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Dragging after a late-night arrival from Houston and delayed by midtown Manhattan traffic, the Rays arrived at Yankee Stadium early Friday evening with nothing officially on the line. They could’ve been swept out of the Bronx this weekend, and it would not have changed their standing atop the American League heading into the postseason.
Clearly, that did not matter to Brandon Lowe and the rest of the Rays.
After winning Friday’s series opener, Tampa Bay spent Saturday afternoon emphatically crossing the final item off its regular-season to-do list. Lowe launched three homers and drove in seven runs, a career day at the plate that put him on the brink of a 40-homer, 100-RBI campaign, as the Rays breezed past the Yankees, 12-2, for their 100th win of the season.
“I wouldn't expect otherwise,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “They come to the ballpark prepared, ready to win, ready to work. … We want to do everything we can to win.”
The Rays have won 100 games in a season for the first time in franchise history to become the Majors’ third 100-win team of 2021, joining the Giants and Dodgers. And they’ve done it in the rugged AL East, which includes four 90-win teams, by winning their season series against each of their four division opponents. Of their 100 wins, 51 have come against AL East opponents.: https://www.mlb.com/news/brandon-low...rays-100th-win
Brandon Lowe launches 3 homers in a route of the Yankees as the Rays head for the postseason.
The Atlanta Braves shut out the Astros 7-0 to become World Series champions
It was pretty clear throughout Game 6 Tuesday night, that barring big mistakes or a miracle, the Atlanta Braves were going to be crowned World Series champions.
The Braves shut out the Houston Astros 7-0 — winning in Minute Maid Park in Houston to take the series, 4-2.
The Astros had gotten the hometown crowd excited days earlier because they had beaten the Braves in Game 5, 9-5. The Braves could have walked away with the title that Sunday night but the Astros rallied.
There was no rally Tuesday night for the Astros. The Braves showed no mercy as they quickly led the game 3-0 by the middle of the third inning when outfielder Jorge Soler had a three-run homer over the train tracks in left field.
It was Soler's third home run of the series, and he was named the series Most Valuable Player.
Dansby Swanson and Freddie Freeman also homered in Game 6.
In the first inning, Michael Brantley stepped on Braves pitcher Max Fried's right ankle. It didn't seem to matter, because after that Fried got 18 outs against the 19 batters he faced. He also became the first pitcher in this series to complete six innings.
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