2008 POST-SEASON	AL Playoffs Round 1 Sox vs Rays	Games 1 and 2 October 2-3
		Series opens in St. Petersburg
Starting Pitchers: Javier Vazquez (12-16) vs. James Shields (14-8)	The Citrus Connection Sox open ALDS in Tropicana Field 2005 Sox WON WS in Minute Maid Park "Minute Maid" = orange juice brand name! "Tropicana" = orange juice brand name! Good vibes, baby, good vibes!	In spite of orange juice karma. . . The experts do not favor our Sox They opine that Tampa Bay has better   pitching and better hitting. . . Plus the name change from Devil Rays to Rays gives huge boost to team mojo!
Game 1 Scoring Rookie Evan Longoria homers in 2nd Rays lead 1-0 Rookie Dewayne Wise homers in 3rd Sox lead 3-1 Key triple (Iwamura) and double (Navarro) allow Rays to tie it in 3rd, and. . .	. . . Rookie Evan Longoria homers in 3rd Rays lead 4-3 Longoria and Crawford drive in 2 more in 5th Rays lead 6-3 Sox load bases in 7th. . . Uribe and Cabrera fan Rays lead 6-3 Konerko homers in 9th but it's a case of. . .too little too late! Rays prevail, 6-4
		Game 2 Pitchers Mark Buehrle (14-10) for Sox Scott Kazmir (12-8) for Rays
Game 2 Top of the First Four Sox bat with bases loaded!    Konerko pops up for first out Thome singles to right for one run Alexei Ramirez hits sac fly for second run Uribe strikes out to end inning NO MORE RUNS FOR REST OF GAME	In the meantime. . . 2nd Inning: Aybar on 1st, Baldelli lines out . . . . . . to Ramirez who throws ball into dugout! Aybar then scores on Navarro single 5th inning: Rays take 3-2 lead on Iwamura HR! 7th: Sox put 2 on, reliever Howell retires next 3 8th: Upton triples, Crawford hit chases Buehrle. . . . . . Rays score 2 more . . . final score: Rays, 6-2	Jermaine Dye has four hits for the day. . . . . . with zero runs scored and zero RBI's! Sox leave a ton of baserunners!
		Sox return to Chicago down two and in a MUST WIN situation!
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