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Dodgers-Rays rare wild-card era matchup of baseball's best
Read full article: Dodgers-Rays rare wild-card era matchup of baseball's best(AP Photo/Ashley Landis)ARLINGTON, Texas ā The World Series matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays is a rare meeting of baseballās best for the title, and a matchup of organizations with Andrew Friedmanās imprint. They also won a Game 7, topping Houston 4-2 in the ALCS and earning the second World Series trip in franchise history. āFrom the moment that we were able to put a season together, once they figured out that COVID thing, everybody was expecting us to get to the World Series. We were expecting to get to the World Series,ā said KikĆ© HernĆ”ndez, who tied Game 7 with a pinch-hit home run in the sixth inning. Evan Longoria, Willy Aybar and Rocco Baldelli then lost to Philadelphia in a World Series that remains the second-lowest viewed since television ratings are available dating to 1968.