Well that was an interesting game. The Rays blew an early 5-0 lead, blew a 6-5 lead in the 9th, but thanks to Ricky Widmar's leadoff homer in the 10th beat the Rangers 7-6 and now have a commanding 3-0 lead in the ALCS. The story early was Jasson Dominguez, who took Texas starter Ki-Heon Lee deep twice, once with a man on, while Nate Clark singled in a 1st inning run and homered himself. With Christian Little on the mound and a 5-0 lead, what could go wrong? Little was dinged for a run in the 4th but it seemed harmless. Harmless, that is, until the Rangers put 3 up in the 6th thanks to a couple of a familiar faces. Wander Franco tripled in a run and then Keston Hiura took Little deep and suddenly it was 5-4. He got through the inning and things looked up again when Keibert Ruiz singled home a run to make it 6-4. But Alex McKenna's double chased Little in the 7th and Jose Alvarado (making his first appearance of the series because of Texas's heavily righty lineup), gave up an Izaac Pacheco single to make it 6-5 again. With Daniel Espino and JDLC showing tired, it was up to the "B" bullpen. Jack Filby put men on 2nd and 3rd to lead off the 8th but got out of it with a grounder at the drawn-in infield and a strikeout, and Evan Godwin got the call to close it out in the 9th. Godwin got the first two outs but gave up a pair of hits so Mack Anglin was summoned to face Hiura. The former Ray then singled for his 4th hit of the game to tie it up, sending us to extras where Widmar hit his homer. Anglin stuck around and got a 1-2-3 10th to pick up a vultured win and send the Rays just one game away from their 5th World Series in 6 seasons.
