Amazing!...
Move over Bill Mazeroski and make room for
Josh Lowe. The Rays right fielder became only the second man in MLB history to hit a walk-off homer to win a Game 7 in the World Series when he took Kenny Rosenberg deep to left field in the bottom of the 10th to give Tampa Bay a 2-1 win and its first-ever World Championship after coming back from a 3-1 deficit in the series. It was a true classic Game 7 with outstanding pitching from
Ryan Pepiot, who tried to make
Junior Caminero's 1st-inning solo homer stand up as the game's only run only to see reliever
John McMillon give up the game-tying RBI single in the 8th to thorn-in-the-Rays-side Nick Loftin. And San Diego put the first two men on in the 8th before
Tanner Scott got a double play and strikeout to escape the jam.
Felix Bautista kept the Padres off the board in the 9th and 10th and then Lowe came through in what may very well be his first at-bat as a Ray (he's a free agent-to-be) and made baseball history. Get ready for the parade down Central Avenue in St. Pete and maybe a bonus boat parade in Tampa!
Wasn't the cleanest screen cap, but here's a taste of the celebration:
