It was Game Four, bottom of the eighth inning, when second baseman Brandon Lowe of the Tampa Bay Rays stepped up to the plate after hitting a three-run homer earlier in the night. He found himself face-to-face with fellow Terp and former Rays teammate, Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Adam Kolarek.
Making history as the first at-bat between two Terps in the World Series, Kolarek struck out his old friend in just three pitches.
“I remember getting the first pitch of the at bat in. I’ve never faced AK before in my life,” Lowe said. “I just knew playing behind him the past few years he makes every lefty look horrible.