RAYS DID IT!!!!!

THEY DID IT................
The Rays beat the Red Sox in seven games. The Rays completed a stunning run to their first pennant beating the defending champs 3-1 in game seven. After blowing a seven run lead in game five and loosing game six, they showed they still had gas in the tank to beat the Redsox.

Garza shut down the Boston Red Sox leading Tampa Bay to its first pennant and earning the MVP award. He allowed one run and two hits over seven-plus innings in Tampa Bay's 3-1 victory in the clinching game. He went 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA in two starts in the series.

Garza got off to an ominous start when Dustin Pedroia, the second batter of the game, homered into the left-field seats, but that was all the Red Sox got.

The 6-foot-4 right-hander was one of several Rays who could've walked away with the series MVP award. B.J. Upton hit four homers and drove in 11 runs, Evan Longoria set an ALCS record by homering in four straight games and Carlos Pena went deep three times. Garza wound up with the trophy. He will indeed get another start this year, against the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.

The Rays acquired Garza and slick-fielding shortstop Jason Bartlett last offseason in a six-player deal that sent Delmon Young to Minnesota. Both Rays played key roles in the run to the AL East title. Garza admitted Sunday that when the trade was made "I was disappointed for a while." Those feelings changed in spring training.

Garza was shaky in his first postseason start, allowing five runs and seven hits over six innings against the Chicago White Sox in the division series. He got the decision in Tampa Bay's only loss in the first round.

He bounced back against Boston, yielding just one run in six-plus innings in the Rays' 9-1 victory in Game 3 at Fenway Park. Garza, the Twins' first-round draft pick in 2005 out of Fresno State, went 11-9 with a 3.70 ERA this season for Tampa Bay. His 30 starts and 184 2-3 innings were more than he pitched in his first two years combined. He had enough left for 118 pitches Sunday night. He struck out nine and walked three.

"He was a stallion tonight," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "He did everything he could, and I'm so proud of him and what he's done this year and how far he's come."

Now they move on to play the Phillies in the World Series. Who is my pick to win it all: TAMPA BAY.

Good luck.