Looking good...
Unlike last night the Rays easily handled the Jays in Game 2 to move within one game of the ALCS after a 9-1 victory. You knew it wasn't going to be Toronto's day when their starter had to leave in the 1st inning and it turned into an impromptu bullpen game, and the strain on their staff showed as Blue Jay pitching walked 8 Rays and hit 3 more, putting plenty of men on when Ezequiel Avalos (a grand slam among his 5 RBI) and Jose Lozada (a 3-run shot) went deep. Meanwhile Randy Mastropietro looked like a battled-tested veteran rather than a rookie as he held Toronto to one run in six innings, winning for the 20th time in 2053. It's off to Canada in two days with Tim Johnson getting the ball to hopefully complete a sweep.
Elsewhere we're no closer to figuring out a potential ALCS opponent as the Angels evened things up with Minnesota as former Ray Steve Morris was a hard-luck loser for the Twins:
