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Art Deco · 06-25-2022, 04:05 PM

The Rays' fine start to 2029 continued as they took 2 of 3 from the Guardians at Progressive Field and have now opened up a 4-game lead in the AL East on the Yankees.

In his two non-abbreviated starts in 2029 James Hays has looked more like his Cy Young/MVP 2027 self than last year's very good but not 2027-good version as he dominated Cleveland in a 4-1 opener win. Hays (2-0) was 8 4 1 1 0 12, only allowing a solo homer, and Tylor Megill finished up for save #2. Most of the Rays' offense came via the longball with Andrew Greckel (#12), Dong-hwan Kim (#3/7) and JT Realmuto (#5) supplying solo homers.

A lack of offense doomed the Rays in the second game as they dropped a 2-1 decision to Cleveland while managing only five hits. Robinson Ortiz (1-2) was the hard-luck loser after going 5 5 2 1 2 6 and Chris Gutierrez's RBI double accounted for the only Tampa Bay run.

The Rays had to win the finale twice, once in regulation before Yasunari Uehara blew the lead in the 9th and then with 2 runs in the 11th to ultimately prevail 5-3. The winner scored on a wild pitch before Chris Seise singled in an insurance tally, making a winner of Landon Knack (3-0) with Dax Fulton pitching a 1-2-3 11th for his 2nd save. Before all that the Rays got another sharp start from Jackson Baumeister (5.1 4 1 1 0 5) which lowered his ERA to 2.25 and put him in the AL pitcher WAR lead at 1.2, and a 2-run homer from Joshua Baez (#4) which put them up 2-1 in the 7th. They took a 3-1 lead into the 9th when the suddenly-unreliable Uehara coughed up a 2-run Eloy Jimenez homer forcing us to extras. It was his second blown save and second homer allowed in 9 innings to go with 6 runs on 14 baserunners. There's no indication his stuff is down so it's probably just a phase but it's something to keep an eye on.

Team record: 18-9. Next up: We head back to Tropicana Field to play 3 against Oakland.

06-25-2022, 04:05 PM	#721
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,613	April 27-29, 2029: at Cleveland (3) The Rays' fine start to 2029 continued as they took 2 of 3 from the Guardians at Progressive Field and have now opened up a 4-game lead in the AL East on the Yankees. In his two non-abbreviated starts in 2029 James Hays has looked more like his Cy Young/MVP 2027 self than last year's very good but not 2027-good version as he dominated Cleveland in a 4-1 opener win. Hays (2-0) was 8 4 1 1 0 12, only allowing a solo homer, and Tylor Megill finished up for save #2. Most of the Rays' offense came via the longball with Andrew Greckel (#12), Dong-hwan Kim (#3/7) and JT Realmuto (#5) supplying solo homers. A lack of offense doomed the Rays in the second game as they dropped a 2-1 decision to Cleveland while managing only five hits. Robinson Ortiz (1-2) was the hard-luck loser after going 5 5 2 1 2 6 and Chris Gutierrez's RBI double accounted for the only Tampa Bay run. The Rays had to win the finale twice, once in regulation before Yasunari Uehara blew the lead in the 9th and then with 2 runs in the 11th to ultimately prevail 5-3. The winner scored on a wild pitch before Chris Seise singled in an insurance tally, making a winner of Landon Knack (3-0) with Dax Fulton pitching a 1-2-3 11th for his 2nd save. Before all that the Rays got another sharp start from Jackson Baumeister (5.1 4 1 1 0 5) which lowered his ERA to 2.25 and put him in the AL pitcher WAR lead at 1.2, and a 2-run homer from Joshua Baez (#4) which put them up 2-1 in the 7th. They took a 3-1 lead into the 9th when the suddenly-unreliable Uehara coughed up a 2-run Eloy Jimenez homer forcing us to extras. It was his second blown save and second homer allowed in 9 innings to go with 6 runs on 14 baserunners. There's no indication his stuff is down so it's probably just a phase but it's something to keep an eye on. Team record: 18-9. Next up: We head back to Tropicana Field to play 3 against Oakland. Last edited by Art Deco; 06-25-2022 at 04:06 PM.