It’s amazing how quickly the story of a game can change. This one forked in the third inning.
The Rays had jumped out early with a dominating opening appearance from Diego “Samaná” Castillo, and three runs in the bottom of the second off of a Ji-Man “Ji” Choi double, walks from Willy “The Kid” Adames and Brandon “Lowe” Lowe, a groundout from Carlos “El Final” Gomez, and a double from Michael “Mykii” Perez.
Staked to a three-run lead, it was up to Jalen “Beeker” Beeks to hold the lead against the powerful Red Sox.