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Rangers vs. Rays: Rays 8, Rangers 0, Bottom 7th

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Having thrown only 81 pitches in six innings, Rays rookie Matt Moore has returned to the mound for the bottom of the seventh.

Moore, who pitched in only three major-league games before today, is just the third pitcher in major-league history to pitch in a postseason game with three or fewer games of major-league experience. And neither of the previous two — Ken Brett in 1967 and Charlie Leibrandt in 1979 — made a postseason start.

Which makes Moore unique.

After throwing 98 pitches, though, he’s probably finished.

He’s done plenty: seven shutout innings, two hits — both by Josh Hamilton — two walks and six strikeouts.

Obviously, we learned Wednesday night that anything can happen and it’s never over ‘til it’s over and that’s why they don’t have a clock and you have to just keep playing and maybe good things will happen and blah blah blah.

Realistically, Joe Maddon’s seriously unorthodox moves have given the Rays a big edge in this series already.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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