Tonight?s thoughts, opinions welcome

[bleedingpurple]

Can the Rays get to 4 runs? Sean Manaea has a spectacular 1.21 ERA but most of that has come against the dregs of baseball. He has lifetime ERA 3.77. Tampa hits lefties very very well and Manaea can have control problems.. I like Tampa to score 4 or more runs in this one.

Think of playing Tampa and then the over, if Oakland wins I see it flying over the total but I?m thinking Tampa 6-3, 6-4. Am I off base?

 

[heleanth]

I wouldn?t presume to disagree with you on this. I think your analysis is accurate. My thought on this game, though, is similar to most post-season games, and even more so with these 1-game series. That is that the bullpen includes all pitchers and the manager is going to be much quicker to bring in another pitcher than at any other time. There is no tomorrow, so everyone on deck. Melvin, IMO, will be quick to pull Manaea if he shows any sign of not being on top of his game.

In any case, I hope you win your over play and I?ll be pulling for you, BP!:toast: