Rays clinch ALCS 7-3, guaranteeing a first-time MLB champion
Two-run homers by Caminero and Yandy Díaz settled it. Either the Rays or Brewers will win a first World Series.
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The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the ALCS to reach the World Series. MLB’s official report records two-run home runs by Junior Caminero in the seventh inning and Yandy Díaz in the eighth.
A final with no previous winner
The Rays open the World Series against the Milwaukee Brewers in Milwaukee on Friday. The unusual stake is clear: neither franchise has won the World Series before.
BSR view: the 7-3 result was not built on one swing. Tampa Bay established control with a two-run double in the second, and the two late homers ended Cleveland’s route back. More results: BSR archive.
