Off on the right foot...
The Rays of this save have still yet to taste a World Series championship despite consistently making the playoffs and here we go again for 2033. This year's crew is off to a great start thanks to almost-out-of-nowhere incredibly dominant pitching of
Dylan Ray. Not quite out of nowhere since Ray struck out 195 in 180 IP this year and boasts 65 starter stuff but this was something else today as he recorded his first 11 outs on 12 strikeouts (one reached on a passed ball) and fanned 14 in only 5 1/3 IP, which is a team record (fitting I guess for a guy named Ray) and has to be some kind of MLB record for most Ks in the fewest innings in the playoffs. The offense did its part with 6 runs, spread somewhat evenly around the lineup with the hit of note a solo homer from
Ben Schmidt, playing for the first time since being injured in August.
Emiliano Teodo will go tomorrow against the organization that signed him as the Rays look to take a big 2-0 lead in this best-of-5 series.
In yesterday's NLDS openers:
And in today's DS action:
