@Rays 9, Red Sox 8 (11 innings)
Ex-Rattlers for the Red Sox:
David Ortiz ('96): 0-for-3, run, 3 BBs
Ex-Midwest Leaguers in the game:
BOS:
Jason Bay (Clinton, '01)
Mark Kotsay (Kane County, '96)
Coco Crisp (Peoria, '00)
Josh Beckett (Kane County, '00)
TB:
Fernando Perez (Southwest Michigan, '05)
Grant Balfour (Quad City, '99)
Highlighted Midwest League Alumni for Tampa Bay:
I got a serious case of deja vu when Fernando Perez scored the winning run for the Rays last night.
Here's why.
May 3, 2005. Timber Rattlers at Southwest Michigan Devil Rays. Wisconsin had a 3-1 lead going into the bottom of the ninth.
Eric O'Flaherty walked the first two batters of the inning and a sacrifice bunt put the tying runs in scoring position. Tommy Nichols followed with an RBI single. Then, Fernando Perez pinch-ran for Nichols.
Craig Markel drove in the tying run and sent Perez to second. John Asanovich was next and his single knocked Perez across the plate with the game-winning run.
Bonus ALCS Fact:
Rays manger Joe Maddon both played and managed in the Midwest League.
He played for the Quad City Angels in 1976. That team lost in the MWL Championship Series.
Maddon managed the Peoria Chiefs in 1984. The final year the Angels were in Peoria.
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