A big, big win...
The Rays put on their hitting shoes in today's pivotal ALDS Game 3, erasing a 5-2 Yankee lead with a 7-run 5th inning and going on to beat New York 10-6 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-5. It was a team effort with everyone in the lineup getting a hit, and everyone except
Ha-Seong Kim driving in at least one run. They needed the bats as
Shane McClanahan had a poor start including a nightmarish first inning in which he allowed three runs. But
Shane Baz was excellent in relief of him, going 4 1/3 innings and not allowing a run until the 9th when the game was in hand.
Drew Rasmussen will get the ball tomorrow with a chance for the Rays to advance to the ALCS.
Meanwhile runs are at a premium in the other ALDS as the Tigers won the second 1-0 game of the series to take a 2-1 series lead when Riley Greene hit a walk-off double off Cleveland's Cade Smith in the bottom of the 10th. Tarik Skubal was 7 4 0 0 2 7 in another scoreless postseason start:
And yesterday's Atlanta and Chicago wins only delayed the inevitable as the arch-rival Dodgers and Giants will meet in the NLCS:
