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Art Deco · 08-11-2025, 11:43 PM

An epic loss...

Thanks to the heroics of Christopher Morel and rookie Carson Williams the Rays had a change to take a stranglehold on the series with a 3-0 lead, but instead the bullpen let them down, putting them down 3 runs in the 7th and then after a miracle comeback in the 8th saw them blow saves in both the 9th and 10th innings before finally succumbing 10-9 to LA in 16, letting the Dodgers crawl back into the series. Morel, who hasn't hit much for average but has flashed the power, hit a 3-run homer in the 2nd off former Ray Tyler Glasnow to put them up 3-1 early. They couldn't hold that lead and in the 7th Garrett Cleavinger gave up a 3-run homer to James Outman to put LA up 6-3. But Morel came through again in the top of the 8th, clearing the bases with a double to tie the game and give him 6 RBI on the night, and then Williams followed with his first major-league homer, a 2-run shot to put Tampa Bay up 8-6. But unfortunately Pete Fairbanks lost that lead in the 9th thanks to a 2-run Shohei Ohtani homer, and after Williams thought he had won the game again for them with an RBI single in the 10th Manny Rodriguez, by then the 8th Rays pitcher of the night, lost that lead as well. So on and on we went after that with the Dodgers more threatening, and then finally in the 16th they put two men on who Mason Montgomery wild pitched to 2nd and 3rd, and Chris Taylor followed with a sac fly to win it. Now Shane Baz will go tomorrow to try and keep the Rays up in the series with a frazzled bullpen behind him.

08-11-2025, 11:43 PM	#70
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,613	October 24, 2025: World Series Game 3 An epic loss... Thanks to the heroics of Christopher Morel and rookie Carson Williams the Rays had a change to take a stranglehold on the series with a 3-0 lead, but instead the bullpen let them down, putting them down 3 runs in the 7th and then after a miracle comeback in the 8th saw them blow saves in both the 9th and 10th innings before finally succumbing 10-9 to LA in 16, letting the Dodgers crawl back into the series. Morel, who hasn't hit much for average but has flashed the power, hit a 3-run homer in the 2nd off former Ray Tyler Glasnow to put them up 3-1 early. They couldn't hold that lead and in the 7th Garrett Cleavinger gave up a 3-run homer to James Outman to put LA up 6-3. But Morel came through again in the top of the 8th, clearing the bases with a double to tie the game and give him 6 RBI on the night, and then Williams followed with his first major-league homer, a 2-run shot to put Tampa Bay up 8-6. But unfortunately Pete Fairbanks lost that lead in the 9th thanks to a 2-run Shohei Ohtani homer, and after Williams thought he had won the game again for them with an RBI single in the 10th Manny Rodriguez, by then the 8th Rays pitcher of the night, lost that lead as well. So on and on we went after that with the Dodgers more threatening, and then finally in the 16th they put two men on who Mason Montgomery wild pitched to 2nd and 3rd, and Chris Taylor followed with a sac fly to win it. Now Shane Baz will go tomorrow to try and keep the Rays up in the series with a frazzled bullpen behind him.