We have a series now...
We know now we'll be heading back to the Trop for a Game 6 as the Tigers have tied up the ALCS at 2 apiece after a 5-2 win over the Rays at Comerica Park.
Ethan McElwain couldn't get it done against his old club and the Tigers' young phenom David Camposano, the game's #23 prospect, hurt the Rays again with a bases-clearing triple in the 4th to break it open. Perhaps
Nate Strickland was missed as the offense was quiet, although his replacement
Masahuru Shimuzu did single in one of the two Rays runs.
Kevin DiCostanzo will try to get right in tomorrow's pivotal Game 5.
We also have a series in the NLCS as the Cubs have gotten off the mat to win a pair of elimination games and cut the Marlins' series lead to 3-2 thanks to a dramatic 9th-inning homer from this year's MLB leader in the category Kevin Aguillard (who had 56):