It's over...
So in the end all yesterday's miracle comeback did was prolong the agony for a day as the Rays were unceremoniously dumped from the playoffs in a 9-2 loss to Seattle.
Carlos Duran was most certainly not the ace he'd been all season, suffering an uncharacteristic bout of wildness today which saw him walk 8 Mariners in total. He had managed to largely get away with the first 6 through 4 innings allowing only one run but the dam burst in the 5th when he walked two more and loaded the bases with nobody out, and
Fernando Perez poured fuel on the fire and Seattle had scored 7 times by the time the inning (and the series) was up. It was another bitter playoff disappointment in this save which has seen the Rays make the postseason every time in its 10 years only to come up short at one point or another. Back to the drawing board for 2033.
Meanwhile we have a real series going on in the NLCS:
