If there's one thing we know for sure, it's that Charlie Day is excited for the upcoming MLB wildcard games (WATCH VIDEO).
It took 163 games to figure it out, but the AL playoff puzzle is finally put together.
The Tampa Bay Rays went into a hostile environment in Texas for a tie breaker game riding the back of strong performances from their leaders, like Evan Longoria, and Will Myers cruising to a 5-2 victory.
Staff ace David Price pitched all nine innings allowing only two runs on seven hits striking out four and walking only one. While Evan Longoria lifted his team once again going 3 for 4 at the plate with a HR and 2 RBI.
After the Rays picked up a 4-1 lead off the bat of a pinch-hitting veteran in David DeJesus, a questionable call on what should have been a Delmon Young single could have changed the game entirely.
But the Rays stuck with it and put up an extra insurance run in the 9th on a sneaky stolen base by pinch-runner Sam Fuld. Texas relief pitcher Tanner Scheppers threw the ball away trying to get Fuld at third as he scored Tampa Bay's fifth run.
The Rays will now travel to Cleveland to take on the Indians in a one game wildcard playoff on Wednesday night which will determine who will face off against the Boston Red Sox in the best-of-5 American League Division series.
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Meanwhile, in the National League, two bitter central division rivals will battle for the right to play against another bitter central division rival. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds will play their NL wildcard game to see who moves on to face the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS.
The Pirates will host the game as they finished with the better record, but the Reds have more playoff experience. It should be interesting to see how this game shakes out between two evenly matched teams.
The game will be highlighted (north of the border) by the amount of Canadian content that will be competing in it.
The Reds boast the best Canadian ball player out there in Joey Votto (Toronto), while the Pirates have Canadians Justin Morneau (West Minster) and Russell Martin (Toronto).
These two teams have seen a lot of each other lately, so sparks are sure to fly when they meet Tuesday night in Pittsburgh.
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