The Rays are now in salvage mode, hoping not only to take a game from the Giants, but also to walk out of the Trop with a 5-4 record on this homestand.
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The New What Next: Royals vs. Giants — A World Series Primer
It’s all come down to this; two Wildcard teams are in this year’s World Series, and I couldn’t be more excited. For the San Francisco Giants, they are once again playing for the championship in an even-numbered year, while the Kansas City Royals haven’t made the playoffs in 29 years, yet they swept the Angels and Orioles to go 8-0 in the playoffs to make it to the World Series. The Royals became first team in MLB history to win their first eight consecutive postseason games following their 2-1 victory Wednesday in the ALCS series finale.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Archer, Rays Lose 4-1
Most assumed that last night’s highly anticipated pitching match-up between Chris Archer and Madison Bumgarner would be a good one. At the end of the day though, only one pitcher would end his outing as the victor, while the other would walk away with a tally mark in the loss column. It just so happened that Bumgarner ultimately bested Archer and walked away knowing that he shut down one of the best teams in baseball.
The New What Next: The Rays vs Giants, A Series Preview of Sorts
The Tampa Bay Rays are back at it Friday following their 7-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Out of sight, out of mind. They’ll welcome the San Francisco Giants into the Trop for the first time since 2004 — only the second time in the Rays 15 year history. It’s a homecoming of sorts: The Giants were slated to call The Trop home 21 years ago this month. I still have my St. Pete Giants shirt somewhere, but that’s neither here or now.
Our World Series Prediction…
Is the Tampa Bay Rays vs. The San Francisco Giants. The Rays take the series in game 6. The best part of it is, Pat Burrell goes 0-24 with 24 swinging strikeouts! After his 24th strikeout in the 8th inning of game 6, Joe Maddon runs out and bitch-slaps him…setting a Tampa Bay Rays franchise record for …