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Old 09-07-2022, 06:27 PM   #824
Art Deco
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June 10-12, 2030: at NY Mets (3)

A difficult series for the Rays, who forgot to pack their bats for the trip and scored only 6 times in the 3-game series, losing two of them and seeing some former Tampa Bay players give them the business. Boston took 2 of 3 in its series so the division lead is back down to 2 1/2.

Shane Panzini supplied a good start but he didn't get the support as the Rays fell 2-1 to the Mets in the opener at CitiField. The righty (4-4) was a solid 6 5 2 2 2 7 and it was a double from former Ray Hunter Bishop that decided the game in the 6th. Dong-hwan Kim brought home the lone Rays run with a single, one of only 5 hits they mustered on the night.

Different night, same result as the Rays dropped another 2-1 decision to the Mets in the second game although this one was decided in the bottom of the 9th. Michael Prosecky was today's unsupported starter, going 6 3 1 0 3 4 with a Chris Seise error proving costly. Landon Knack (1-2) gave up a walk-off homer to New York's Alex Arauz and the win went to the Rays' closer of the past few years, Yasunari Uehara who held them to 1 hit in 1 2/3 and fanned 4.

The Rays salvaged the finale 4-3 in 11 innings thanks to a big game from Chris Gutierrez. Gutierrez first gave them a 3-1 lead in the 6th with a 2-run double but James Hays gave those runs right back in the bottom of the inning when he allowed a 2-run homer to yet another former Ray, Adley Rutschman. And Gutierrez's hit came an inning after still another former Ray Levi Stoudt held them to 1 run on 3 hits through 5 before departing. Guiterrez then delivered an RBI single in the 11th after Jose Aguilar led off the inning with a single and stole second. Hays finished 6.1 7 3 3 1 7, the win went to Kevin DiCostanzo (2-0) with two scoreless innings and to even the ledger a bit a former Met got the save as Tylor Megill recorded his first of the year.

Team record: 46-20. Next up: An off-day then we continue our sojourn through the NL East with 3 in Atlanta.
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