The Rays take the series in this one. Great job by the offense in this series! The starting pitching, besides Garza, was pitiful, but the bats prevailed. Even Andy Sonnanstine got in on the action. Lucky for us, he hits well for a pitcher because Maddon made a huge mistake as I noted earlier today.
Again, this was a good team win, and the last 3 games looked a lot like the 2008 Rays team. Not just because of the winning that took place, but because this team never felt like they were out of a game when they were down, and they made sure not to give up a lead when they had it.
The end of today’s game was exciting as Kerry Wood was brought into the game for the Tribe to do one job, which he failed to complete-even on the second attempt. He was supposed to hit B.J. Upton for stealing bases the 1st game of the series when we were down 9-0. Apparently, Eric Wedge expects teams to quit trying to score when they fall behind, like their’s does. It was a terrible baseball move for Wedge to do this, but the man is desperate for his team to respond to something. The benches cleared, but no ejections were made by the umpires, which there should have been on the Indians’ side. But the Rays didn’t let it bother them too much. Troy Percival collected the save, and the Rays picked up a big win.
Overall, it was a fun offense to watch all series. They did everything from steal bases to hitting clutch homeruns to doing a good job of situational hitting. Nice job Rays! Time to sweep Oakland next!
