Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Playoff Spot - Rays Climb Into Wild Card Tie With Win Over Yankees

ST. PETERSBURG It went on virtually a complete months of commences and halts in the Rays and also a September fall for the ages because of the [ ] for that extremely hard to be possible.

The Rays along with Red Sox will be linked atop the particular American League wild-card standings.

"We suspected in this kind of clubhouse that individuals had enough faith with returning back," Rays pitcher James Shields said. "And I understand generally there vertisements not just a lot of persons out there that possessed religious beliefs inside us, but below all of us are."

The Rays grabbed the actual Red Sox which has a 5-2 triumph Monday against the looking at 18,772 during Tropicana Field, as the Red Sox ongoing for making a clutter with their time of year having a 6-3 decline to the Orioles around Baltimore.

The Rays had been eight video games back on the Red Sox from the wild-card standings about Sept. 2. They turn into the initial staff within major-league history to arrive that postseason soon after trailing by eight adventures in September when they win an additional activity approach Red Sox through the end two online games belonging to the normal season.

If the actual coaches and teams stay attached once Wednesday night utes regular-season finale, they'll meet Thursday evening with the Trop to get a one-game playoff to decide the last playoff area in the American League.

"It does signify something to get the following far to come back this specific month plus we lso are hooked that has a handful of game titles to be able to go," manager Joe Maddon said. "That azines an accomplishment. But while you find this point you undoubtedly have to surface points off."

Shields been slow in creating along with his technicians and also his or her manage first although complete straight down along with came up in just just one beyond pitching his twelfth total video game of the season. Maddon needed Kyle Farnsworth following Shields issued a two-out stroll that will Eric Chavez from the ninth inning.

Farnsworth acquired one more out seeing that all those into the Trop the two Rays and also Yankees fans erupted. The regards became some sort of roar all 5 minutes after should the two models of admirers united with their own delight for the reason that previous from the Red Sox reduction was trialled on the movie aboard in proper field.

By next that Rays were accumulated around the TV pieces from the clubhouse.

"We gone nuts," Shields said.

Maddon sat throughout his / her business office along with detailed to the reaction.

"I merely sat in this article holding out for David vertisements (Price) voice. He verts the 1st one to scream," Maddon said. "It had been sort of entertaining to be able to sit here along with hear in which away there."

Shields put the Rays within a 2-0 hole while he helped a first-inning home manage and also a third-inning RBI solo to Robinson Cano.

Catcher Kelly Shoppach claimed someone spilled coffee with Shields within the dugout while in the third inning, and Shields was another type of pitcher as soon as he arrived using a brand-new jersey.

"After that, he did actually actually acquire handle of himself, and that is perfect throughout the similar time we scored a couple of connected with runs," Shoppach said.

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