MLB Championship Series 2026 discussion: Day 7

After a rainy Friday night delayed the ALCS drama, the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians will pick things back up with a Saturday night tilt in a sunnier Ohio.

Friday’s game four was postponed until tonight, pushing game five back to Sunday. Down 2-1, the Rays will look to steal one of those two weekend matchups to bring the series back to Tampa.

As planned, Tampa Bay will send out Nick Martinez (3.10 ERA in 31 starts during the regular season, 4.91 ERA in his lone postseason start). The Guardians are going with Shawn Armstrong to start things off (4.58 ERA in 41 regular season appearances, and 5.1 scoreless relief innings this postseason).

A pivotal game four awaits!

Pitching matchup: RHP Nick Martinez (4.91 ERA) vs. RHP Shawn Armstrong (0.00 ERA)

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