A few notes before the start of Game 3:
Josh Beckett’s legendary playoff career has taken a hit over his last two outings. His 6-2 record and 1.17 ERA before the playoffs started is now 6-2 with a 2.85 ERA after allowing 12 earned runs over 9 1/3 innings in two games versus the Angels and Rays.
Rays manager Joe Maddon had an interesting take on the “look” of each team during the last two games:
“I agreed with Papi on the first day that maybe we didn’t have the right look, but also I said in return I thought they looked a little bit differently, as well. I thought the last game, yesterday’s game — the day before — whenever that was, everybody looked kind of normal.”
