Toothless...
The Rays lost Game 1 and home-field advantage in the World Series as they were shut down by San Diego's George Kirby. They had one golden chance against Kirby and that was in the first when they loaded the bases with one out only for Cruz to hit an infield pop and Morel to ground out.
Taj Bradley matched him with zeroes for four innings and in fact didn't even allow a hit until the 5th when a pair of singles to start the inning were followed up by a 3-run homer by Nick Loftin, a former Ray who was traded to San Diego two years ago in a deadline deal to rent Kodai Senga. And that was the ballgame as they got nothing off Kirby and only managed a solo
Jordan Westburg homer in the 8th.
Ni Guan will go tomorrow in Game 2 to try and keep them from heading west in an 0-2 hole.