Elimination Saturday?
It's very possible.
Both games today are in the American League and one team in each of these games is in a dire situation. Both the Rays and the Twins lost the first two games of their respective series at home. They now have the extremely difficult task of sending the series back to Tampa or the Twin Cities by taking both games on the road.
I think the Twins will have it slightly worse than the Rays, but its close. Both the Yankees and the Rangers have almost identical home records with the Yankees being 52-29 and the Rangers being 51-30. Obviously both very good home teams (and the Rangers are a mediocre road team, so its even more surprising they took the first two on the road). Anyway the Rays and Twins differ with their road records. The Rays are almost the same home and away as they have a 49-32 home record and a 47-34 road record. The Twins have the best home record of all of these teams being 53-28 but on the road they are 41-40.
I really hope that both the Rays and the Twins can pull out victories today, extending the series, but it is going to be tough for these teams.
