- Yahoo Sports
Rays commit the ultimate 2020 baseball gaffe — and pay the price in World Series opener
Manager Kevin Cash's late hook for Tyler Glasnow caught viewers by surprise and may have cost the Rays Game 1 of the World Series.
- Reuters
Rays' bats come alive in Game 2 to even World Series
Lowe, the team's best hitter during the regular season but who has struggled during the postseason, broke out of his slump with a solo shot in the first inning before adding a two-run blast in the fifth to extend the Rays lead to 5-0. Starting pitcher Blake Snell neutralized the Dodgers lineup, not giving up a hit until Chris Taylor smashed a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth that trimmed the Rays lead to 5-2.
AL East Table
| W | L | Pct | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 20 | .667 | 0.0 | |
| 33 | 27 | .550 | 7.0 | |
| 32 | 28 | .533 | 8.0 | |
| 25 | 35 | .417 | 15.0 | |
| 24 | 36 | .400 | 16.0 |
- x
- - Clinched Playoff Spot
- y
- - Clinched Division