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10/15 14:55 CDT Halpin's go-ahead homer flips Game 3 as Guardians beat Rays 3-2
for 2-1 AL Championship Series lead
Halpin's go-ahead homer flips Game 3 as Guardians beat Rays 3-2 for 2-1 AL
Championship Series lead
By JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) --- Petey Halpin hit a go-ahead, two-run homer, Gavin Williams
struck out nine over five innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa
Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 3 Thursday to take a 2-1 lead in the AL Championship
Series.
Game 4 in the best-of-seven matchup is scheduled for Friday, though rain is
forecast.
Jos Ramrez had two hits and Nathaniel Lowe added an RBI for the Guardians,
who have won five of their last six playoff games since trailing the Chicago
White Sox 2-0 in their AL Division Series.
Williams allowed two runs in five innings with one walk. He is 2-0 with a 2.16
ERA and 33 strikeouts over 16 2/3 innings in four postseason games this season,
including three starts.
Cleveland retired 16 of the Rays' last 17 batters. Daniel Espino, Erik
Sabrowski, Hunter Gaddis and Cade Smith allowed only one baserunner the final
four innings.
Smith stranded a runner at third in the eighth when he struck out Yandy Daz in
a 10-pitch at-bat, then pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.
Tampa Bay batters were retired in order in seven innings, and Junior Caminero
had four strikeouts. Rays batters whiffed 13 times after combining for 14 in
the first two games combined.
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