Team Rasputin FTW!
They did it! The 2034 Tampa Bay Rays became the second team in MLB history along with the 2004 Red Sox to overcome a 3-0 deficit in a 7-game series after a 9-3 win in Game 7 to advance to the World Series, where they'll play the Dodgers for the second straight season. He didn't bounce back with a no-hitter like Andy Aparicio but Nate Schultz came through with an outstanding performance, going 7 2 2 2 2 8, allowing only a couple of solo homers. The first of those briefly put Minnesota up 1-0 in the 2nd but Danny Ayala, having a struggle this postseason, doubled in a run off Jordan Wicks who had perfect-gamed them for 7 innings in Game 3 and tied it up. Then came the big 6-run 3rd which blew the game open with Victor de Jesus' 2-run triple and Jeff Baez's 2-run double the big blows. Bo Angeac (#5) and Baez (his 2nd in 3 games) added solo homers later to put the cherry on top as the Rays rediscovered their offense just in time during this series. Danny Medina strung out the suspense by walking the first two men in the 9th but struck out the next three to end up on the bottom of the dogpile. The Rays have won 7 World Series in this save, but have never had a postseason like this, going 6-0 in elimination games and this series will likely end up the most memorable of them all, from the 0-3 deficit to Dayle Jenkins' Game 4 inside-the-park homer turning things around to the massive blowout in Game 5 to Andy Aparicio's no-hitter in Game 6, and the completion of the comeback in Game 7. I'm going to recommend they don't go down 0-3 to the Dodgers though.
Speaking of the Dodgers, they took care of business by dispatching Columbus in 6:
They took a 3-2 lead after 4 and that scoreline stood up with the LA bullpen coming through with 4 1/3 scoreless innings to hold on.