One win away...
It's Tony Cordova's world, and we're all just living in it. The Rays' catcher has to be the front-runner for ALCS MVP as he blasted a 3-run homer to key the Rays' 6-3 win over Cleveland as Tampa Bay went up 3-1 in the series and will look to close it out behind Jim Brophy tomorrow. The Rays also got solo homers from Doug Johns and Dave Frick to back a decent outing from Dan Robinson, who found himself in trouble in the first with a run allowed and the bases loaded, but settled down until tiring in the 6th. The pen took over from there and gave Cleveland nothing over the final 3 1/3.
Meanwhile the Cubs will not go quietly into the good night as they beat Washington again to force the series back to our nation's capital:
