A great start...
Tyler Glasnow followed up his 2024 Cy Young campaign with a mediocre 2025 but he was in classic form today, one out away from pitching a complete game shutout as the Rays took Game 1 of the ALDS from Cleveland 7-3. Glasnow fanned 12, a team playoff record, and was on fumes in the 9th when he gave up a 3-run homer to Nolan Jones to lose the shutout. He was helped by a 4-run first as his teammates jumped on Cleveland ace Shane Bieber with a 2-run double from
Brandon Lowe and a 2-run homer from
Angelo DiSpigna in his first MLB playoff at-bat.
Heliot Ramos then added his first career postseason homer, a 2-run shot in the 4th to chase Bieber.
Dustin May will try to reverse his poor September in Game 2 tomorrow.
In the other DS games:
Improbably the 80-win Cardinals are one victory away from upsetting the mighty Dodgers while Atlanta is also one win away from the NLCS. And in Anaheim, Mike Trout had another signature playoff moment with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 9th to give the Angels a leg up on Toronto in the other ALDS.