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April 16-22, 2029
April 16: vs Boston 4-1 W. WP-McGee (3-1, 6 3 0 0 1 6). S-Klein (6). An excellent outing from McGee backed by 3-hit, 1-RBI games from Ramos and Meadows, the latter doubling twice.
Transaction: Jordan Westburg, he of the red-hot start (6 HR and 14 RBI in 17 games) strained his back and will get 10 days off after which he should be ready to return. Coming up for him is Brayden Taylor, who will platoon with Doughty at 2B.
April 17: vs Boston 2-6 L. LP-Sheehan (2-1, 5 5 3 3 3 8). HR-C.Williams (2). Not the Rays' night as the offense couldn't do much and the bullpen couldn't keep it close.
April 18: vs Boston 3-0 W. WP-H.Smith (6 3 0 0 1 8). S-Klein (7). HR-B.Taylor (1), Doughty (1). The Hagenaissance continues as Smith lowered his ERA to a microscopic 1.19 and Taylor tripled and homered in his first start since being recalled.
April 19: Off-Day.
April 20: at Arizona 6-2 W. WP-Schwellenbach (1-1, 6.1 4 0 0 1 2). HR-Cermak (4), C.Williams (3), P.Meadows (2). Schwellenbach picked up his first Rays win in an impressive outing (and he didn't have to leave early for once) while Williams doubled, homered and drove in a pair to lead the offense in yet another win.
April 21: at Arizona 5-1 W. WP-Bradley (4-1, 5 3 1 1 1 9). S-Baumeister (2, 4 2 0 0 0 4). Taj was back in Cy Young form, Baumeister was excellent in long relief, and Taylor stayed hot since his callup by going 3-4 with a double and 3 RBI.
April 22: at Arizona 7-4 W. WP-Mercedes (1-1). S-Klein (8). Starter-McGee (4 7 4 4 2 5). HR-Doughty (2), Caminero (5), Cermak (5). A very strange game that saw the Rays jump out to a 6-0 lead in the 4th only for McGee to nearly give it all back in the bottom of the inning, but the bullpen held strong with 5 scoreless. The other strange aspect is that Rays hitters, despite scoring 7 runs on 15 hits including 3 homers, struck out a whopping 19 times on the day including a golden sombrero from Williams who was 0-5. Nevertheless it still added up to a 5-1 week and a sweep in the desert.
Team record: 16-6, 3 1/2 up on the Yankees and Baltimore. You might think that 16-6 is the best record in MLB but no, the Rockies (yes, the Rockies) are off to an absurd 19-3 start. Next week: 4 games in Chicago against the White Sox before returning home for 3 against that very Colorado team, which should be interesting.
Players of the Week:
AL: Gunnar Henderson (BAL), 11-23, 2 HR, 9 RBI
NL: Benny Montgomery (COL), 10-21, 2 HR, 16(!) RBI
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