
Rays vs. Cleveland: Tropicana Field hosting watch parties for playoff series
By Katherine Langford
FOX 13 Tampa Bay
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The Tampa Bay Rays have some work to do at the plate if they want to get back on track in the American League Championship Series. That's the message from fans who watched the team fall to Cleveland in Game 3.The Guardians won 3-2 Thursday to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Rays managed just three hits and struck out 13 times. Rays fans hope for adjustments after Game 3 loss to GuardiansSean Pfile, a Rays fan since 2004, said the team needs to get back to making contact.For a contact hitting team, we're striking out too much. Gotta put the bat on the ball. You put it in play, anything can happen, Pfile said.Jay Fakterowitz thinks the Rays may be trying too hard to hit home runs instead of sticking with the approach that helped them reach the postseason.It looked like they were going for the long ball a little bit and not playing the small ball game, Fakterowitz said. I think they just gotta get back to what they were doing all year, and things will be fine.The loss did