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Rays Playoff Moments: Matt Moore’s 2011 start

Rays fans, and indeed most baseball fans, will never forget September 28, 2011, when Game 162 upsets changed the postseason lineup over night.

Two days later, the Rays enjoyed a performance that was just as impressive.

To start off the ALDS series in Texas, the the Tampa Bay Rays did Tampa Bay Rays things and kicked off the series with a starting pitcher who had just two weeks of major league experience. That pitcher was Joe Maddon’s not-so-secret weapon, lefty phenom Matt Moore.

With the benefit of hindsight, we may forget just how much promise Moore had shown.