Moving on...
Like Game 1, this one was a rout until it wasn't and the Rays had to hang on at the end to complete the sweep of Houston. This time Jose Morales got into trouble in the 9th but instead of dousing the fire Steve Falcon poured some gasoline on it, giving up an RBI single and a couple of bases-loaded walks before finally getting former Ray Ben Hill to ground out back to him to end things. Before all that late drama it was another day at the office for the Rays offense with Luis Barela and Yuji Morioka (named series MVP) each belting a pair of homers with the two going back-to-back in the 4th. Jon Morales had 4 hits as well as the rookie hasn't been fazed by the big stage, hitting .467 with 4 HR through the first two rounds (only 7 games with the sweeps). So who will we play in the World Series? It's going to take at least a 6th game in the NLCS to find out, but one team got a leg up today:
