r/baseball • Umpire • 7h ago

Game Thread Postgame Thread ⚾ Rays 7 @ Guardians 3

Rays (2-2) @ Guardians (2-2)

First Pitch: 8:08 PM at Progressive Field

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Rays Nick Martinez (15-6, 3.10 ERA)
Guardians Shawn Armstrong (2-1, 4.58 ERA)
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Line Score - Final

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
TB 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 7 11 0 6
CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 2 5

ABS Challenges: TB ● ● | CLE ● ○

Box Score

CLE   AB R H RBI BB SO BA
CF Steven Kwan 4 1 1 0 0 0 .216
3B José Ramírez 3 0 0 0 1 0 .333
RF Chase DeLauter 4 0 1 1 0 0 .294
DH Jo Adell 4 0 1 0 0 2 .206
1B Nathaniel Lowe 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200
     David Fry 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2B Travis Bazzana 3 1 2 1 1 1 .200
C Patrick Bailey 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333
CF Petey Halpin 1 0 0 0 1 0 .308
     Angel Martínez 2 0 1 0 0 1 .100
SS Brayan Rocchio 3 0 1 1 0 1 .143
CLE IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Shawn Armstrong 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13-9 0.00
Foster Griffin 3.2 4 1 1 0 5 44-31 3.48
Daniel Espino 0.1 1 1 1 2 1 22-11 4.91
Tim Herrin 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 14-9 2.45
Slade Cecconi 1.0 2 2 1 0 2 22-16 4.50
Matt Festa 1.1 2 2 2 0 1 21-14 13.50
Joey Cantillo 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 15-9 2.70
TB   AB R H RBI BB SO BA
DH Yandy Díaz 5 2 2 2 0 3 .267
1B Jonathan Aranda 4 2 3 2 1 0 .269
LF Chandler Simpson 3 0 0 1 1 0 .167
3B Junior Caminero 5 0 1 1 0 2 .231
C Liam Hicks 2 0 0 0 0 1 .150
     Ben Williamson 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Cedric Mullins 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250
RF Victor Mesa Jr. 4 0 1 0 0 2 .160
CF Jonny DeLuca 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250
     Nick Fortes 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2B Richie Palacios 4 2 3 0 0 1 .333
SS Taylor Walls 3 1 1 0 0 1 .136
TB IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Nick Martinez 5.1 2 1 1 2 3 79-53 3.00
Freddy Peralta 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 9-4 0.79
Ian Seymour 1.0 4 2 2 0 1 29-19 3.68
Kevin Kelly 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 16-8 4.50
Cam Booser 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 4-3 0.00
Bryan Baker 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 12-8 0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
B1 Chase DeLauter singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. Steven Kwan scores. Chase DeLauter out at 2nd on the throw, right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. to shortstop Taylor Walls. 0-1
T3 Jonathan Aranda singles on a line drive to center fielder Petey Halpin. Yandy Díaz scores. 1-1
T6 Junior Caminero doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Steven Kwan. Jonathan Aranda scores. Chandler Simpson to 3rd. 2-1
T7 Jonathan Aranda singles on a line drive to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Richie Palacios scores. Taylor Walls scores. Jonathan Aranda to 3rd. Fielding error by right fielder Chase DeLauter. 4-1
T7 Chandler Simpson out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Jonathan Aranda scores. 5-1
B7 Travis Bazzana homers (1) on a line drive to right field. 5-2
B7 Brayan Rocchio singles on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Patrick Bailey scores. Angel Martínez to 2nd. 5-3
T9 Yandy Díaz homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Richie Palacios scores. 7-3

Highlights

Description Length
Junior Caminero's RBI double 0:24
Yandy Díaz's two-run home run 0:29
Field View: Jonathan Aranda's second RBI single 0:19
Jonathan Aranda's second RBI single 0:27
Freddy Peralta strands two runners to end the 6th 0:19
Nick Martinez fans Travis Bazzana 0:13
Field View: Junior Caminero's RBI double 0:19
Petey Halpin's UNBELIEVABLE catch at the wall 0:28
Field View: Jonathan Aranda's RBI single 0:16
Field View: Chase DeLauter's RBI single 0:16
Jonathan Aranda's RBI single 0:23
Chase DeLauter's RBI single 0:31
Nick Martinez's outing against the Guardians 0:25
A deep dive into Yandy Díaz's home run 0:11
Yandy Díaz: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
An animated look at Travis Bazzana's home run 0:11
Measuring the stats on Travis Bazzana's home run 0:12
Breaking down Nick Martinez's pitches 0:04
Starting lineups for Rays at Guardians - October 17, 2026 0:10
Bench availability for Tampa Bay, October 17 vs Guardians 0:08
Fielding alignment for Cleveland, October 17 vs Rays 0:11
Bench availability for Cleveland, October 17 vs Rays 0:08
Bullpen availability for Tampa Bay, October 17 vs Guardians 0:09
Bullpen availability for Cleveland, October 17 vs Rays 0:09
Probable pitchers for Rays at Guardians - October 17, 2026 0:06
Shawn Armstrong against the Rays 0:11
Attendance Weather Wind
33355 46F, Partly Cloudy 5 mph, L To R
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u/eddiengambino Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago

no travel rest day, best out of 3 now. what a grueling series.

3

u/oogieball Dumpster Fire • New York Mets 2h ago

Seven it is then.

1

u/-Thick_Solid_Tight- San Diego Padres 15m ago

There is gonna be a whole new generation of Brewers by the time this series is over.

7

u/Jeremiahs__Johnson Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4h ago

Seymour scared the shit out of me. Never do that again please. Allowed too many to reach base/runs scored with 2 outs.

1

u/Towdart 4h ago

Why didn't they pull him

10

u/Soggy-Fox-9706 Detroit Tigers • Atlanta Braves 5h ago

6

u/ShadowGuyinRealLife 5h ago

I did not feel comfortable after the 7th inning. Any lead is better than being behind while at the same time no lead is insurmountable. That said "3 runs at the end of an inning" is "pretty safe." Once the bottom of the 7th started the Tampa Bay Rays might have had a nice lead 5-1, but the Guardians still had their chance to score runs that inning.

-8

u/IvyGold Washington Nationals • United States 6h ago

I'm still thinking about the gravity of that missed swing call that led to the Rays scoring three in the 7th. Am I correct in believing that had it been called a swing, which it was, the inning would've been over?

29

u/EconIsCool Tampa Bay Rays 6h ago

No, because he struck out looking on a pitch out of the zone soon after, that he refused to challenge because thats the way Yandy is. Had zero impact on the game.

10

u/Important-Net-9805 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

i heard them say he's not challenged a pitch once. thats wild lol

6

u/ConfidentGarden7514 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5h ago

Not once, and he never will. He says he just wants to stick to his process at the plate… whatever that means!

-1

u/IvyGold Washington Nationals • United States 6h ago

Huh. Thx: I guess I was only semi-paying attention.

2

u/kazmir_yeet Tampa Bay Rays 4h ago

Idk why you’re getting downvoted to shit for asking a simple question lol

2

u/IvyGold Washington Nationals • United States 4h ago

Why thank you. I take my downvotes like man, but was wondering the same thing.

I've been trying to figure out why that call is bugging me so much: I now think the missed swing call advanced the runner on 1B to 2B and the runner on 2B to 3B, which then set up the two-run score.

I dunno. I just remember thinking that could've changed the entire series. I posted the same thought live on the GDT and got a handful of upvotes, so I wasn't being a complete idiot.

29

u/lordvad3r95 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

I'm really excited to see who takes it. 

5

u/allaboutthosevibes Cleveland Guardians 5h ago

Nervous...?

1

u/GKRForever New York Mets 5m ago

Neither of these teams should make the Brewers nervous

7

u/GOOMU13 Milwaukee Brewers 4h ago

I cant even explain how nice its been to watch post season baseball with my legs almost giving out in nervousness. Last few days has been hell.

17

u/lordvad3r95 Milwaukee Brewers 5h ago

Hmm. Not really. I'm still riding the high of our series earlier. Truth be told I could root for either you or Tampa to take it, and I'm leaning you so we can get that Edmund Fitzgerald port city World Series. 

3

u/xDegausserx 4h ago

I'd like either of them to take it but I wanna see it go 7 so they're tired when they face our Brew Crew

23

u/Ill_Hospital9212 New York Yankees 6h ago

Yankees in 6

11

u/latterdaysasuke Baltimore Orioles 5h ago

You mean 6 years, right?

-1

u/allaboutthosevibes Cleveland Guardians 5h ago

Go Stay home, losers 😛

29

u/CuriousEyes02 Seattle Mariners 6h ago

I think this series is going to 7

8

u/latterdaysasuke Baltimore Orioles 5h ago

Gotta start wondering whether or not a long layoff will affect the Brew Crew.

Might have to bring back the Dodgers for a quick warm-up game if this series goes 6 or 7.

1

u/GKRForever New York Mets 4m ago

The World Series starts the same day regardless of how long the ALCS goes

1

u/LockFreeDev New York Mets 1h ago

Won’t they need a warm-up game against someone that can challenge them?

3

u/GOOMU13 Milwaukee Brewers 4h ago

Don't let Dodgers fans see this. They are gonna be upset. 🤣

4

u/JohnMadden42069 MiLB Pride • MLB Pride 4h ago

The only team that's ever whined about there being too much time between games is the Braves. Nobody else seems to mind.

29

u/OHtoTNtoGA Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Crabs in a bucket just killing each other before facing the Brewers

10

u/Victor-LG 6h ago

Is victor mesa ok after that Diaz homerun celebration? He was clutching his throat after hug, possibly due to Diaz jewelry?🤷‍♀️

23

u/Jonjon428 Florida Marlins 6h ago

Rays offense finally woke up

28

u/HeyBaldy Texas Rangers • Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 6h ago

FUN TIMES IN CLEVELAND TODAY!

10

u/230322 6h ago

WE'RE NOT DETROIT.

3

u/Slinky_Malingki Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6h ago

I don't think Detroit wants to be you either

13

u/FlankTheGrain2913 Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

WELCOME BACK TO CLEVELAND TOWN, EVERYONE.

10

u/blueseatlyfe Tampa Bay Rays 6h ago

COME AND LOOK AT BOTH OF OUR BUILDINGS 

8

u/s3ren1tyn0w Seattle Mariners 6h ago

WHO THE HELL STILL USES A PAYPHONE??

10

u/ShinyWobbuffet202 Texas Rangers 6h ago

THIS GUY'S HAD AT LEAST TWO DUI'S.

9

u/Spockmaster1701 Detroit Tigers 6h ago

HERE'S OUR RIVER THAT CATCHES ON FIRE

30

u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

They talk about the Rays not being in rhythm because of so many days off - the Guardians had a 1st round bye and lost the first 2 games of the playoffs, have been 5-2 since.

I don't think the bye is always good for these teams that are used to playing 6-7 days a week.

17

u/MorebidStuff 6h ago

I think the byes are good for pitchers but it hurts the offenses. The Rays sweeping round 1 meant they only played 3 real games from Sept 28 through Oct 11. Hard to build momentum as a hitter

13

u/RPtheFP Milwaukee Brewers 5h ago

Really what I’m nervous about with the Brewers having a full week off. Offense might be out of rhythm. 

5

u/chicagoyankeesfan New York Yankees 5h ago

Happened to the Tigers in 2012

6

u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Yeah, I think it's usually better for the pitching staff than the offense.

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u/Fair_enough42 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

Yeah, rest always comes to mind first, but you risk losing competitive rhythm if it’s too long.

That’s why some teams started doing mock games in between series I think.

3

u/verbutten Chicago Cubs • Korea 5h ago

Very curious what Murphy and the team have cooked up to address this

8

u/Intrepid-Message698 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

All 4 teams with the byes won, but sure the byes aren't good.

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u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Rays scored less than 3 runs per game but still swept the Yankees, Cleveland lost their first two.

Some teams need a reset if they win the bye but weren't playing well to finish the year or they have older guys who need the rest. Some teams are hot going into the playoffs and the rest kills momentum.

I said "I don't think it's always good" and apparently you took that as "it is always not good."

0

u/Intrepid-Message698 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

It's always good. You act like teams don't have stretches where they don't hit well even if they're playing every day.

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u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Since they started this playoff format in 2022, teams with a bye were 9-7 in their first round coming into this season. 13-7 is still not "always good"

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u/Intrepid-Message698 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

You are also not accounting for the teams that lost in the wild card round. When the team with the bye wins that means 2 teams without the bye lost not just one.

0

u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Who cares? We are talking about the success of the team with the bye. It doesn't matter what the opposing team did before that. This comment is legitimately stupid because you're grasping at straws.

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u/Intrepid-Message698 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

Okay you're clearly math illiterate. Good convo.

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u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago edited 6h ago

You're changing the conversation to win probabilities when you know the conversation was about the teams with the bye playing worse than their ability because of the days off. Move the goalposts more.

"All the teams won so obviously it is always good for them."

"Actually, they were 9-7 before this season."

"Um, well, when you factor in the probability of winning the previous series and that 2 teams have already lost when they win their series then actually that analysis proves that it is better for the team." Pushes glasses up on nose.

Yeah, it was a "good convo."

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u/Intrepid-Message698 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

My entire premise was about championship winning probability.

What else would make taking the bye always optimal?

Do you think I was arguing taking the bye always makes you play better?

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u/Intrepid-Message698 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago edited 6h ago

Ask every team if they want the bye and all 32 say yes. It's always good to take the bye. Needing fewer wins to become champions is always the correct decision.

Here let me make it easy for you. Would you prefer to play the entire playoffs then face a random team in a 1 game playoff at the end or be the team that doesn't play for a month then plays the winner of the playoffs in the 1 game championship?

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u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

There is no one game playoff anymore. Not sure what that has to do with anything. Your scenario doesn't exist. 7 out of 20 teams that have gotten a bye in 5 years of this playoff format have lost a 5 game series to a team that was usually not as good as them in the regular season.

Sure, teams would choose to have the bye for a lot of reasons. One less team to beat, the ability to line up their pitching staff for the series, etc.

But in reality, it isn't always good for the team. Those are the teams with some of the best records in their league and coming into this season they were only 9-7. Cleveland barely snuck through this season.

Keep arguing though. The record speaks for itself.

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u/Intrepid-Message698 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

You aren't accounting for the fact that you might lose the wild card round. Let's say the bye hurts you and your winning chance is only 40% because your hitters get cold. That 40% is still greater than the 60% combined by the other two teams (30% each) to get to the league championship series.

5

u/ThreeEyesWhitePerson 6h ago

Teams with a bye are also usually facing a team with a worse record that had to play their way in, so...

1

u/Intrepid-Message698 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

Cleveland finished 1 game ahead of the white Sox which is essentially even.

1

u/ThreeEyesWhitePerson 6h ago

Okay, that accounts for one of the four teams you mentioned, so let's call that one series a coin flip (and it went 5 games and easily could have gone the other way). There were three others where the teams were not just one game better.

1

u/Intrepid-Message698 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

Needing to win fewer games to win the championship and getting your pitching staff rested is optimal. I cannot believe there are still people thinking a bye is a disadvantage. Every single team instantly takes a bye if offered.

1

u/ThreeEyesWhitePerson 5h ago

I'm not taking a position, I'm just pointing out a very obvious conflating variable that your original comment completely glossed over. Teams with a bye also have home field advantage. There are several possible explanations that don't involve a long rest period being good or bad.

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u/sometimes_a_dog New York Mets 6h ago

man all the dodgers fans around me have started the salary cap arguments and i'm like Y'ALL IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU RIGHT NOW LET'S ENJOY THE RAYS GUARDIANS OK?!

(this is a great series)

1

u/CJDistasio San Diego Padres 6h ago

Dodgers fans have been posting anti-salary cap shit all year. Go figure they're against it. They want a 500 million dollar payroll next year

8

u/Fit_Lychee9659 5h ago

Being pro-salary cap is literally the most brain dead take any baseball fan can have (I actively hate the Dodgers)

2

u/Prudent-Law304 6h ago

The Brewers saved baseball!  Let's go crew!!

22

u/Hiciao Arizona Diamondbacks 6h ago

As a neutral fan, I was rooting for the Rays to tie up the series. I am happy. I do feel like Cleveland came back down to earth a little after a very hot streak against the White Sox and into the beginning of this series.

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u/Prudent-Law304 6h ago

Could you imagine a Brewers-Rays World Series?  I think the ratings would be at an all-time low.  I think Cleveland would make it just a little bit more interesting.  Whatever the sceneries will be, MLB will take a huge nosedive after this year's World Series. 

19

u/cogginsmatt Detroit Tigers 5h ago

Why does anyone in this sub give a second fuck about the ratings

7

u/Grade-AMasterpiece Tampa Bay Rays 5h ago

Bootlicker behavior I stg.

9

u/Hiciao Arizona Diamondbacks 6h ago

I love the idea of having 2 teams who have never won a world series. That's pretty special. But I'm good with Cleveland too, even though I'm still mad they didn't return to being the Spiders when they had the chance.

1

u/mucho-gusto Cleveland Guardians 4h ago

Spiders were an NL team, this team is an AL charter member. They could've went back to the Blues though. I do have a spiders tattoo however

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u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Announcers are gobbling the Rays right now. Awesome

33

u/Important-Net-9805 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

They gobbled the guards when they won. Come on, man 

-21

u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

They absolutely didn't. Pedro said they weren't good and are somehow winning.

6

u/Rc5tr0 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

They did. Life gets easier when you accept that the media praises whichever team is winning instead of thinking they’re speaking facts when they praise us and are biased hacks when they praise our opponents

-3

u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

The media doesn't think the Guardians are good. Wilbon is on ESPN saying the White Sox will beat them, the Rays will sweep them, they'll only win one game. ESPN had 1 dude pick the Guardians to beat the Rays and 13 chose the other way. The post game show when the Guardians advanced over Chicago, Pedro was basically like "well they keep winning, whatever."

10

u/Important-Net-9805 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Pedro said Gavin is his daddy 😭😭

1

u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

That's an award they give out after every game and it always goes to the winning team.

-7

u/boat-dog Toronto Blue Jays 6h ago

RemindMe! 5 years

4

u/Zeke688 San Francisco Giants 6h ago

Tell us why…

6

u/samwisegamgee St. Louis Cardinals • Chicago White Sox 6h ago

I swear I saw him reply to himself saying "I want to see if this is still a team in 5 years" or something like that lol. Must've deleted it.

3

u/DaughterJoro Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

You did

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u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Houston Astros 6h ago

This is a fun series

Whoever said that it isn't honestly needs to get their head checked imo

9

u/dodgers22fan World Baseball Classic 6h ago

Stress free October baseball is best baseball

1

u/Ok_Rain_1837 San Francisco Giants 5h ago

i dk man stressing and winning the world series feels pretty fucking incredible

1

u/Affectionate_Lie_758 Cleveland Guardians 5h ago

Wouldn’t know that feeling

1

u/Ok_Rain_1837 San Francisco Giants 5h ago

you might be in the middle of it right now 😏

1

u/Affectionate_Lie_758 Cleveland Guardians 4h ago

Oh I hope so been waiting a long time for this

11

u/ImmediatelyDeep Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

Yeah this series is pretty great, I'm weirdly rooting for both teams

8

u/FlankTheGrain2913 Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

It’s been such a long time where we were able to watch postseason baseball stress-free. I highly recommend it.

27

u/Important-Net-9805 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Fun? Who is having fun?

5

u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 6h ago

me

12

u/Important-Net-9805 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Who the hell are you 

2

u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Houston Astros 6h ago

Hey if you got an emotional stake in it I don’t blame you at all lol. I completely understand, I am speaking from a neutral POV lmao

1

u/ImDonaldDunn Cleveland Guardians 4h ago

Tbh I didn’t expect us to get this far, it feels like house money at this point.

2

u/Smokeupj0hnnie Cleveland Guardians 2h ago

Thats what I keep telling myself. If someone told me at the All-Star break we would be tied at 2 games apiece in the ALCS id say they were crazy.

But here we are.

The only problem is now Ive been given hope. Ive been given thoughts of a potential world series. Im doubling-down against the house.

October baseball is some of the most stressful shit, I swear.

14

u/Affectionate_Lie_758 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

It’s not fun when my heart is about to explode out of my chest

1

u/SeriousEstate8603 Tampa Bay Rays 30m ago

This series has definitely been a rollercoaster of emotions for us rays fans, I imagine it's been the same way for Cleveland fans

8

u/A1rheart Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6h ago

This is really a series of our teams vs their fans blood pressure. So far the teams are dominating.

4

u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Houston Astros 6h ago

Fair enough, you get exempted lol

5

u/Affectionate_Lie_758 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Hahaha. It’s good baseball though I can’t lie.

5

u/greywind618 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

Jimmy ya cold bruh

24

u/BubblyBaker5718 Los Angeles Angels 6h ago

Damn, between both NYY and Cleveland, Tampa has been absolutely killing teams for every mistake they make.

23

u/Jesse_berger 6h ago

A well rested Brewers team will face a team that very well may play four games in four days.

Yikes

2

u/Flanninpud 5h ago

Eh. World Series starts Friday regardless. Could be worse

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u/pixarfan9510 Cleveland Guardians • Lafayette Avi… 6h ago

can't blow a 3-1 lead if you never have one

16

u/Randumi Chicago White Sox 6h ago

And you guys blew a 2-0 lead too in 2017 lma- oh yeah fuck

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u/GOOMU13 Milwaukee Brewers 4h ago

Ya but Guardians pitching has been great.

14

u/someone2795 Los Angeles Dodgers • World Baseball Classic 6h ago

Guardians have literally out-hit the Rays in this series.

7

u/pixarfan9510 Cleveland Guardians • Lafayette Avi… 6h ago

and we had the tying run up in the 8th

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u/Important-Net-9805 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Every mistake the guards make, the rays capitalize on. That’s what great teams do 

3

u/TheSmokedSalmon420 Cleveland Guardians 5h ago

Yep. They aren’t gonna fuck up even once and that’s the difference

14

u/AutismFlavored Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6h ago

Yeah, but you guys are every bit as good as us, really.

3

u/Smokeupj0hnnie Cleveland Guardians 2h ago

This really is a great series between two teams who mirror each other. Whoever wins it, it'll be well earned.

While I hope it is us, and Ill be disappointed if it isnt, I wouldnt be bitter if it was you guys.

Disappointed, but not bitter.

-20

u/Icy-Highlight-6801 6h ago

lol, the guardians don’t even belong in the playoffs. Maybe the AAA playoffs

1

u/ImDonaldDunn Cleveland Guardians 4h ago

When was the last time your team was in the LCS?

0

u/Important-Net-9805 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

you really thought the white sox were gonna do something, didnt you?

8

u/lazercats1 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Yet… here we are. Where’s your team, flairless bozo?

36

u/nevercouldsleep Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6h ago

Yall do the exact same thing to us. You guys make us pay so badly for our mistakes lmao

5

u/Fragrant_Airport1478 6h ago

You don’t make as many mistakes

13

u/Gr8timing1 6h ago

3 games. 3 days. Here we go

57

u/UnplayableArea Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

Down to a glorified Best of 3. The series will end at Tropicana.

3

u/FlankTheGrain2913 Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

The series will end in a kitty pool full of Tropicana orange juice in Tampa with both teams wrasslin’ in bikinis.

1

u/UnplayableArea Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

A freshly squeezed finale.

26

u/197gpmol Chicago White Sox 6h ago

Geography trivia: Tropicana is the farther west of these two

-15

u/MSuggly Tampa Bay Rays 6h ago

Thank, I did not know that. Confirmed with ChatGPT  

Yes!  St.  Petersburg,  Florida,  is  farther  west  than  Cleveland,  Ohio. St.  Petersburg,  FL:  approximately  82.6°  W  longitude Cleveland,  OH:  approximately  81.7°  W  longitude

17

u/MundanePhysics Kansas City Royals 6h ago

Just look at it on a map, dude... no need to turn to AI 😭

2

u/randyrectem Milwaukee Brewers 4h ago

@grok is this true?

17

u/RemoteAbalone8687 Chicago Cubs 6h ago

The Rays have been so good at that stadium this year and now it’s coming into play.

7

u/UnplayableArea Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

If the Rays can win Game 5, it's theirs to lose.

4

u/Flanninpud 5h ago

Thanks magic johnson

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u/Kdoubleaa Tampa Bay Rays 6h ago

Yes that is indeed how 7 game series work

3

u/callahandler92 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5h ago

Math

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u/Redprice13 Cleveland Guardians 7h ago

Positives: No one is coming back on Cleveland down 3-1 this time!

230

u/watupmack Toronto Blue Jays 7h ago

Neither of these teams are going to beat the dodgers in the World Series anyways

2

u/captain_ahabb Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

I'm starting to think you guys miss us lol

5

u/TheSmokedSalmon420 Cleveland Guardians 5h ago

Shit you’re right

13

u/LoweeLL Boston Red Sox 6h ago

Dodgers still have time to buy the entire Brewers organization. I'm sure Ohtani jersey sales can cover it!

2

u/HeyBaldy Texas Rangers • Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 6h ago

The race to Cancun.

6

u/someone2795 Los Angeles Dodgers • World Baseball Classic 6h ago

54

u/i_liek_mudkipz Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

6

u/snakeyes17 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

No chance

14

u/ContinuumGuy Major League Baseball 6h ago

Technically the truth!

8

u/Viktor_Laszlo Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

At least we’ve got that going for us.

3

u/smartworms Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

That would be true

72

u/MurDoct Milwaukee Brewers 7h ago

wait

18

u/ulantan Philadelphia Phillies 7h ago

Let’s go, Rays

3

u/FlankTheGrain2913 Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

Brave for this flair to be saying that.

4

u/DJmom6891 6h ago

Let’s go is right! I’m a Brewers fan who has tickets for game 3 in Tampa! Let’s go Rays I want to see my team in the WS!

7

u/Prestigious_Farmer87 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6h ago

If we make it I'm expecting a lot of Brewer fans there. The prices in Milwaukee are so insane it's literally cheaper for you all to fly down here and see it at the Trop

4

u/Suspicious_Hand_2194 6h ago

Let’s go, Guardians

May the best win this series

101

u/Hold_my_Dirk Cleveland Guardians 7h ago

1

u/deep-thot San Francisco Giants 56m ago

Thank you for a long and hearty laugh.

4

u/CerryTrews Kansas City Royals 6h ago

“It’s an older code but it checks out”

8

u/spiderwinder23 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6h ago

This one is fanatic! 

37

u/Grade-AMasterpiece Tampa Bay Rays 7h ago

RAYS OFFENSE FOUND HEAT IN THE COLD

4

u/Many_Ad955 New York Mets 6h ago

HEAT RAYS

28

u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7h ago

Rays offense finally showed up this postseason. Better late than never.

-9

u/Giraffe_person_woah 7h ago

Imagine a reverse sweep type deal from the Rays? That’d be funny to see

23

u/Not_a_bot01100111 Tampa Bay Rays 6h ago

I don't think you know what a reverse sweep is

1

u/Giraffe_person_woah 6h ago

Yeah you right. Hope yall win it all tho

10

u/yamborma Cleveland Guardians 7h ago

What does that even mean?

10

u/Individual_Rest_4542 6h ago

Just imagine!

1

u/yomama1211 Tampa Bay Rays 7h ago

Yeah real funny aha ha

1

u/Giraffe_person_woah 6h ago

The joke is so good that people are confused about it /s

1

u/yomama1211 Tampa Bay Rays 6h ago

People on Reddit are weird wcyd

56

u/Boulderdorf San Diego Padres 7h ago

Rays and Guards locked in a week long death match while the Brewers are off at Disneyland

7

u/templethot Seattle Mariners 5h ago

Brewers saying hi to the cubs in cancun before the WS

15

u/Giraffe_person_woah 7h ago

Probably Wisconsin Dells too

10

u/MurDoct Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

Nah we were out that way 2 weeks ago, everything shutting down already.

93

u/Hacym Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7h ago

Know what this means?

More Trop playoffs. 

Lfg. 

48

u/ThisKidIsAlright Tampa Bay Rays 6h ago

America's Ballpark

8

u/nevercouldsleep Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6h ago

Holy shit this meme is gold

30

u/JohnBrown- Tampa Bay Rays 7h ago

Did you know the trop has rings?

7

u/SnapHackelPop Milwaukee Brewers • Seattle Mariners 6h ago

If it’s Brewers-Rays and we close our roof just think of all the ring/cable balls

17

u/esoteric82 Tampa Bay Rays 6h ago

I can't wait to hear all about them again... And again... And again...

"Hey Frenchie, you played here, how were the rings?"

"Ehh, I'm more of a fry guy myself"

7

u/Hacym Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6h ago

Only after Temu BA told me 48 times through 2 games. 

11

u/esoteric82 Tampa Bay Rays 7h ago

More "Hey guys I'm just posting a pic of the crowd at the Trop, anything weird about this? Lulz"

2

u/overandoverandagain 7h ago

Cleveland fans in this sub after game 2 going "man I feel real good stealing home field" 😭😭😭

3

u/ClevelandSteamers757 6h ago

Well yes that’s how that works 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

1

u/overandoverandagain 10m ago

Just checked again, didn't work that way this time 🤔

-4

u/Important-Net-9805 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

What the heck would you expect someone to say when their team is up 2-0 dude lol wtf 😂😂

2

u/overandoverandagain 6h ago

When were they up 2 games?

10

u/Luis_Arraez_Fan San Francisco Giants 7h ago

Rays in 6