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Art Deco · 06-02-2022, 01:09 AM

An opening win followed by a couple of tough losses for the Rays in extra innings (one in extra, extra innings) but the Yankees lost 2 of 3 so the big division lead remains intact.

Transaction news: We purchased the contract of veteran OF Ryan McKenna to take Heston Kjerstad's place, and Osvanni Gutierrez cleared waivers and was assigned to Durham.

James Hays (12-5) did his thing in the opener, going 7 5 1 1 0 8 to lead the Rays to a 4-1 win over the Orioles at Tropicana Field. Yasunari Uehara finished up for save #21 and the big hit of the game was a 3-run blast in the 5th from light-hitting Diego Cartaya, his 4th.

The Rays fought all the way back from 5-0 down to dramatically tie it in the bottom of the 9th, only for Jose Crespo to give up a 2-run homer in the 10th and Baltimore beat the Rays 8-6. Jackson Baumeister was roughed up in his first bad outing for the Rays, going 4 7 5 5 1 3 but they chipped away at the Oriole advantage with Dom Scavone's 18th homer with a man on getting them within 6-3 in the 8th and then a 3-run rally in the 9th capped by Kelly Crumpton's 2-run shot (#30) with two out in the 9th sent us to extras. But Crespo (2-1) served up a 2-run shot to Gunnar Henderson and that was that.

It was deju va all over again as the Rays came back from down 5-2 by scoring in the 8th and 9th to tie it, only to lose in extra innings but this time we had to play the equivalent of an additional game and then some as Baltimore finally prevailed 6-5 in 21 innings. Pablo Lopez had an up-and-down start finishing 6 6 5 5 1 9, but they got him off the hook starting with a 2-run Andrew Greckel shot (#28) in the 8th and Ed Howard's RBI single in the 9th. And then neither team could mount much in extras as we went on and on and on with Howard going to 3rd with nobody out in the 15th the Rays' best chance but he was thrown out at the plate on a grounder to 1st. Finally in his 5th inning of work Robinson Ortiz gave up a solo homer to Levi Usher to decide it - he ended up throwing 66 pitches in relief. The Rays only managed 9 hits in the 21 innings leading to some ugly batting lines such as an 0-9 from Victor Robles and 0-8s from Alex Kirilloff and Corey Collins.

Team record: 75-50. Next up: We'll take our worn-out pitching staff to Toronto for 3 games.

06-02-2022, 01:09 AM	#666
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,610	August 18-20, 2028: vs Baltimore (3) An opening win followed by a couple of tough losses for the Rays in extra innings (one in extra, extra innings) but the Yankees lost 2 of 3 so the big division lead remains intact. Transaction news: We purchased the contract of veteran OF Ryan McKenna to take Heston Kjerstad's place, and Osvanni Gutierrez cleared waivers and was assigned to Durham. James Hays (12-5) did his thing in the opener, going 7 5 1 1 0 8 to lead the Rays to a 4-1 win over the Orioles at Tropicana Field. Yasunari Uehara finished up for save #21 and the big hit of the game was a 3-run blast in the 5th from light-hitting Diego Cartaya, his 4th. The Rays fought all the way back from 5-0 down to dramatically tie it in the bottom of the 9th, only for Jose Crespo to give up a 2-run homer in the 10th and Baltimore beat the Rays 8-6. Jackson Baumeister was roughed up in his first bad outing for the Rays, going 4 7 5 5 1 3 but they chipped away at the Oriole advantage with Dom Scavone's 18th homer with a man on getting them within 6-3 in the 8th and then a 3-run rally in the 9th capped by Kelly Crumpton's 2-run shot (#30) with two out in the 9th sent us to extras. But Crespo (2-1) served up a 2-run shot to Gunnar Henderson and that was that. It was deju va all over again as the Rays came back from down 5-2 by scoring in the 8th and 9th to tie it, only to lose in extra innings but this time we had to play the equivalent of an additional game and then some as Baltimore finally prevailed 6-5 in 21 innings. Pablo Lopez had an up-and-down start finishing 6 6 5 5 1 9, but they got him off the hook starting with a 2-run Andrew Greckel shot (#28) in the 8th and Ed Howard's RBI single in the 9th. And then neither team could mount much in extras as we went on and on and on with Howard going to 3rd with nobody out in the 15th the Rays' best chance but he was thrown out at the plate on a grounder to 1st. Finally in his 5th inning of work Robinson Ortiz gave up a solo homer to Levi Usher to decide it - he ended up throwing 66 pitches in relief. The Rays only managed 9 hits in the 21 innings leading to some ugly batting lines such as an 0-9 from Victor Robles and 0-8s from Alex Kirilloff and Corey Collins. Team record: 75-50. Next up: We'll take our worn-out pitching staff to Toronto for 3 games.