The Rays strike early, taking a 3-0 lead.
The Dodgers answered in the bottom of the 3rd inning with 3 runs of their own, big double by Corey Seager, single for Cody Bellinger. 3-3.
Come the bottom of the 6th, Chris Taylor is up at bat with Joc Pederson on 2nd base. Taylor triples and Austin Barnes follows with a sac fly. The score is 5-3, Dodgers going into the top of the 7th.
A double by Dodgers' CF A.J. Pollock in the bottom of the 7th scores 2 runs and the Dodgers take a commanding 7-3 lead with only 2 innings left for the Rays to mount a Game one-like rally.
Austin Meadows & Brandon Lowe get Rays' fans hopes up in the top of the 8th inning with a pair of SOLO Home Runs, the score now 7-5, Dodgers.
After a scoreless bottom of the 8th for the Dodgers, Kenley Jansen comes on in the top of the 9th and the Rays go quietly. Jansen gets a save in 1-2-3 fashion striking out 2 batters & Maeda moves to 5-0 in the postseason as the Dodgers win & tie the series at 3 games apiece.
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I'm not going to finish the sim tonight.
I'll tentatively schedule Game 7 for tomorrow at 9 PM ET. The chances of it being simmed then are probably 50/50 but I think it deserves some space & not to be simmed at 3 in the morning anyway.
So my 2019 Virtual World Series Champ will be either the Dodgers or the Rays, decided most likely tomorrow night...I'll post an update on that, & then on any other awards or statistics from the season I haven't got to. It could be minimal or I could fill in many details over whatever time I have.
