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Rays Playoff Moments: Jose Lobaton walks it off in 2013

The 2013 American League Division Series was not going well for the Tampa Bay Rays.

After playing in must-win games all September long, a beleaguered group of Rays stumbled into Fenway Park and dropped the first two games of the series and faced elimination as they return to Tropicana Field for game three.

The Rays fell behind early in the contest, and trailed Boston 3-0 heading into the bottom of the fifth. Then, Evan Longoria did Evan Longoria things to Clay Buchholz and suddenly the game was tied at three. The Rays manufactured a run in the bottom of the 8th to take a 4-3 lead, but quickly coughed that up in the top of the 9th.