Game 1: 8-4 W. WP-Sears (4-2). S-Fairbanks (28). Starter-Orze (2.2 6 3 2 3 3). HR-Albies (14), L.White (2), Mears (6). Rays erased a 3-1 deficit with a 5-run 5th thanks to a 3-run Mears homer and a 2-run shot by White.
Game 2: 6-5 W (11). WP-Doval (1-0). S-Fairbanks (29). Starter-Gonzalez (4.1 3 3 3 3 4). HR-Torkelson (25). Rays lost the lead twice but took it for good in the 11th when Lonnie White came through again with an RBI single with Luciano doubling twice and driving in a pair.
Game 3: 1-3 L. LP-McClanahan (11-4, 5 3 3 3 3 6). Since the Rays won the first two games they were bound to drop this one given their status as Team Meat Loaf with the offense only managing five hits.
Team record: 68-38, still 10 up on the Jays while the Yankees were swept and have fallen off the pace. Next up: A day off then off to the Bronx to play 3 against those Yankees.
Give it up for Bryce Eldridge:
