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Art Deco · 03-02-2022, 01:18 PM

Game 1: The bullpen let the Rays down in the first game back from the All-Star Break as they blew a 3-0 lead to Atlanta and fell 6-4. Josh Alexander picked up where he left off before the break by homering in his first at-bat (#28) and Doug Johns added a 2-run shot (#14) to make it 3-0 and Brad Jackson was cruising until he ran out of gas in the 6th and allowed a run. Sean Forbes, who had been very good this season, came in and gave up an RBI single and then a 3-run homer and Atlanta was off to the races. Doug Combs gave up another run as well, making Johns' 2nd homer of the game (#15) less meaningful. Jackson finished 5.1 3 3 3 3 2 while Forbes suffered his first loss and blown save of the year.

Game 2: The Dan Anderson starter experiment continues to founder as the righty was hit hard and so was the bullpen in a 10-2 drubbing as the Rays start 0-2 after the break. Jose Mendez gave them a 2-0 lead with HR #13 in the top of the 4th but Anderson allowed 5 in the bottom of the frame and left after going 4 8 5 5 1 0. Aidan Williams and Ismael Vargas were terrible in relief (as they've mostly been since being called up), allowing 6 more between them and the bats went out with a whimper.

Game 3: The Rays salvaged the series finale from Atlanta with a 4-1 win. With that score you might think they got a well-pitched start but Jose Mendoza was extremely fortunate to allow just the 1 run in his 5 innings after walking 6 and allowing 4 hits. Nevertheless he improved to 8-6, 4.94. The bullpen did excellent work over the final 4 innings with Ed Pretty maybe snapping out of it with 2 scoreless and Mike Barkley earning save #22 when he got a double play to get out of a 2-on mess he made. Jimmy Leonard had the big hit of the game, a 3-run HR (#25) in the 1st inning.

Team record: 68-25. Next up: Baltimore visits for 3 games.

03-02-2022, 01:18 PM	#1749
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,727	July 17-19, 2043: at Atlanta (3) Game 1: The bullpen let the Rays down in the first game back from the All-Star Break as they blew a 3-0 lead to Atlanta and fell 6-4. Josh Alexander picked up where he left off before the break by homering in his first at-bat (#28) and Doug Johns added a 2-run shot (#14) to make it 3-0 and Brad Jackson was cruising until he ran out of gas in the 6th and allowed a run. Sean Forbes, who had been very good this season, came in and gave up an RBI single and then a 3-run homer and Atlanta was off to the races. Doug Combs gave up another run as well, making Johns' 2nd homer of the game (#15) less meaningful. Jackson finished 5.1 3 3 3 3 2 while Forbes suffered his first loss and blown save of the year. Game 2: The Dan Anderson starter experiment continues to founder as the righty was hit hard and so was the bullpen in a 10-2 drubbing as the Rays start 0-2 after the break. Jose Mendez gave them a 2-0 lead with HR #13 in the top of the 4th but Anderson allowed 5 in the bottom of the frame and left after going 4 8 5 5 1 0. Aidan Williams and Ismael Vargas were terrible in relief (as they've mostly been since being called up), allowing 6 more between them and the bats went out with a whimper. Game 3: The Rays salvaged the series finale from Atlanta with a 4-1 win. With that score you might think they got a well-pitched start but Jose Mendoza was extremely fortunate to allow just the 1 run in his 5 innings after walking 6 and allowing 4 hits. Nevertheless he improved to 8-6, 4.94. The bullpen did excellent work over the final 4 innings with Ed Pretty maybe snapping out of it with 2 scoreless and Mike Barkley earning save #22 when he got a double play to get out of a 2-on mess he made. Jimmy Leonard had the big hit of the game, a 3-run HR (#25) in the 1st inning. Team record: 68-25. Next up: Baltimore visits for 3 games.