Guardians Stay Hot: 3 Takeaways From Cleveland's ALCS Game 1 Upset Win vs. Rays

TROPICANA Field (St. Petersburg, Fla.) — Talk about an upset. Facing the Tampa Bay Rays, the best team in the American League, it was the tough and tired Cleveland Guardians who came through and remarkably took Game 1 of the ALCS with a 7-3 win on Monday night at Tropicana Field. The odds were against them after going the distance in the ALDS. Cleveland spent all its energy storming back from the brink of elimination against the White Sox, only to still have some fight left in the tank. No matter that Tampa Bay’s indomitable ace was on the mound.