For 8 1/3 innings on Wednesday, the Cleveland Guardians looked dead in the water. While they were able to get two runs against Tampa Bay starter Drew Rasmussen, they couldn't bring the tying run across the plate and just kept putting up uncompetitive at-bat after uncompetitive at-bat.
All hope seemed to be lost heading into the bottom of the ninth, as the Rays called upon closer Pete Fairbanks to work against the bottom of the Guardians order. It was the kind of situation that sent most Guardians fans to the turnstiles in an attempt to beat traffic.
But then Nolan Jones had his best swing of the year and clubbed a Fairbanks slider 428 feet to tie the game with two outs left.