Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 13, 2008
Bottom of the Ninth

Edwin Jackson gets to make an appearance in the LCS as he comes in to pitch the bottom of the ninth. Mark Kotsay leads off and lines out to third.

Update: Varitek grounds out to second, two down. It's up to Cora.

Update: Alex Cora flies out to left to end the game.

That was a good old fashioned drubbing. The Rays hit four home runs, including a big three-run blast by B.J. Upton that put the Rays up 4-0. Longoria added a solo shot in that inning, the third, to pretty much put the game out of reach. Those two have combined for nine of the Rays 13 post-season home runs.

The Rays win back home field advantage. The two pitchers, Garza and Lester would matchup in a game seven if the series goes that far. The location favored the Red Sox today as Lester was great at Fenway this season and Garza was poor on the road. If these two meet again, Garza will have that advantage. Of course, this game showed that might not be worth much.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:57 PM | League Championship Series | TrackBack (0)
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Shows what I know. I said the Rays aren't a good hitting team. It helps when the Boston hurlers leave straight fastballs up in the zone.

Posted by: Casey Abell at October 13, 2008 08:38 PM
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