| ALCS: Looking ahead The Rays are going to their first-ever American League Championship Series, but they don't yet know whom they will face. Game 4 between the Red Sox and Angels was not complete at press time. The Red Sox led the Angels 2-1 in their best-of-five ALDS series. How the Rays have matched up against each of those teams: |
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| Angels | Red Sox |
| How they fared | |
| Rays were 6-3 against Angels this season, 5-1 at Tropicana Field. | Rays won season series 10-8, 8-1 at Tropicana Field. |
| Highlight | |
| Carl Crawford's three-run homer in the Rays' four-run sixth inning gave them a come-from-behind 8-5 victory at the Trop on May 11, clinching a sweep. | Dan Johnson hit a tying homer off Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth at Fenway to spark a 5-4 win on Sept. 9, the day he was called up from Triple A. |
| Lowlight | |
| In a 4-2 loss in Anaheim on June 11, Rays left-hander Scott Kazmir had a memorable spat with umpire Derryl Cousins after the All-Star felt Cousins missed a third-strike call; manager Joe Maddon was ejected for arguing his case. | The benches-clearing brawl at Fenway on June 4, jump-started when Red Sox outfielder Coco Crisp charged the mound after James Shields hit him with a pitch. The melee resulted in eight suspensions. |
| Skinny | |
| There would be many intriguing storylines in this matchup, with Maddon a former Angels bench coach, and Troy Percival a former Angels closer. The Angels had the American League's best record, so they have homefield advantage, but the Rays have shown they can beat them at home — and on the road. | The Rays would have homefield advantage in this matchup, which is huge considering they swept the Sox twice at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay also got a big confidence boost when it won two at Fenway in September. But the defending world champion Sox are coming together at the right time. |
| vs. Angels (2008) Date (H/A) Result May 9 (H) W, 2-0 May 10 (H) W, 2-0 May 11 (H) W, 8-5 June 9 (A) W, 13-4 June 10 (A) L, 6-1 June 11 (A) L, 4-2 Aug. 18 (H) W, 6-4 Aug. 19 (H) W, 4-2 Aug. 20 (H) L, 5-4 H — Home; A — Away |
vs. Red Sox (2008) Date (H/A) Result April 25 (H) W, 5-4 April 26 (H) W, 2-1 April 27 (H) W, 3-0 May 2 (A) L, 7-3 May 3 (A) L, 12-4 May 4 (A) L, 7-3 June 3 (A) L, 7-4 June 4 (A) L, 5-1 June 5 (A) L, 7-1 June 30 (H) W, 5-4 July 1 (H) W, 3-1 July 2 (H) W, 7-6 Sept. 8 (A) L, 3-0 Sept. 9 (A) W, 5-4 Sept. 10 (A) W, 4-2 (14) Sept. 15 (H) L, 13-5 Sept. 16 (H) W, 2-1 Sept. 17 (H) W, 10-3 H — Home; A — Away |
| Joe Smith, Times staff writer |
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