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if you are raysdo you buy a high price closer this offseason
the last 2 games the team that scores first loses assumining tamba holds on
if you are raysdo you buy a high price closer this offseason
It's just not the same with no ManRam.
no they score more runs
FACT
yep. never woulda been in this jam with him still there.
no rays outplayed boston
their pitching was way better
manny is a good hitter but he can not pitch for the sox
rays pounded the sox
damn.
Congrats to the Rays.
Wow! The friggin Rays!
Manny is a great hitter, and him in the lineup would also mean Ortiz not hitting so badly this postseason.
Rays Win Rays Win Rays Win Rays Win!!!!
no his swing was not right
even their manager said the first 5 games he was just missing them
manny would have helped david get better pitches though
David Price kinda looks like Tim.
Red Sox 1, Rays 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—Matt Garza limited the Boston Red Sox to one hit through six innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays got RBIs from Evan Longoria and Rocco Baldelli to take a 2-1 lead in Game 7 of the AL championship series Sunday night.
The winner hosts Philadelphia in Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday night.
Longoria’s fourth-inning double off Jon Lester erased a 1-0 lead the Red Sox took on Dustin Pedroia first-inning homer. Baldelli’s single on an 0-2 pitch put the Rays ahead in the fifth after Willy Aybar doubled and Dioner Navarro reached on an infield single.
Pedroia’s one-out shot in the first was the only hit off Garza, who took the mound for Tampa Bay with something—perhaps cotton balls—stuffed in his ears to help drown out the noise at sold-out Tropicana Field.
The right-hander walked the next batter, David Ortiz, then retired seven in a row before hitting Pedroia just above the left elbow with a 96 mph fastball with two outs in the third. Garza fanned Ortiz to end the inning.
With the tarps covering nearly 5,800 seats in the upper deck removed for the second straight night, more than 40,000 fans packed Tropicana Field for a rematch of the starting pitchers from Game 3, won by Tampa Bay 9-1 at Fenway Park.
Many fans wore Red Sox gear and were even more noticeable when they stood and cheered as Pedroia circled the bases after lining a pitch into the left-field stands.
Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona, left, and David Ortiz watch the fifth inning of Game 7 of the American League baseball championship series against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008.
Boston Red Sox manager Terry F…
AP - Oct 19, 10:18 pm EDT
It was Pedroia’s third homer and ninth run of the series.
Lester gave up two homers in falling behind 5-0 early in Game 3, but looked sharp Sunday night for three innings.
Leadoff man Akinori Iwamura singled for the first hit off the left-hander in the fourth. After B.J. Upton struck out and Carlos Pena grounded into a force play at second, Longoria sliced an opposite-field double to right that enabled a sliding Pena to score from first base.
The Red Sox had a play at the plate, but the relay throw from second baseman Pedroia was up the line a bit.
Baldelli’s hit made it 2-1 with no outs in the fifth. But Jason Bartlett struck out, Iwamura grounded back to Lester and Upton hit a soft liner to shortstop, stranding runners at second and third.
The Red Sox were the eighth team to rally from a 3-1 deficit to force Game 7 of an LCS, and Boston is the only club to do it more than once. The Red Sox also battled back in 1986, 2004 and 2007, and went on to win the World Series the last two times.
Tampa Bay Rays' Rocco Baldelli hits an RBI single against Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester to score Willy Aybar in the fifth inning of Game 7 of the American League baseball championship series in St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008.
Tampa Bay Rays' Rocco Baldelli…
AP - Oct 19, 10:18 pm EDT
Saturday night’s 4-2 victory in Game 6 improved the team’s record to 9-0 in ALCS elimination games under manager Terry Francona.
“Once you kind of dig yourselves in a hole, you either win or go home. And we’ve been fortunate, and they’re all different cases because they’re different teams,” Francona said before Sunday night’s game. “But all the teams have that same kind of common denominator that they don’t stop playing and they dig deep.”
The Rays were trying to extend a remarkable run that saw them win more than 70 games in a season for the first time, hold off the Red Sox to win their first AL East championship and make the playoffs for the first time.
Manager Joe Maddon was confident his team would not be overwhelmed by appearing in the franchise’s first Game 7.
“We’re doing a lot of things well. We play a pretty complete game, and I think we can beat you in a variety of different ways,” Maddon said. “But then again, it’s going to be reduced to pitching and defense like it always is for us.”
Think you might miss Manny now Red Sox?
Ortiz batted .154 for the ALCS without him.
Yeah, Manny doesn't mean squat....
so other players with manny in the number 4 spot batted that in the nlcs with manny
and what is with howard with the philies batting like ortiz?
Is his excuse he does not have manny either?
howard sucks either way.
ducks, would you your pants if Manny signed with the D'Bags?
according to the pros boston did not even have a chance to force a game 7 without manny
Ortiz really let the Sox down. It's unbelievable they even forced 7 with Ortiz going Vinny Del Negro in the playoffs this series.
if he signed with the d-bags I would not follow them
they would destroy their youth movement
and no one player is worth 25 million a year especially that has a very good chance he acts like baby done the line
rember he acted up in boston while they were winning
did he not have surgery not to long ago
I have never seen him struggle like that in a long time
the sawks
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—Down to their last chance, the Tampa Bay Rays left no doubt they were World Series-worthy, after all.
The young Rays completed a stunning run to their first pennant, holding off the defending champion Boston Red Sox 3-1 Sunday night behind Matt Garza’s masterful pitching in Game 7 of the AL championship series.
The Rays nearly let it slip away when they blew a seven-run lead late in Game 5 and lost meekly Saturday night. But when rookie David Price struck out J.D. Drew with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning, Tampa Bay showed it had plenty of resolve, too.
Long baseball’s doormat, the Rays were a 200-1 shot to win the le before the season. Now, they’ll host the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 Wednesday night.
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