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Art Deco · 09-03-2022, 11:45 AM

The Rays had completely dominated the Alamos since they join the AL as an expansion team in 2022 but this weekend it was San Antonio's turn as they swept the Rays at Alamo Park. To make matters worse, Boston swept its series and won on the Monday off-day to pull into a tie with Tampa Bay atop the AL East although the Rays technically remain first on percentage points. The Rays still have the best record in baseball but unfortunately the team with the 2nd best record resides in their division. And to add injury to insult, JT Realmuto sprained his ankle in the finale and will be out three weeks.

The opener saw the Rays held to only 4 hits in a 4-0 loss to San Antonio. Michael Prosecky (4-3) was 6 7 4 4 1 3 in the defeat.

James Hays was on the bump for the second game but he gave up a couple of key homers and the Alamos edged the Rays 4-3 as Tampa Bay's comeback attempt fell short. Hays (6-2) went 6 7 4 4 2 9 and the 2-run homer he allowed to Joey Gallo in the 6th was his undoing. Dong-hwan Kim (#9) and Joshua Baez (#8) had solo homers, with Baez's coming in the 9th to make it interesting but nothing more.

The finale was toughest loss of them all as the Rays had a dramatic 9th-inning rally to tie it, went ahead in the top of the 12th on a Kelly Crumpton solo homer (his AL-leading 15th) but gave up two runs in the bottom of the frame to lose it 5-4. Robinson Ortiz started and was 6 6 3 3 3 6 with a pair of homers allowed but they inched back from 3-0 down as Wander Franco homered (#7) and Jose Aguilar came off the bench with two out in the 9th to deliver a game-tying double. But Wennington Romero (2-1), who cruised through the 11th, put men on second and third with nobody out and Tylor Megill gave up a sac fly and a double to score both the runners as the Alamos walked it off. And of course as mentioned earlier JT Realmuto suffered a sprained ankle and will miss 3 weeks, so just a miserable all-around weekend in San Antonio.

Team record: 39-18. Next up: An off-day as we fly west to Oakland for 3.

09-03-2022, 11:45 AM	#821
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,618	May 31-June 2, 2030: at San Antonio (3) The Rays had completely dominated the Alamos since they join the AL as an expansion team in 2022 but this weekend it was San Antonio's turn as they swept the Rays at Alamo Park. To make matters worse, Boston swept its series and won on the Monday off-day to pull into a tie with Tampa Bay atop the AL East although the Rays technically remain first on percentage points. The Rays still have the best record in baseball but unfortunately the team with the 2nd best record resides in their division. And to add injury to insult, JT Realmuto sprained his ankle in the finale and will be out three weeks. The opener saw the Rays held to only 4 hits in a 4-0 loss to San Antonio. Michael Prosecky (4-3) was 6 7 4 4 1 3 in the defeat. James Hays was on the bump for the second game but he gave up a couple of key homers and the Alamos edged the Rays 4-3 as Tampa Bay's comeback attempt fell short. Hays (6-2) went 6 7 4 4 2 9 and the 2-run homer he allowed to Joey Gallo in the 6th was his undoing. Dong-hwan Kim (#9) and Joshua Baez (#8) had solo homers, with Baez's coming in the 9th to make it interesting but nothing more. The finale was toughest loss of them all as the Rays had a dramatic 9th-inning rally to tie it, went ahead in the top of the 12th on a Kelly Crumpton solo homer (his AL-leading 15th) but gave up two runs in the bottom of the frame to lose it 5-4. Robinson Ortiz started and was 6 6 3 3 3 6 with a pair of homers allowed but they inched back from 3-0 down as Wander Franco homered (#7) and Jose Aguilar came off the bench with two out in the 9th to deliver a game-tying double. But Wennington Romero (2-1), who cruised through the 11th, put men on second and third with nobody out and Tylor Megill gave up a sac fly and a double to score both the runners as the Alamos walked it off. And of course as mentioned earlier JT Realmuto suffered a sprained ankle and will miss 3 weeks, so just a miserable all-around weekend in San Antonio. Team record: 39-18. Next up: An off-day as we fly west to Oakland for 3.