I know that yesterday and weekends in October, in general, are more focused on football than anything.
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Saturday is dominated by college football, and Sunday is dominated by NFL games.
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Sunday → dominate → games
However, if you missed watching the baseball games from the Division Series, you definitely missed out.
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you → miss → Series
Playoff baseball is always more exciting, and we've seen some great games in every series so far.
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Tonight we have Game 2 between the Yankees and Rays.
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The New York Yankees made light work of the Boston Red Sox in the Wild Card round, but this was going to be a different task.
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this → make → round
The Yankees have been a good team on the road this season, but in Game 1, they looked lost.
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they → look → Game
Was it because it was their first road game in a week, or was it because the Rays pitched a gem of a game?
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Rays → pitch → game
Probably mostly the ladder, but it is still worth considering that perhaps there could be some road woes for the Yankees.
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The Yankees get a great chance to even up the series tonight as they send Cam Schlittler to the mound.
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He went 6.1 innings and allowed just two hits and one walk.
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He → go → hits
He didn't allow a run and struck out 10 hitters.
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He → allow → hitters
It was a bit concerning that he threw 117 pitches in the game; that was 11 more pitches than he threw in any game this season.
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he → throw → game
Actually, it is the most he has thrown in any game of his career.
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he → throw → career
The Tampa Bay Rays were the best team in the American League this season, and they are looking to make that regular-season success into some postseason magic.
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they → look → magic
In Game 1, the team didn't exactly break out the bats, but they didn't need to.
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they → break → bats
Thanks to Drew Rasmussen, they didn't need much help.
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they → need → help
Rasmussen went 7.2 innings without allowing a hit.
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Rasmussen → go → hit
He allowed one in the bottom of the eighth, and the runner was thrown out trying to get to third.
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runner → allow → third
The lone run of the game came in the third inning when Jonathan Aranda hit a homer off of Gerrit Cole.
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Aranda → come → Cole
The Rays knew they had something special going this season, which is why they went out and traded for the second-best pitcher available on the market.
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they → know → market
Freddy Peralta came over at the deadline after a miserable start with the Mets.
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Peralta → come → Mets
He seems to have locked in during September with 28 innings pitched and just three earned runs allowed in the month.
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He → seem → month
The Rays have won the past six Peralta starts.
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Rays → win → starts
He did face the Yankees earlier in the year with the Mets and went five innings and allowed three earned runs.
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He → face → runs
Cody Bellinger has mashed Peralta in the past, going 6-for-14 against him.
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Bellinger → mash → him
I'm really not sure how you fade the Yankees with Schlittler on the mound, but the Rays are officially 30 games over .500 in home games this year after a Game 1 win.
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Rays → fade → win
Peralta has pitched well, and the Rays seem to get the most out of their starters.
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Rays → pitch → starters
I lean toward the under, but I'm going to take Schlittler and the Yankees at -127 to win the game as my official play.
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I → lean → play
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