Rays Even Up Series

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 23, 2008 10:46 PM CDT
Rays Even Up Series
Tampa Bay Rays starter James Shields (33) is congratulated by teammates after being relieved during the sixth inning of Game 2.   (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Tampa Bay starter James Shields shut down the Phillies, and the Rays used a classic game of small ball to even up the World Series with a 4-2 win, the Tampa Bay Tribune reports. The Rays scored their runs on two groundouts, a single, and a squeeze bunt. The Phillies finally got on the board in the 8th and 9th, but it wasn't enough. Game 3 is Saturday night in Philadelphia.
(More 2008 World Series stories.)

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