Rays 6 White Sox 4

[SvFan4life]

Longoria with 2 HR's in the game....He has definitely been a big part of the Ray's success..good job Rays!

[HOMELESS CAMEL]

No surprise here, White Sox had no choice but to pitch their worst starter in Game 1. The Rays took advantage of that, the White Sox rotation is now set up through the rest of the series.

 

Whether or not the "kids" can continue to pitch well, remains to be seen.

[SvFan4life]

I believe the Rays will sweep this series. They have a lot of young talent.

[3wishes]

Very Happy to hear this, I was sick of hearing in the Cubs game about how much the Sox fans got into the game against the Twins, but they couldn't understand why the Cubs fans were quiet. I was thinking, because the Sox are do or die in one game, at least the Cubs get 3 chances.:dancingpa

[AverageJoesGym]

The White Sox are now facing a very tall task. It will be very hard for them to avoid an 0-2 hole now. After all, never in their history have the Rays lost a home playoff game. :thumb:

[buzzer beater]

Great game..Longoria is going to be an amazing player..I hope the Rays pull this one out..

[mcpapa]

Who threw out the first pitch?

[bigblueinsanity]

Way to go Rays!

[AverageJoesGym]

In spite of it being their first ever postseason game the stadium was still only 84% full. Much better than their regular season numbers but sad nonetheless.

[bigblueinsanity]

Congrats Rays, Sweep the Soxs!

[SvFan4life]

In spite of it being their first ever postseason game the stadium was still only 84% full. Much better than their regular season numbers but sad nonetheless.

 

Where did you get only 84% full, when I watched the game it looked about packed.

[AverageJoesGym]

Where did you get only 84% full, when I watched the game it looked about packed.

 

From the boxscore, it was actually almost 85%:

 

Stadium: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL

Attendance: 35,041 (84.8% full)

Game Time: 3:10

Weather: indoors

Umpires: Home Plate - Joe West, First Base - C.B. Bucknor, Second Base - Ron Kulpa, Third Base - Jeff Kellogg

 

By comparison:

 

Stadium: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA

Attendance: 46,208 (106.2% full)

Game Time: 3:00

Weather: 62 degrees, partly cloudy

Wind: 14 mph

Umpires: Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Brian Runge, Second Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Third Base - Jim Joyce

[LRCW]

From the boxscore, it was actually almost 85%:

 

Stadium: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL

Attendance: 35,041 (84.8% full)

Game Time: 3:10

Weather: indoors

Umpires: Home Plate - Joe West, First Base - C.B. Bucknor, Second Base - Ron Kulpa, Third Base - Jeff Kellogg

 

By comparison:

 

Stadium: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA

Attendance: 46,208 (106.2% full)

Game Time: 3:00

Weather: 62 degrees, partly cloudy

Wind: 14 mph

Umpires: Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Brian Runge, Second Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Third Base - Jim Joyce

 

 

 

They said all day on ESPN radio that the game was a sale out. I wonder if the total capacity figures they have are wrong.

[SvFan4life]

Those figures have to be wrong. 106.2% full??? I mean really...

 

 

I listened to the game on XM radio today for most of it and the announcers were also talking about it being a sale out or something to that nature..I dunno though, I guess everyone didn't show up.

[LRCW]

Those figures have to be wrong. 106.2% full??? I mean really...

 

 

I listened to the game on XM radio today for most of it and the announcers were also talking about it being a sale out or something to that nature..I dunno though, I guess everyone didn't show up.

 

 

I can buy the 106.2 % full. Teams will always sell SRO tickets.