The Rays have clinched their playoff spot. They’ve clinched the division, giving themselves a home-field advantage for the upcoming ALDS. They’ve secured a franchise-best win record with a few games left to play. So what’s left for them to do?
Well, crushing the Yankees’ Wild Card dreams is certainly up there on the list.
In their last series of the season, they found themselves in the Big Apple, deep in enemy territory, and things went about as Rays-Yankees as you might expect.
Shane McClanahan was in for the Rays, and Nestor Cortes and his mustache were on the mound for the Yankees.