Still alive, just barely...
If somehow the Rays pull off the comeback and win this series it'll go down as the greatest Houdini act in baseball history as they were two outs away from being shut out for the second straight game and swept out of the ALCS before rallying to take Game 4 3-2 from the Mariners. The hero today of course was
Zion Rose, who had one postseason at-bat this year coming into today but came off the bench to deliver a game-tying 2-run homer in the 9th, and then
Fernando Tatis Jr. finally woke from his postseason slumber to homer in the 10th to win it. We did lose closer
Danis Correa, who got the win, to bone chips in his elbow and his Rays career is likely over as he was a free agent rental this year anyway. The good news is that we have our ace
Carlos Duran going tomorrow and if we can bring the series back to the Trop, who knows?
Also getting into the win column for the first time was St. Louis, although their situation is much less dire:
