The Rays took a big early lead, Rays -wergers gave the most back, but instead of completely falling apart, the team met to win the victory.
For 6 beautiful innings we enjoyed the kind of game that we have not enjoyed for a long time.
They scored seven points in the first four innings and St. Louis Starter Miles Mikolas chased the third.
Hits came from the expected places. Brandon Lowe Homde to give the Rays a fast first inning lead, although St. Louis quickly in their half of the second inning bond.
They also received hits and runs from unexpected places. In the second inning, Carson Williams, who made his main class debut, reached an error, and then Tristan Gray succeeded in making the score 3-1:
Because I have greeted almost every gray at bat with the call of “why? Why?” I am happy, indeed pleased to celebrate this success.
In the third inning, the rays scored two more, without the benefit of the long ball. J Lowe and Mangum each hit a single and pulled out a double handle. Carson Williams hit a single to knock in his first Major League run and Bob Seymour followed with his own RBI single to make the score 5-1.
And that’s not all! In the fourth Mangum doubled to erase the bases and give the rays a 7-1 lead.
After those six beautiful innings, however, it became Dicey. Adrian Houser had largely kept the cardinals off the board, making two points by six. It might not be the best idea to release him for the seventh inning. He allowed a single and a home run to bring the cardinals within three runs.
After that homerun it was that money went to this bull pen and brought in Griffin Jax.
For many Rays fans, the worst trade ever Nelson Cruz of the twins for Joe Ryan was. As we all know, the bat from Cruz stopped as soon as he crossed the Florida state line when Ryan was a top of the rotation starter for the twins.
I mention that because the rays may not have to do a deadline deal with the twins. Griffin Jax, previously seen as one of the more effective relievers of the competition, pulled a Nelson Cruz and was pretty damn terrible with the rays. And he managed to do it again today. A single, a home run and the cardinals were within one.
At this point I introduced the predictable end of the game. More relievers give up runs. Rays Hitters pop up, grounds and throw.
But I was wrong, mostly thanks to Carson Williams.
With Hunter Feduccia at the first time, Williams launched his first home run during his first Major League match. The rays were up again with three, 9-6 and the entire mood of the game changed. Watch this video for the Thuis Run and also for the family celebration in the stands:
Marc Topkin tweeted that Williams was the ninth Rays player of Homer in his debut. Does anyone know the other eight?*
To add the icing to the top, Homerde Junior in the eighth inning to bring us to the final score of 10-6 he had made jokes that if Brandon Lowe Homde, he would do that too and I can see that he is holding his word.
In the end, both Baker and Fairbanks threw scoreless, clean innings (when was the last time Pete was given three straight outs instead of torturing us with a walk here and a hit there?) To close the competition.
It is clear that Carson Williams was the missing spark for this team! But actually it was a very balanced attack, with four players who go garden and five with multi-hit games. Hat tip for Jake Mangum, who had shuffled on the plate and came through with a four hit night, including two Doubles. Josh Lowe is another outfielder whose bat has become cold, so good to see him with three hits, a double and two squeasibbler Infield singles.
The rays will have a rare Saturday off tomorrow, and they will be back in action on Sunday, when I am sure that the afternoon temperatures will be delicious.
*Here are the players I can think of: Kamer Misner, Wander Franco and Brandon Guyer.
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