A Ray-Zing!

When the Tampa Rays went on and made the trade with the Minnesota Twins to acquire Matt Garza these are the kind of games they envisioned. Garza threw two hit ball and struck out nine in seven innings and led the Rays to the World Series for the first time in franchise history. Garza was named the MVP of the ALCS after the 3-1 win. Dustin Pedroia homered in the top of the first to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead.  John Lester pitched well for the Sox but the Sox offense only managed one more hit of Garza by Coco Crisp. The Rays tied it in the fourth on a RBI double by Evan Longoria who has looked nothing like a rookie this entire post season.  The Rays took a 2-1 lead in the fifth and added a solo home run from Willy Aybar in the seventh.  David Price (another rookie) recorded the last four outs for his first save of the post season and knocked out the defending world champions.  J.P.Howell, Dan Wheeler and Chad Bradford  combined to get two outs in the eighth inning. The Rays will open the World Series at Tropicana Field at 8:22 PM on Wednesday Night against Jimmy Rollins and the NL champion Philadelphia Phillies.