Ugh...
The Rays were one out away from taking a 1-0 series lead and a 1-0 win, but after Pete Fairbanks fanned the first two Twins in the 9th, Alex Kirilloff singled and Byron Buxton doubled in the tying run before the Twins scored twice off Yonny Chirinos in the 13th to take a 3-1 win, following the same pattern they used to win Game 3 of the Wild Card Series. The Rays had a chance to tie or win in the bottom of the 13th when they loaded the bases for Jonathan Schoop but he flied to center to cap an 0-6 days in which he personally left 9 men on base. Before extras the story was how each team had runners galore (especially Minnesota, who stranded 16 on the day) but couldn't get them home. The Rays strung three singles together in the 4th for their lone run but couldn't do much either. Now Shane Baz will try to keep us from going down 0-2 back to Minnesota tomorrow. Elsewhere:
As much as I felt (and still feel) we got the better of the Tyler Glasnow trade with the Angels, he may be getting the last playoff laugh this year as he was dominant in LA's opening-game win. Meanwhile the Cards are 2/3 of the way to the NLCS while Atlanta-Dodgers is now a best-of-3.