had a rough go of it in the early innings putting the Rays behind 4-2, and that ended up the final score as the bats were largely quiet again. Former Rays ace Nate Schultz held them down over the final two innings for the save as he's now the Yankee closer. Gird allowed a pair in the first and two more in the 3rd before settling down to go 6 8 4 4 1 5 and fell to 1-1. Seth Williams' RBI double in the first was the offensive highlight.

Game 3: The Rays' run-scoring troubles in this series continued in the finale, but despite that they took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 9th, only for Freddy Zamora to give up a 2-run homer to let the Yankees equalize before giving up another one in the 10th, sending the Rays to a 3-2 loss on the day and a lost series. Had the bats not managed only 2 runs on 4 hits through 10 innings Zamora's troubles might have been averted, but in the end Brad Jackson's best outing of the year (7 2 0 0 2 9) was for naught. Josh Alexander had an RBI double for the only Rays hit of note.

Team record: 11-5, and we're actually 1/2 game behind the hot-starting Blue Jays. Next up: 3 games in Kansas City.

02-17-2022, 11:04 PM	#1720
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,631	April 17-19, 2043: at NY Yankees (3) Game 1: The Rays rallied late to take a 3-2 win over the Yankees at the Stadium in their series opener. Mike Willis' 2-run single in the 8th turned a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead, and Satoshi Sato (who picked up win #1) and Freddy Zamora (who nabbed save #3) held on for the win. They got an excellent start from Jim Brophy once again as the lefty went 6.2 5 2 2 2 3 in a no-decision. Luis Barela's 4th homer, a 435-foot shot to dead center in the 2nd, put the Rays on the board. Game 2: Joel Gird had a rough go of it in the early innings putting the Rays behind 4-2, and that ended up the final score as the bats were largely quiet again. Former Rays ace Nate Schultz held them down over the final two innings for the save as he's now the Yankee closer. Gird allowed a pair in the first and two more in the 3rd before settling down to go 6 8 4 4 1 5 and fell to 1-1. Seth Williams' RBI double in the first was the offensive highlight. Game 3: The Rays' run-scoring troubles in this series continued in the finale, but despite that they took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 9th, only for Freddy Zamora to give up a 2-run homer to let the Yankees equalize before giving up another one in the 10th, sending the Rays to a 3-2 loss on the day and a lost series. Had the bats not managed only 2 runs on 4 hits through 10 innings Zamora's troubles might have been averted, but in the end Brad Jackson's best outing of the year (7 2 0 0 2 9) was for naught. Josh Alexander had an RBI double for the only Rays hit of note. Team record: 11-5, and we're actually 1/2 game behind the hot-starting Blue Jays. Next up: 3 games in Kansas City.