Tampa Bay Ray's vs. Boston Red Sox-Murrhee

Humidity and parking spots ranging from $10 to $20 didn't stop Ray's fans from gathering at Tropicana Field to watch the Ray's play against the Boston Red Sox.

Last year, baseball's doormat, the Ray's finally made a name for themselves when they beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1, sending them to the World Series.

In last night's game, the mood in the crowd seemed stifled for the first two and a half innings, nothing happening for either team. At the bottom of the third, Ray's player, Jason Bartlett, finally made a single and moved to first.

In keeping with this style, B.J. Upton also made a single. This moved Bartlett to second base and put Upton on first.

Carl Crawford walked to first base, thus making bases loaded. The mood of Ray's fans slowly began to shift, a positive attitude swarming the stands; one would have noticed a few glutteuss move to the edge of their seats.

When Evan Longoria came up to bat, Boston's fans began to steer in hopes of distracting him. Efforts were made futile when Longoria scored a double and sent Bartlett, Upton, and Crawford passing over home plate. The score: 3-0.

Before the third inning was over, Pat Burrell made a single, scoring Longoria. The score at the top of the fourth was 4-0, Sox still down.

By the bottom of the fourth, Michel Hernandez scored a home run and Crawford hit a sinking fly ball, scoring Upton and setting the score 6-0.

Skip a few innings and come to the bottom of the eighth inning. Sox's fans seem restless, a look of loss seen in the faces of those that were worn long, with furrowed eyebrows.

Come the bottom of the eighth, the score is 8-0 with bases loaded. Gabe Gross hits a double, scoring Longoria and Carlos Pena. Burrell moves to third. Akinori Iwamura [I-wah-mur-ah] hits a double, scoring Burrell and Gross and bringing the score 12-0.

Before the end of the eighth inning, Hernandez hits a double and scores Iwamura. By the ninth inning, the score is 13-0 and any hope of the Sox winning this game has all but been completely stifled. The looks on Sox fans' faces lack any hope.

Throughout the game, Matt Garza pitched phenomenally, allowing the Sox only one hit, at the bottom of the seventh inning. At the ninth inning, Garza did not give the Sox any chance of redeeming themselves by allowing them a hit.

Garza was shown on the big screen at the end of the game, while dejected Sox fans tried to exit and Ray's fans loitered in jubilation. When asked on his technique, Garza said, "I just kept thinking, 'Make the right pitch at the right time.' I knew I needed to keep myself calm and cool." Before Garza left the big screen, he said, "I knew I couldn't let the game ride fully on me. I had to make them participate and not kill myself. I just knew we had to play hard and see where we ended up."