Rays 5 Red Sox 6: Not with a bang but a whimper

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Many of us had cleared our October calendars for a long playoff run.

We had our Game 5 tickets.

We had our ALCS tickets.

But it’s over tonight, and somehow the Rays — a 100 win team that dominated baseball’s strongest division, couldn’t make it out of the first round of the playoffs.

Although the Rays were eliminated in four games, this was a close series. Each team had one dominant game, and the last two were coin flips.

The first inning for the Rays seemed to presage what would be a tough night. Randy Arozarena was robbed of a hit by Hunter Renfroe, Wander Franco was called out on a strike three that was well above the zone (come on, Wander knows the zone better…