The Rays are now in first place in the AL East.
And not looking like any kind of fluke.
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Game 164 // Tenth Inning // The Extra Innings Rule
It’s the first extra-innings game of the 2020 season, and there’s a new rule:
Every inning starts with a runner on second base.
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Game 163 // First Inning // Baseball Is Finally Back
The first pitch was 40 feet outside. The game ended in a rainout.
Juan Soto has coronavirus.
A day of bad omens but—baseball is back.
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Game 162 // Seventh Inning // The Nationals Win the World Series
Houston, Game 7.
Before the cheating scandal broke. Before the Astros were tarnished.
When the baseball gods said: “Enough with these guys.”
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Game 161 // Seventh Inning // The Interference Play
The momentum of the entire series was on the line this inning.
And the Nats almost just got sunk.
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Game 160 // Seventh Inning // Blowout in Houston
A tie game, Verlander on the mound.
And Kurt Suzuki gets the party started.
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Game 159 // Fifth Inning // The Nats Take Game One
Gerrit Cole has been figured out.
And these underdog Nationals just keep on rolling.
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Game 158 // First Inning // Verlander Gets Got
Aaron Hicks off the foul pole.
And the Yankees stay alive.
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Game 157 // First Inning // The Nats Win the Pennant
Seven runs in the first inning.
The Nationals are heading to the World Series.
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