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Art Deco · 06-03-2022, 11:06 PM

The Rays came into this series an absurd 55-14 against San Antonio in the 7 seasons the Alamos have been in the league, including 3-0 this year, and of course since I went and looked all this up you know where this is headed as the Alamos apparently finally tired of having sand kicked in their faces and swept the Rays thanks to a trio of bullpen meltdowns by Tampa Bay. It doesn't change anything big picture-wise though as the Yankees dropped 2 of 3 so the magic number still went down by a pair to 24 and the lead is still 8 1/2. Now for the gory details:

The opener was the worst of the lot as the Rays took a 5-0 lead into the bottom of the 7th only to lose 7-5. Jackson Baumeister bounced back from a bad start to go 5 5 0 0 1 7 and JT Ginn got through the 6th, but put 2 on and coughed up a homer in the 7th to make it 5-3. Then it was Tylor Megill's turn to come in and give up a pair of homers and for good measure Robinson Ortiz gave up one up as well. Megill took his first loss of the year against 5 wins and blew his 3rd save. Before it all went bad Andrew Greckel stayed hot with a 2-run homer (#32) and Ed Howard had a solo shot (#9).

It was more of the same in the second game as the Rays led 3-0 going into the bottom of the 8th. This time Landon Knack gave up an 8th-inning homer to cut the lead to 3-1 and the rot even spread to the normally-untouchable Yasunari Uehara (5-3), who gave up a leadoff homer in the 9th and then gave up 3 more hits to score 2 more runs and let the Alamos walk it off 4-3. The pen wasted a 7 8 0 0 1 4 outing from Pablo Lopez and a 2-run double from Ryan McKenna.

For a moment in the finale it looked like the Rays would turn the tables on San Antonio and come back on their bullpen, but after Ed Howard (#10) and Wander Franco (#17) hit back-to-back homers in the top of the 8th to tie the game up at 4, Tylor Megill once again (5-2) struggled giving up 2 runs to let the Alamos win 6-4 and complete the sweep. Once again Slade Cecconi pitched to contact but today it was harder contact as he went 6 7 4 4 0 2. Andrew Greckel had yet another homer, a 2-run shot in the 2nd for his 33rd of the year and 5th of the week, good enough to earn Player of the Week honors in the AL.

Team record: 78-53. They did surrender the mantle of top team in MLB to Washington which is 78-52 but they'll get an immediate chance to do something about that as they'll host the Nats at Tropicana Field for 3 games after a day off.

06-03-2022, 11:06 PM	#668
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,613	August 25-27, 2028: at San Antonio (3) The Rays came into this series an absurd 55-14 against San Antonio in the 7 seasons the Alamos have been in the league, including 3-0 this year, and of course since I went and looked all this up you know where this is headed as the Alamos apparently finally tired of having sand kicked in their faces and swept the Rays thanks to a trio of bullpen meltdowns by Tampa Bay. It doesn't change anything big picture-wise though as the Yankees dropped 2 of 3 so the magic number still went down by a pair to 24 and the lead is still 8 1/2. Now for the gory details: The opener was the worst of the lot as the Rays took a 5-0 lead into the bottom of the 7th only to lose 7-5. Jackson Baumeister bounced back from a bad start to go 5 5 0 0 1 7 and JT Ginn got through the 6th, but put 2 on and coughed up a homer in the 7th to make it 5-3. Then it was Tylor Megill's turn to come in and give up a pair of homers and for good measure Robinson Ortiz gave up one up as well. Megill took his first loss of the year against 5 wins and blew his 3rd save. Before it all went bad Andrew Greckel stayed hot with a 2-run homer (#32) and Ed Howard had a solo shot (#9). It was more of the same in the second game as the Rays led 3-0 going into the bottom of the 8th. This time Landon Knack gave up an 8th-inning homer to cut the lead to 3-1 and the rot even spread to the normally-untouchable Yasunari Uehara (5-3), who gave up a leadoff homer in the 9th and then gave up 3 more hits to score 2 more runs and let the Alamos walk it off 4-3. The pen wasted a 7 8 0 0 1 4 outing from Pablo Lopez and a 2-run double from Ryan McKenna. For a moment in the finale it looked like the Rays would turn the tables on San Antonio and come back on their bullpen, but after Ed Howard (#10) and Wander Franco (#17) hit back-to-back homers in the top of the 8th to tie the game up at 4, Tylor Megill once again (5-2) struggled giving up 2 runs to let the Alamos win 6-4 and complete the sweep. Once again Slade Cecconi pitched to contact but today it was harder contact as he went 6 7 4 4 0 2. Andrew Greckel had yet another homer, a 2-run shot in the 2nd for his 33rd of the year and 5th of the week, good enough to earn Player of the Week honors in the AL. Team record: 78-53. They did surrender the mantle of top team in MLB to Washington which is 78-52 but they'll get an immediate chance to do something about that as they'll host the Nats at Tropicana Field for 3 games after a day off.