A tough one...
A pair of stylish lefty aces took center stage at Tropicana Field to open the World Series and they fought to a draw before Tampa Bay's bullpen blinked and Cincinnati came away with a 2-1 win to take an early edge. Max Fried and
Shane McClanahan each allowed a first-inning run and then nothing thereafter until they departed in the 8th, and although
Felix Bautista got Mac out of that inning the Reds got to him in the 9th for a run to go ahead 2-1. The Rays tried to mount a rally in the bottom of the inning as
Jordan Westburg led off with a single and with one out
Junior Caminero drew a walk to put the tying run in scoring position, but
Xavier Isaac became the third Rays batter to ground into a double play tonight and the game was over.
Hagen Smith will try to even things up tomorrow night for Tampa Bay.