ALCS Game Seven: Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays Face Off for Ticket to World Series

The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays will meet for one last time in the 2008 season and the winner will earn the right to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2008 World Series. After six games in the ALCS the Red Sox and Rays are knotted at three games apiece and Sunday night’s decider will feature Boston’s ace Jon Lester and Tampa’s Game Three winner Matt Garza.

Lester (16-6 3.21 ERA) dropped that Game Three start in Boston after giving up five runs on 8 hits over 5 2/3 innings but the Red Sox are hoping he can resemble the pitcher that went 3-0 against the Rays in the regular season. In 20 innings Lester allowed just two earned runs against the Tampa but all those games were at home. On the road Lester was 5-5 in 2008 but pitched sensationally in the Red Sox ALDS opener against the Angels.

Garza (11-9 3.70 ERA) allowed just one run in six innings against the Red Sox last time out and was 1-1 in four starts against Boston in the regular season. Three of those four starts were at home where he had one solid start, allowing one run in seven innings, while the other two starts he went a combined 9 2/3 innings and surrendered six runs. Only once this year did Garza follow a road win with a home win in his next start, he beat the Florida Marlins on June 26 and followed with his win over the Red Sox on July 1 at Tropicana Field.

The Red Sox took Game One of the ALCS then dropped the next three games and faced a 7-0 deficit in the seventh inning of Game Five before rallying for the win to extend the series. On Saturday night the Red Sox beat Rays’ ace Jason Shields to force Game Seven.

First pitch at Tropicana Field is set for 8:07 p.m. ET.

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