Rays look to top the Guardians in Game 6 of the ALCS to earn a return trip to the World Series

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB) - The Tampa Bay Rays entered Monday night’s Game 6 of the ALCS against the Cleveland Guardians just one win away from recapturing the American League pennant, and a return to the World Series for the first time since 2020.The Guardians planned on running through relievers in this one, but Cleveland also knew Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn wasn’t walking through that door at Tropicana Field.The game was scoreless entering the bottom of the second inning. The Rays’ Freddy Peralta only surrendered one hit in the first two innings. On the other side, the Guardians were on their second pitcher of the night, Tim Herrin.After Richie Palacios connected on a two-out double to bring home Victor Mesa Jr. and Chandler Simpson to make it a 2-0 game, Cleveland decided to turn to their third pitcher of the night. The Rays left the bases loaded when Jonathan Aranda popped out to shallow left field.With the bases loaded again in the bottom of the third, Johnny Deluca hit a sacrif