Utterly ridiculous...
Not even sure where to begin - you can see from the box above what a crazy game this was, taking nearly 5 hours to complete. We did break the all-time MLB playoff record for runs scored by both teams of 30 (Boston beat Cleveland 23-7 in a 1999 ALDS game) and finished just short of that 23, which was also a record. Also I'm not sure a team has ever been down by 7 runs and up by 7 runs in the same playoff game. When I said after Game 1 we'd have to outscore the opposition I didn't quite have this in mind.
Greg Bookhart was just as bad, if not worse (4 homers allowed) as he was down the stretch and the Lions went up by a touchdown over the Bucs early but the 7-0 deficit was erased by the 3rd and blasted away by the 4th. Special mention to Dave Rose, who was basically Cy Young out there today with 2 perfect innings. Anyway however bizarre, the Rays are now one game away from the ALCS and Ben Moses will try to get them there in two days at cavernous Comerica Park, where I don't expect 33 (or even 18 as in Game 1) runs to be scored.
Elsewhere in the division series:
