One more to go...
For a change the Rays didn't have to overcome a blown lead as the bullpen acquitted itself pretty well tonight in a 6-4 win in San Francisco which gave the Rays a commanding 3-0 World Series lead. Brad Jackson was solid if nothing else, but Dan Anderson, Freddy Zamora and Mike Barkley (bouncing back from his Game 1 debacle) got the job done and an opportunistic offense scored enough runs. The Rays took advantage of a couple of Giants errors to score their first two runs and expanded the lead in the 6th on a 2-run Tony Cordova single (it took us nearly two seasons but we finally found a catcher to consistently hit after Mike McKee left). After the Giants pulled within 4-3 Josh Alexander went to work, first with a solo homer in the 7th and then with an RBI double in the 8th. So Greg Bookhart, the rookie who has been dazzling in ALDS and ALCS wins so far, gets a chance to close it out tomorrow.