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Game 2
It was another thriller @ the Trop two nights ago. This time it was in the favor of the Tampa Bay Rays.
James Sheilds took the helm for the Rays against the Philidelphia Phillies’ Brett Meyers. Sheilds held the Phills scorless for 5 2/3 innings of work. He struck out 4 batters and scattered 7 hits over that span.
The Rays began the game when Akinori Iwamura drew a lead-off walk in the 1st inning. He then moved to third when B.J. Upton singled to right. Upton made it to third on the hit when the right fielder bobbled the ball. Iwamura and Upton scored on successive ground outs by Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria to put them ahead 2-0. In the second inning, Upton singled to right again to drive in Diooner Navarro. Rocco Baldelli was thrown out at home though so that they had to settle for a 3-0 lead. Jason Bartlett got down a bunt on the safety squeeze in the fourth inning scoring Cliff Floyd to go ahead 4-0.
David Price surrendered a solo shot in the 8th inning to give the Phillies their first score of the night. He then gave up a lead-off double to Phills’ Carlos Ruiz in the 9th who then scored on a one-out error. Price then struck out Chase Utley and got Ryan Howard to hit into a grounder for Iwamura to pick up.
Now with the Fall Classic tied at 1 apiece, the series heads to Phily tonight.
I can’t wait! 
Oh Boy, Here We Go Again…
The Red Sox are on track to do it again…come back to win the ALCS from being down 3-1. Last night was terrible to watch for both Sox haters and fans of the Rays. B.J. Upton was the only spark in the Rays offense, starting their scoring off with a solo shot. They would score only one other run in the entire game.
Jason Varitek, the veteran catcher for the Sox, proved that he could still be a playmaker in these types of situations. He showed that he will never give up, just like the whole team won’t. They have the momentum now, which began in Game 5 up in Beantown. After Dustin Pedroia’s solo shot in the 1st, the Sox never looked back. The Rays did tie it back up in the bottom of the 4th, but the Sox came back with a solo shot by Varitek and an RBI single from David Ortiz.
Game 7 should play out to be an interesting one. The Rays have Matt Garza going for them versus the Red Sox’ John Lester. For me, I am rooting for “the new kids on the block”.
I will be watching with care tonight
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