What drama...
Kelly Crumpton blasted a dramatic 2-run homer in the 9th to give the Rays a 3-2 win and a 3-1 series lead over the Cubs.
Alex Kirilloff singled with the Cubs two outs away from evening the series, and then Crumpton stepped up and took a Jose LeClerc fastball into the LCF bleachers to turn the game and the series around. Special credit tonight to Rays pitching. We all rolled our eyes and said "here we go again" when
Jackson Baumeister gave up a 2-run homer to Yordan Alvarez in the 1st inning, figuring we were looking at a repeat of Game 3. But Baumeister settled in after that, and then
Wennington Romero came up huge again in middle relief, getting Baumeister out of a 5th-inning jam and adding 2 more scoreless innings. And
Yasunari Uehara looked his regular self after having his struggles in these playoffs, whiffing the first two men he faced and retiring the side in order to preserve the win. Now the Rays are not only in the great position of being 3-1 up, they'll also be sending
James Hays to the mound tomorrow to try and win their third World Series in six seasons.