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Art Deco · 01-24-2024, 10:43 PM

It was a wild and wacky series in New York with the teams combining for 46 runs over the three games but the Rays got the better of the slugfests, taking 2 of 3 to open up a 10 1/2-game lead on the second-place Yankees.

The opener was pretty remarkable as the Rays were coasting with leads of 6-0 after 7 and 7-2 after 8 but saw the Yankees score 5 in the 9th to send it to extras before Mal Stephens hit this third - yes his third - homer of the game in the 11th to give Tampa Bay an 8-7 win. All 3 of Stephens' shots were solo, giving him 12, and his second in the 9th gave them a 5-run lead which Jake Bridgewater (with the help of a key Wander Franco error that kept the inning alive) and Eric Lewis (who gave up a slam to the first man he faced, former Ray Andrew Greckel, to let New York tie) combined to blow. Lewis (2-1) stayed in and went the two innings after that to vulture the win. Earlier Danny Morales should have had a win after going 6 3 0 0 2 5 and Danny Arroyave knocked in 3 with a double and his 22nd homer.

Rays pitching was horrid in the second game as an early 4-0 lead was squandered and the Yankees wound up taking a 12-8 win. Danny Charlton hit a pair of solo homers (#32 & 33) with the second putting them back on top 8-7 in the 5th but Mike Moore (2-3) gave up a bases-clearing triple in the 7th to lose it. Meanwhile Jordan Rodriguez, he of the 65 movement rating, somehow allowed 5 runs on 4 homers in the 3rd and finished 2.1 6 6 6 2 2. Justin Blackwell was 3-4 with a double, homer (#9) and 2 RBI while Alex Rivas plated three.

Tampa Bay turned the tables on the Yankees in the finale, overcoming an early 4-1 deficit to pull out a 6-5 comeback win. Mal Stephens hit his fourth homer of the series and 13th of the year to break a 5-5 tie in the 8th and win it, and Wander Franco went yard twice and drove in 3 including a solo shot (#9) in the 7th to even things up. Stephens had 3 hits and 2 RBI on the day. Jeff Coblentz came back from missing a start and had a rough go of it at 4 8 4 4 1 3 but Jadon Smith (7-1) went 2 scoreless for the win and Eric Lewis closed it out for save #26.

Team record: 77-44. Next up: A day off then 3 at home against Baltimore.

MLB News: Boston's Ben Brown hurled a no-hitter against Toronto, walking 2 and fanning 7 in a 109-pitch gem.

01-24-2024, 10:43 PM	#1328
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,614	August 18-20, 2036: at NY Yankees (3) It was a wild and wacky series in New York with the teams combining for 46 runs over the three games but the Rays got the better of the slugfests, taking 2 of 3 to open up a 10 1/2-game lead on the second-place Yankees. The opener was pretty remarkable as the Rays were coasting with leads of 6-0 after 7 and 7-2 after 8 but saw the Yankees score 5 in the 9th to send it to extras before Mal Stephens hit this third - yes his third - homer of the game in the 11th to give Tampa Bay an 8-7 win. All 3 of Stephens' shots were solo, giving him 12, and his second in the 9th gave them a 5-run lead which Jake Bridgewater (with the help of a key Wander Franco error that kept the inning alive) and Eric Lewis (who gave up a slam to the first man he faced, former Ray Andrew Greckel, to let New York tie) combined to blow. Lewis (2-1) stayed in and went the two innings after that to vulture the win. Earlier Danny Morales should have had a win after going 6 3 0 0 2 5 and Danny Arroyave knocked in 3 with a double and his 22nd homer. Rays pitching was horrid in the second game as an early 4-0 lead was squandered and the Yankees wound up taking a 12-8 win. Danny Charlton hit a pair of solo homers (#32 & 33) with the second putting them back on top 8-7 in the 5th but Mike Moore (2-3) gave up a bases-clearing triple in the 7th to lose it. Meanwhile Jordan Rodriguez, he of the 65 movement rating, somehow allowed 5 runs on 4 homers in the 3rd and finished 2.1 6 6 6 2 2. Justin Blackwell was 3-4 with a double, homer (#9) and 2 RBI while Alex Rivas plated three. Tampa Bay turned the tables on the Yankees in the finale, overcoming an early 4-1 deficit to pull out a 6-5 comeback win. Mal Stephens hit his fourth homer of the series and 13th of the year to break a 5-5 tie in the 8th and win it, and Wander Franco went yard twice and drove in 3 including a solo shot (#9) in the 7th to even things up. Stephens had 3 hits and 2 RBI on the day. Jeff Coblentz came back from missing a start and had a rough go of it at 4 8 4 4 1 3 but Jadon Smith (7-1) went 2 scoreless for the win and Eric Lewis closed it out for save #26. Team record: 77-44. Next up: A day off then 3 at home against Baltimore. MLB News: Boston's Ben Brown hurled a no-hitter against Toronto, walking 2 and fanning 7 in a 109-pitch gem.