So what else is new?...
For the third straight postseason series the Rays have dropped the opener, this time held in check by one of the top pitchers in the game, James Bligen, and let down by the bullpen with every reliever allowing at least a run and (except for Jon Harbour) someone else's runners to score. In fact the final could have been worse had Rays OFs not thrown out two runners at the plate. At least Tony Cordova stayed red-hot with a homer. Jim Brophy will go tomorrow to try and make sure we don't start out 0-2.