2010 ALDS: Rays vs Rangers Trivia Quiz

Answer: No

The Tampa Bay Rays won 96 games and the AL East, while Texas only had 90 wins and were the 3 seed. Texas had to win at least one game on the road in the series to take the series win.

Answer: David Price

David Price started Games 1 and 5, as did Cliff Lee for Texas. Price gave up five runs in 6-2/3 innings in Game 1 and three runs in six innings in Game 5.

James Shields was the Rays' starting pitcher in Game 2 and lost as well, giving up four runs in 4-1/3 innings. Rafael Soriano is the Rays' closer, who had a MLB best 45 saves in 2010.

Answer: 5-1, Rangers

Games 1 and 5 were won by the Rangers 5-1. Game 3 was won by Tampa Bay 6-3 in Arlington, and Game 2 was won by Texas by the score of 6-0. No game went 5-1 Tampa Bay, but Game 4 was 5-2, Tampa Bay.

Answer: home run

In the fifth inning of Game 2, Michael Young had been 0-4 in the series to that point. On a 2-2 pitch, Young checked his swing according to the first base umpire Jerry Meals. The very next pitch, Young belts a 3-run home run into center field. The Rays' manager Joe Maddon came out to argue and was tossed by the home plate umpire.

Answer: 1

The Rays lost Game 1, 5-1 and Game 2, 6-0, scoring only one run in front of their home crowd. When the series shifted to Arlington, the Rays scored 11 runs, six in Game 3 and five more in Game 4. The Rangers also scored 11 at Tampa Bay in the first two games.

Answer: 3

The Rangers lost Game 3, 6-3. This game also had the most runs scored in any single game with nine.

Answer: 1996

The Rangers last postseason win before their Game 1 win was Game 1 in the 1996 ALDS against the New York Yankees. The 1997 season did not see the Rangers in the playoffs, and the 1998 and 1999 postseasons saw the Rangers get swept by the Yankees. Going into the 2010 ALDS, the Rangers were 1-9 (.100) in the postseason, all against the Yankees.

Answer: 21

The Rangers record for the postseason before this series was nine strikeouts set by Rick Helling in 1998. Cliff Lee broke that record in Game 1 with 10 strikeouts, then broke his own record in Game 5 with 11 more.

Answer: 0

For the first time in MLB postseason history, this was the first series where the home team did not win a single game.

Answer: Rangers

The Rangers won 5-1 in Game 5 against David Price. Interestingly enough, both games started by Price and Lee ended up 5-1 Rangers, however, Price did not give up all ten runs. Soriano gave up a two run home run to Ian Kinsler in the ninth inning of Game 5.