On the way...
The Rays have rode their pair of aces to a 2-0 ALDS lead over the Yankees as
Joe Marlette pitched 7 brilliant innings leading them to a 3-1 win. Not shown in the box above was the drama in the 9th as the Yankees put men on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out against rookie closer
Kevin DiCostanzo. DiCostanzo recovered to strike out Yankee sluggers Ramifer Salinas and Austin Riley and with lefty Corey Seager due
Dax Fulton was summoned from the pen. The Yankees countered with righty pinch-hitter Devin Mann, and he hit a sinking liner to left off Fulton which would have tied the game had
Dong-hwan Kim not made a spectacular diving catch to seal the game. Otherwise Joshua Baez, who always comes alive in the postseason, provided all the offense the Rays would need with a 3-run 4th-inning homer right after the Yankees took their first lead of the series.
Johnny Kuykendall gets the ball at Yankee Stadium in two days with a chance to close it out.
Meanwhile in other DS action it looks like we might have a date with the Alamos in the ALCS while in the NL both the road teams got off to good starts:
