00:01Well a massive thunderstorm
00:03passed through St. Petersburg a
00:05couple hours ago.
00:06Good news is we don't care about
00:08the weather outside we got a
00:09roof here at Tropicana Field.
00:11It's game two of a three game
00:12series Giants and the Rays.
00:14The Rays sending Griffin Jacks
00:17to the mound making his second
00:19start of the year overall his
00:2113th appearance.
00:22Jacks embracing a new challenge
00:24tonight as you mentioned
00:26embracing this transition from
00:28the bullpen to the starting
00:29rotation now this has been in
00:30discussion for a while dating
00:32back to when he was acquired last
00:33season got brought up again in
00:34the offseason they felt this was
00:36the right time to do it and for
00:37Jacks this isn't about
00:38reinventing himself it's about
00:40trusting who he's become he told
00:41us I'm a different pitcher now
00:43than I was when I did this back
00:44in twenty twenty one couple of
00:46harmless pretty fly balls plus a
00:48strikeout and a single and
00:49Jackson's through one now the
00:51Rays have come up in the bottom
00:52of the first against a guy who's
00:53just pitching about as well as
00:55anybody in the National League
00:56right now Landon Root yeah the
00:57numbers are looking really good
00:59to start this season five and
01:00one with a two five five ERA
01:02thirty five and a third innings
01:04thirty seven strikeouts only
01:05allowed one home run he's given
01:07up four hits four hits in his
01:09last three starts means he's
01:11due Dwayne that's right means
01:12he's due and the base and the
01:15center field and Mullins is a
01:17boy here's junior common arrow
01:19man he had some good at bats
01:20last night and hit a home run
01:22swings and misses curve ball
01:24strike three there's a run the
01:26runner goes pitch taken Bailey's
01:28throw tag one hot throw and a
01:31Davis dropped the tag down on
01:34Mullins no challenge he's out one
01:37hit nobody left good throw by
01:39Patrick Bailey we go to the
01:41second two up two down Ramos
01:43down here in the seventh spot
01:44and he's about as good at bats as
01:46anybody but maybe trying to find
01:48a little more balance seeing if
01:50they can lengthen out the lineup
01:51a bit Ramos sends it back into
01:54center field with some carry to
01:56the wall and that ball is he
02:00deep this he got me he maybe got
02:03Ramos was looking out there like
02:04what the heck just happened well
02:06the Giants wonder if maybe there
02:08wasn't something that constructed
02:10that fly ball and you see Tony
02:12Vitello out there who cheap
02:14review the potential home run
02:16well you saw Cedric Mullins go
02:17back to the wall that's why it
02:19looked like he was deacon he went
02:20back to like he was going to get
02:21ready to scale it and then push
02:23off and he comes in and ends up
02:25making the catch any fair ball
02:27that hits the lower two catwalks
02:29either of them and in this case
02:30would be the lowest one it between
02:32the foul poles in fair play is a
02:33home run you can find a camera
02:35that shows that angle on the field
02:38it stands it is a catch runner is
02:40out so the stat cast was
02:42inadmissible and it is an out so
02:45one gone and a man aboard here
02:47is Jung who Lee who struck out
02:49with a fastball badly up and out
02:50of the zone his first time he's
02:52a swing and a line drive down the
02:53right field line he was left
02:54making a diving catch is Johnny
02:56DeLuca and the throwback the
02:57first a little too late he held
02:59on to it making the catch and Lee
03:01is gone Kevin Katz said after
03:03yesterday's game it was the best
03:05defensive game the Rays have
03:06played all season and they're up
03:09to the task once again right here
03:10tonight a nice job by Johnny out
03:12there to make this play Jack's
03:14very appreciative of that play
03:16out there Kevin Katz heads to the
03:19mound and that's going to be it
03:21for Griffin Jacks here he works
03:23two and two thirds so for the
03:25second inning in a row the
03:26Giants have their leadoff man
03:28aboard Devers is retired Matt
03:30Chapman becomes the hitter but it
03:32goes against swinging by Chapman
03:34in the field did they get the tag
03:36yes well that's quite a catch and
03:39tag out there Richie get the
03:42strike him out throw him out
03:43double play that ball was running
03:46to the arm side Richie Palacios
03:48had to really extend himself
03:51catch it and tag as he's falling
03:53that's just an excellent defensive
03:55play so one out base is empty as
03:58the Rays facing Landon Root in a
03:59scoreless affair for Junior
04:01Camonero homered against him last
04:02year and also homered yesterday
04:04on the ground chop to the left
04:06side tough play and pick up the
04:08throw and they've got it Camonero
04:11thinks he was safe and he might
04:14have been he's like you better
04:15challenge that you better
04:16challenge that it was a do or die
04:18play for Chapman he had to go to
04:19the bare hand and he makes a heck
04:22of a play let's see if Junior gets
04:24challenging the alcohol yes he's
04:26there yeah he's not in there yeah
04:27yep yep I mean that's as hard as
04:33he can go and he got there and was
04:36emphatic with his reaction here's
04:39a random left-handed hitter line
04:41driving a right field that's going
04:42to drop for a base hit Lee gets it
04:44on a hop Camonero makes the turn at
04:46second he goes to third without a
04:47throw Jonathan Aranda who follows
04:50the single by Camonero with a hit
04:51and the Rays have their first two
04:53scoring chance first and third and
04:55one out for Jake Fraley this is
04:58where that situation of hitting
04:59comes in swung on and a little
05:00broken bat looper into center
05:02coming on Gilbert still coming it
05:03falls in front base hit he knocks
05:05it down Camonero scores from third
05:08base it's a blue pit for Fraley and
05:10the Rays have three straight hits
05:12and a one nothing advantage in the
05:14fourth really a good thing he didn't
05:16hit it any better than he did they
05:17dropped it in front of Gilbert for
05:19the RBI I feel like the Rays have
05:21three hits in this inning and three
05:23broken bats yeah I mean that ball
05:25got just enough on the label it was
05:27an interesting trajectory but the
05:29ball just died there was nothing
05:31behind it and Junior comes all the
05:33way around and scores the first run
05:34one nothing Rays bottom of the
05:36fifth inning one run five hits for
05:38Tampa fiducia leading off the two
05:40two is line pass first and call
05:42fair at the last moment by the first
05:44base umpire Nick Lance and headed to
05:47the second fiducia but he also said
05:49that it was touched by Raphael
05:52Devers so that would not be a
05:53reviewable play because it went off
05:55the glove of the first baseman and
05:58it's a double for fiducia to start
06:00this fifth inning for the Rays first
06:02extra base hit this year for
06:04Hunter there is the first walk
06:06issued by Rube that's a frustrating
06:08sequence what do you do here
06:09Chandler Simpson you're thinking but
06:11I think the Giants were thinking
06:12but they were putting on a defense
06:13out there to try to combat that
06:15he's showing but that's a pretty
06:18good one bases are gonna be loaded
06:21with nobody out that's what you do
06:24so Cedric Mullins moved up in the
06:26order tonight is singled and
06:28grounded out he's got a great
06:29chance to break open this game
06:31three two is inside ball four and
06:33he has himself a walk to force
06:34home a run here comes fiducia to
06:36score the second run for the Rays
06:38it's now two nothing of the fifth
06:39and the bases are still loaded with
06:42nobody out and here comes Junior
06:44Caminero swing and a miss he
06:46chased out of the zone and that's
06:47strike three and Junior saying that
06:50bounced it wasn't foul tipped and
06:52Hunter Wendelstedt saying no no no
06:56that's strike three and he said
06:57strike foul ball strike three I think
07:00Junior thought the first pitch was
07:01a ball and now here's a Ronda
07:03driving a line to center it's a
07:05base hit for Jonathan Aranda Wall
07:07scores Simpson right behind them
07:09throw goes to third Jonathan Aranda
07:11comes through again his two run
07:13single makes it for nothing Tampa
07:15Bay in the fifth and that might just
07:18about do it for Landon Ruth top of
07:20the order for the Giants here in the
07:21sixth we're now down for nothing
07:23Junior Lee at the plate swung on line
07:26towards center coming on Mullen
07:27slides and makes the catch boy he got
07:30a terrific jump and took a hit away
07:32from Lee to open the six it's all
07:34about the jump and it's all about
07:36reading that ball off the bat which
07:38can be tricky on line drive to
07:39center field and Cedric does it
07:41flawlessly here's a rise rise in
07:43the right field that's a hit the
07:45Luke is going to try to cut it off
07:47he will not at least arise in the
07:50second so now the Giants have their
07:52first runner in scoring position
07:54tonight two hits for a rise here
07:56tonight as well but a runner in
07:58scoring position chip away chip away
08:01Evers is flied out to left and he's
08:04fouled out to the catcher for two
08:05in this game drives out one to
08:07left field and deep Simpson back at
08:09the wall jumping and he didn't
08:11catch it ball comes out and he's
08:14down a rise will score Devers into
08:17second he's got an RBI double
08:20Giants on the board and Simpson
08:22thankfully does get up and for
08:25Devers he takes the two fastballs
08:27low and then gets the 0 2 fastball
08:29up out of the zone and that's the
08:30one he wanted timed it up I guess
08:33after the first two but one hundred
08:35and three off the bat line drive
08:37the other way and Giants are on
08:40the board here and now it is four
08:42to one Tampa Bay as we go to the
08:44bottom of the eighth the race
08:45three outs away from another
08:47series win the Luka drives it in
08:49the left center field next to
08:52base is coming here the Luka
08:54pulls up in second with a double
08:56sixth double of the year hit
08:58number two tonight for DeLuca runs
09:00for third the pitches inside the
09:02ball rolls away from that
09:03champion here comes DeLuca heading
09:05for home and he'll score
09:06standing up and the Rays have a
09:08five one lead that's
09:10manufacturing a run for it yeah
09:12it is the throw was just a
09:13little wide and it was off the
09:15glove and then it got kicked by
09:16DeLuca and sent on its way five
09:18to one the Rays lead as we go to
09:20the ninth inning you see Luka
09:22Mina made his Rays debut in
09:25Cleveland line drive to left
09:27third baseman Camonero it looked
09:29like it was headed for left
09:30field and Camonero moved quickly
09:32over to his left and caught it
09:34reaching out and the Giants are
09:36down to their final out again
09:37two up two down
09:38ground ball over the mound
09:40picked up there by the bag at
09:44second and the Rays win this
09:45one two three ninth inning and the
09:50Rays defeat the San Francisco
09:53Giants five to one after a three
09:55nothing win in game one they
09:58take game two it's five to one
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