ALDS: Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Rays (Game 5)

Wow, I post and the Rangers win. I don't post and the Rangers don't win. I think I have learned my lesson.

Cliff Lee was 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA in five playoff starts for the Phillies last year. He's the only one of the Rangers' four starters with postseason experience. He's 6-5 with a 2.87 ERA in 13 career starts vs. the Rays (3-2 with a 3.86 ERA at Tropicana).

David Price is a career 0-2 against the Rangers in four starts. He's given up a whopping 16 runs in 19.1 innings, giving him a 7.45 ERA against Texas. He's also walked 15 but has fanned 19. At home this year, he is 9-2 in 16 starts with a 1.92 ERA. He only started one game against the Rangers this season, a no decision, and tossed six solid innings giving up two runs.

Postseason for Price hasn't been bad, as he got some work in 2008 in the postseason. He is 1-0, but hasn't started in the postseason. He has five games, totaling 5.2 innings with work against the Phillies and Boston (his win was a World Series victory).

That's what I said going into the first game of the series. I expect  pretty much of the same for this game, a tight fight for dominance with the Rangers coming out on top.

Forecast: Rangers win this one in a tighter game that in the first game, expect this to be decided, not by Price, but Lee to get the win with a relief pitcher taking the loss. Score 3-2, Rangers.