2010 ALDS: Rangers @ Rays

[Cocos Disciples]

The Rays are heavily favored here and I don't see this series getting back to Tampa.

 

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Texas Rangers (90-72) at Tampa Bay Rays (96-66)

Game Matchup Day Date Time ET TV

Gm 1 TEX @ TB Wed Oct. 6 1:37 p.m. TBS

Gm 2 TEX @ TB Thu Oct. 7 2:37 p.m. TBS

Gm 3 TB @ TEX Sat Oct. 9 5:07 p.m. TBS

Gm 4* TB @ TEX Sun Oct. 10 1:07 p.m. TBS

Gm 5* TEX @ TB Tue Oct. 12 5:07 p.m. TBS

 

Pitching Matchups:

 

Cliff Lee (12-9, 3.18 ERA, 1.00 WHIP) v. David Price (19-6, 2.72 ERA, 1.19 WHIP)

CJ Wilson (15-8, 3.35 ERA, 1.24 WHIP) v. James Shields (13-15, 5.18 ERA, 1.46 WHIP)

Colby Lewis (12-13, 3.72 ERA, 1.20 WHIP) v. Matt Garza (15-10, 3.91 ERA, 1.25 WHIP)

Tommy Hunter (13-4, 3.73 ERA, 1.24 WHIP) v. Wade Davis (12-10, 4.14 ERA, 1.37 WHIP)

Cliff Lee v. David Price

[Cocos Disciples]

Prediction: Rays in 3.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Rays in 4. Cliff Lee wins the first and then TB takes 3 straight.

[Youk Of The Nation]

I think this will be the most entertaining Divisional Series.

[bsox0407]

I think the Rangers in 5.

[Keeper]

Rangers in 5.

[suns]

Rangers in 5

[CanadianSox]

If Lee and Wilson are on their games I can see the Rangers "stealing" this series. Looks like some people agree with me about that so its not really a "steal".

[EXman369]

Rays in 5

[Station 13]

Rangers in 5. Their offense is too good to be shut down. Rays offense.......

[VA Sox Fan]

Go Rangers. Once again, think either team can win.

[msubulldogs21]

Rays in 5

 

Lets go Rangers

[Cocos Disciples]

"Big Game James", who had a pretty miserable season, gets the Game 2 nod over Garza. Puzzling.

[Dipre]

"Big Game James"' date=' who had a pretty miserable season, gets the Game 2 nod over Garza. Puzzling.[/quote']

 

Maddon is an idiot.

[Youk Of The Nation]

He looks cool though. Every one of the other 29 MLB managers look like boring guys of various ages. Maddon stands alone in looking like if he wasn't a manager he'd be working at a Starbucks or own a vintage comic and sci-fi memorabila store.

[yankees228]

"Big Game James"' date=' who had a pretty miserable season, gets the Game 2 nod over Garza. Puzzling.[/quote']

 

Very curious. I'll assume it's because Maddon is going with a four man rotation (with Niemann being the odd man out), and he feels more comfortable with Shields pitching at home than on the road.

[Spudboy]

He looks cool though. Every one of the other 29 MLB managers look like boring guys of various ages. Maddon stands alone in looking like if he wasn't a manager he'd be working at a Starbucks or own a vintage comic and sci-fi memorabila store.

 

:lol::lol::lol:

[Station 13]

I gotta remind myself some of these are day games. Damn you TBS/MLB.

[yankees228]

I gotta remind myself some of these are day games. Damn you TBS/MLB.

 

With four series needing to be played, MLB really has no choice. Since the beginning of the division series, games have always been played during the day.

[VA Sox Fan]

Don Orsillo will be doing the play by play for the series with Buck Martinez.

 

Love Orsillo!

[Spudboy]

Don Orsillo will be doing the play by play for the series with Buck Martinez.

 

Love Orsillo!

 

That's great news.

[Cocos Disciples]

Too bad there's nobody named Ortiz on either team, so Martinez can't butcher the name.

[Cocos Disciples]

Lineups

 

Rangers

Andrus, SS

Young, 3B

Hamilton, CF

Guerrero, DH

Cruz, LF

Kinsler, 2B

Francoeur, RF

Cantu, 1B

Molina, C

-Lee, SP

 

Rays

Bartlett, SS

Upton, CF

Crawford, LF

Longoria, 3B

Pena, 1B

Baldelli, DH

Zobrist, RF

Shoppach, C

Rodriguez, 2B

-Price, SP

[Yaz Sideburn]

With four series needing to be played' date=' MLB really has no choice. Since the beginning of the division series, games have always been played during the day.[/quote']

 

it sucks for fans that have to work while their team is in the playoffs but i remember loving it in college. the first day of the playoffs me and my friends would take the day off from classes and watch all 3 games that day

[Cocos Disciples]

Both Price and Lee seriously labored through the 1st inning. 5 hits total, but no runs.

[Cocos Disciples]

Frenchy! 1-0 Rangers.

[italstallianion]

Nelson Cruz hits a solo HR to take a 3-0 lead on the Rays in the top of the 3rd.

[msubulldogs21]

it sucks for fans that have to work while their team is in the playoffs but i remember loving it in college. the first day of the playoffs me and my friends would take the day off from classes and watch all 3 games that day

 

Exactly what I'm doing today.

 

Go Rangers.

[italstallianion]

Is Orsillo commentating? It's weird hearing him in a non Red Sox game. I remember him broadcasting the play-in game between the Padres and Rockies in 2007.

[msubulldogs21]

Yeah that's Don alright

 

He's done the playoffs for TBS since '07