American League (Boston/Tampa Bay) Baseball Update
What you need to know is that the playoffs are currently in the NLCS (National League Championship Series) and the ALCS (American League Championship Series). This means there are 4 teams left.
Tonight in the ALCS (American League Championship Series):
- The Tampa Bay (FL) Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 at Fenway Park (the Red Sox stadium in Boston).
- The Tampa Bay Rays now lead 2 games to 1.
- The next game will be played in Boston.
- Matt Garza was the winning pitcher (meaning he was the starting pitcher) for the Rays. John Lester was the losing pitcher for the Red Sox.
- Tampa Bay led 5-0 in the 3rd inning. BJ Upton (who plays center field) hit a 3 run home run in the third followed by Evan Longoria (rookie third baseman) hitting a solo home run.
- Tampa Bay leads Boston 2 games to 1 in a 7 game series.
- The winner of the American League Championship series (first to four wins) will represent the American League in the World Series
- Extra Stat - Tampa Bay has home field advantage in this series. The first two games were played in Tampa Bay where the Rays won 1 game and the Red Sox won 1 game. Tonight’s game was the first game played in Boston. The breakdown of the series will be: 2 games in Tampa. 3 games in Boston. Then back to Tampa for 2 games.
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