Joe Torre always said that Game Three was the most important of a postseason series. That certainly rings true tonight, as the Yankees can push the Rays to the brink of elimination and have a postseason stud on the mound to do it. Now if we just let him pitch more than one inning...
Masahiro Tanaka, before last Wednesday, was one of the best postseason pitchers of all time, and even after a bad, rain-affected start in Cleveland, still boasts a 2.70 ERA in October. He’s faced the Rays three times in 2020, with two good starts and one bad, striking out 14 against just a single walk in 15 innings.