Rays vs. Guardians live updates, lineups, where to watch: Griffin Jax, Gavin Williams start ALCS Game 3 with series tied 1-1
The Rays tied up the series 1-1 as the ALCS heads to Cleveland.
The ALCS continues Thursday afternoon, as the Tampa Bay Rays face the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. ET, with the series tied 1-1 as it shifts to Cleveland. Mother Nature forced an early start for this contest due to rain forecast in the area Thursday night, gifting us some rare ALCS day baseball.The Rays will start right-hander Griffin Jax (8-10, 3.53 ERA), who is making his first career postseason start. He made a two-inning relief appearance against the New York Yankees in the ALDS, striking out 4 while allowing 1 earned run and 1 walk on 32 pitches.The Guardians will start right-hander Gavin Williams (14-8, 3.76 ERA), who is coming off a gem in the ALDS clincher against the Chicago White Sox, allowing just one hit while striking out 12 over 5 2/3 innings to earn the win. Things got dicey in the sixth after loading up the bases, but left-hander Erik Sabrowski bailed him out in relief, striking out Munetaka Murakami to strand all three runners.Follow along with Yahoo Sports for live updates, highlights and more as the Guardians host the Rays in Game 3 of the ALCS, airing on TBS and truTV.
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