CLEVELAND, OHIO — Drew Rasmussen held the Guardians to one run over seven innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays won Game 5 of the American League Championship Series 3-1 on Sunday evening at Progressive Field to take a 3-2 series lead, MLB.com reported.
Tampa Bay scored in each of the first three innings. Yandy Díaz led off the game with a double and scored on a bases-loaded walk by Jonny DeLuca. Jonathan Aranda's one-out RBI single in the second made it 2-0, and Liam Hicks added a one-out RBI single in the third. Cleveland starter Parker Messick lasted two innings.
Rasmussen allowed four hits and one walk and struck out six. Cleveland scored its run in the sixth on two singles and a groundout. Cam Booser and Tyler Wells handled the eighth, and Bryan Baker earned his fifth save of the postseason.
Game 6 is Monday at 8:08 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field, with Freddy Peralta starting for the Rays. MLB.com reported Cleveland plans a bullpen game. A Game 7, if needed, would be Tuesday. The winner meets the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series, which opens Friday, Oct. 23, in Milwaukee.
The Guardians have been here: they trailed the White Sox 0-2 in the Division Series and won three straight.
Source: MLB.com
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