The Cleveland Guardians have swept the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Wild Card round winning a 15-inning thriller 1-0 on a HR by rookie outfielder Oscar Gonzalez to end Game 2 of the series.
The Guardians won Game 1 yesterday 2-1 with the difference being a two-run HR by Jose Ramirez. The only run scored in the AL Wild Card Series by the Rays was a solo HR by Jose Siri.
I am so glad MLB does not apply the stupid extra inning rule where they begin the inning with a runner on second base in the post-season. So why do it at all?
Cleveland advances to the ALDS where they will play the New York Yankees in the Bronx in the best three out of five series on Tuesday.
While the Yankees are going to be big favorites in this series, the Guardians will come in a fighting mood. After all, back in April, Yankees fans disgraced themselves when they pelted several Cleveland players following a Yankees win including Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan who had been injured crashing into the wall. At the time, I observed "the last saga of this chapter has not been written."
Well, the story shall soon resume. It remains to be seen if there will be a favorable ending for the Guardians, but for the moment they have triumphed.
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