Stick a fork in them...
It's just not happening. Today
Leo Gutierrez was brilliant and they took a 2-0 lead into the 8th but the bullpen (and the offense really) let them down again as
Tony Alicea, who had a brilliant 3.5-WAR season, gave up a 3-run homer to lose Game 3 4-2. Meanwhile Jadon Smith, in our pen last year with Alicea and whom we let go in free agency while we re-signed Alicea, shut the door on Rays' hitters for the third time in three games. But once again the lack of offense doomed Tampa Bay as it's lot to ask to beat Houston when you only score twice. One guy who wasn't to blame was
Ines Monts, activated when we put
Danny Charlton on the IL as the rookie singled and doubled off Smith to try and start something in the bottom of the 9th to no avail. So who's our last hope to avoid a sweep tomorrow? None other than one-time ace
Joe Marlette, for whom the scouts just gave me another report showing he's lost even more stuff, down to a 40-rating. I'm sure that will play well against the powerful Astro lineup.
Over in the NLCS:
