The kid is alright...
Rookie
Danny Arroyave may become Tampa Bay's next superstar, but right now he's a 23-year-old who was hitting .176 this postseason coming into today's World Series Game 2. But he came of age today as his clutch 2-out, 2-run double in the bottom of the 8th gave the Rays a 4-3 win over Miami and evened the Fall Classic at a game apiece. And not only was it clutch given the game situation the timing was even better after
Josh Scanlon had just allowed a 2-run homer in the top of the frame to allow the Marlins to go ahead 3-2.
Eric Lewis came on for the save and made it a bit dicey with a pair of walks, but he got a ground ball to none other than Arroyave at 3B to end it. For the second straight game Miami saw their starter leave early with an injury and for the second straight game the Rays struggled to take advantage, failing to break through until the rare sight of back-to-back triples in the 6th from
Orlando Tosado and
Jake Westfall gave Tampa Bay its first lead of the series. They'll now have the unbeaten
Joe Marlette toeing the rubber in 48 hours as they take the series and their talents to South Beach.