This wasn’t how the night was supposed to go.
On the tenth anniversary of the magical Game 162, the stage was set for the Tampa Bay Rays to clinch the best record in the American League for the third time in franchise history. The win would have been the team’s 98th of the season with a nice tie-in to the team being founded in 1998.
The baseball gods don’t care about nice narratives as the Houston Astros defeated the Rays to keep the magic number at one for the No. 1 seed in the AL.
Things started off well and the Rays offense did not waste anytime in trying to secure their postseason standing.