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The Tampa Bay Rays need to wait another day to tie the 2026 ALCS. On Friday night, Game 4 of the ALCS was postponed due to pouring rain in Cleveland, Ohio.
Some at-bats flip a game on its head. Petey Halpin knew it. So did everyone else. Halpin launched a two-run homer off Griffin Jax in the fifth inning, punctuated it with a bat flip that quickly became the image of the game and turned a one-run Tampa Bay Rays lead into a 3-2 Cleveland Guardians lead that never moved again.
The Tampa Bay Rays will have to wait another day to continue their American League Championship Series matchup against the Cleveland Guardians after Major League Baseball postponed Game 4 because of inclement weather.
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With both the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians hoping to play Game 4 of the ALCS on Friday night, Mother Nature had some other plans. Following
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As the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians get set for Game 4 of the ALCS, the two teams are going to have to wait a little bit longer before they square off. Through three games, this has been a fun series so far between the two remaining teams in the AL.
The Tampa Bay Rays are entering Friday night trailing the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 in the ALCS. With another game coming up on the road, the struggling Rays’ offense will have a new look. Following a few bad games offensively to start the ALCS, Tampa Bay is well aware that they need to score more runs in order to win.
The Tampa Bay Rays are facing their first adversity of the postseason in the ALCS against the Cleveland Guardians. After sweeping the New York Yankees in their ALDS matchup and not trailing once, the Rays have been defeated by the Guardians twice in three games.
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Cleveland Guardians ace Gavin Williams made postseason history in his team's 3-2 Game 3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.
When Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell clubbed their back-to-back home runs in the top of the seventh inning on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, helping the Milwaukee Brewers roll to a 6-2 win and a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series, it no doubt set off wild celebrations across Wisconsin.
The start time for Thursday's Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Guardians has been moved up five hours due to forecasted rain in the Cleveland area.
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Ramirez's pair of brutal mistakes in the bottom of the fourth inning led to the Rays scoring three runs.
Peralta pounded his chest as he exited the mound in his final inning. Consider that an emotional release from a pitcher who was once considered one of Major League Baseball's most underwhelming players.
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Less than a week ago, the Cleveland Guardians were down 2-0 in the ALDS and on the brink of a disappointing postseason exit.
Kevin Cash curiously went against his own principles during Game 1 of the ALCS. The Tampa Bay Rays hosted the Cleveland Guardians on Monday for the opener for their best-of-seven playoff series.
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The Tampa Bay Rays made one change to their American League Championship Series on Monday by dropping left-hander Garrett Cleavinger. The Rays will stick with the same 12-pitcher staff they had during the AL Division Series and add rookie right-hander Brody Hopkins.
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The 2026 American League Championship Series is officially set, and it will be between the AL Central champion Cleveland Guardians and the AL East champion Tampa Bay Rays.
The Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays took very different paths to get to the American League Championship Series. Now, with the ALCS opening up on Monday night at Tropicana Field, we will soon see which path to this round provides an advantage.
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