After that loss. Every single time the Rays loaded the bases, they shot themselves in the foot. The first inning was pretty much the whole game. The Rays load bases through walks. The Rays strand baserunners because no one can get an RBI. Shields had a good game but Dice K pitched a 4 hitter. The home field advantage vanished last night. Tonight is a must win game with Kazmir taking the mound. If the Rays lose both games at home, the prospects look bleak. I’m not saying it’s over but the trends show that most 0 – 2 teams don’t win the ALCS.
And we really need the bats to wake up.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:48 am
I question Maddon on one thing, the inning Carl got our first hit, Folloeed by Floyds single moving Carl to third with no outs. Why didn’t he pinch run with Perez for Floyd. Odds are Floyd wouldn’t come to bat again as it was a late inning, you see how Carl bothered Dice K when he was on first, the speedy Perez could have done the same and you had a shot to still second thus elimating the force that eventually ended the inning. Just my thought. Well we have been a team that comes back all year, why change now. Go Rays.