Rays 8, Mets 5: Party like it’s 2010

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports With the Rays (along with over half of the American League) having a postseason spot all but locked up for quite some time now, it’s felt like there hasn’t been a whole lot to play for. Tonight, however, the Rays had a chance to do something they had not done in a decade: win the American League East.

Tyler Glasnow got the start for the Rays, coming off an outing where he struck out 10 of 21 batters faced at Camden Yards in a game where the good guys won 2-1, and the strikeout stuff was on again tonight in Queens.

Glasnow was opposed by Michael Wacha. In his first year with the Mets, Wacha was carrying a 6.75 ERA over 28 IP coming into this start. Despite the…