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The Tampa Bay Rays have been pounding on postseason pitching with stifling swings of the bats. They have already set a record with 13 homeruns in the ALCS. Carlos Pena has been on fire with three home runs in the last three games and Evan Longoria is continuing his stellar rookie season with six postseason homeruns. The team showed it could score with scattered shots in the Wild Card series with the White Sox and is now flexing its muscles with long shots. This may be the most compete offensive team left in the playoffs.

The pitching has been pretty good this postseason as well. For the most par the bullpen has shown that they can hold any lead (despite last night’s breakdown) and the starters have done a solid job. To avoid extending the series against this dangerous Red Sox team the Rays need James Shields to deliver a gem. A win would set up an interesting World Series between two teams that share a struggling history, but more on that later (if the Rays can close this series).

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