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ALCS Game 5 Diary: Walk off spoils another close game

The Rays win and they go to the World Series.

On the mound for the Astros is a rookie who gets crushed on the regular. Lefties feast on his fastball, righties just need to wait for a pitch away:

No telling how deep into Game 5 Luis Garcia will pitch—probably between one and two times through the order—but something to watch for from him against a righty-leaning Rays lineup is location. In a limited regular season sample, he almost never pitched inside vs. righties: pic.twitter.com/ApQIXMKNJX

— R.J. Anderson (@r_j_anderson) October 15, 2020

On the mound for the Rays is surely to bee all four horsemen, as highlighted by this Rays tweet of the lineup:

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Brandon Lowe — Tampa Bay’s sixth different lead off man in the post season, and MLB record — and Randy Arozarena gave it a good effort with flyballs that fell short of the fence in right field.