Almost there...
Every time the Angels got close the Rays pulled away, and they've pulled away from LA in this series to the tune of a 3-0 series lead, putting Tampa Bay one game away from a return to the World Series after missing out last season. The bats set the tone with a 2-run first and didn't look back from there with the big inning coming in the 7th when the game had sat at 3-2 Rays through the middle innings. Tomas Laboy came off the bench for a 2-out pinch-RBI double to make it 4-2 and Luis Barela creamed a Jose Ordinario pitch into the LCF berm to up the lead to 6-2. The Angels got a couple back off Tim James in the bottom of the inning but a 3-spot in the 9th salted it away. With LA's lineup almost exclusively righty, Melvin Delgado will get the call in Game 4 tomorrow instead of Bob Riley as we look for the sweep.