Rays Have Their Hands Full This Afternoon

On Saturday night the Rays survived a slugfest deep into the night to even up the season and give them hope. They did so behind massive efforts from their bullpen including Dan Wheeler and they benefited from drilling Jonathan Papelbon and forcing him out after an inning and a third. Had they lost their names could effectively be etched on a tombstone, but now they have life they have a chance but the road to the World Series starts off with the hardest of climbs.Josh Beckett has been one of the best postseason pitchers of all time but he's obviously not himself. Dice-K has a solid ERA and is rock-steady under pressure but he always works the count and never lasts deep into the game, and with so many base runners he's bound to give up some runs. Timmy Wakefield is off and on with his stuff and could potentially the Rays have had success against him this season. This season Jon Lester has emerged as a potential ace. He finished the year with 16 wins a 3.21 ERA and 152 K...