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Mirror score: Rays answer 7-3 loss to Guardians with identical 7-3 road win

Tampa Bay flipped the script in Cleveland, handing back the exact 7-3 scoreline the Guardians had posted days earlier.

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Five days after Cleveland thumped Tampa Bay 7-3 at Tropicana Field, the Rays walked into Ohio and served the same scoreline right back. Eleven hits, tidy fielding and a composed staff carried Tampa Bay to a 7-3 road win in the MLB Postseason — the sharpest possible reply in a series that has swung wildly.

Díaz went deep and Aranda plated two runs, while Martinez anchored the pitching. The result caps a turbulent stretch: Cleveland had overrun an early hole to win 7-3 on 14 hits, only for Tampa Bay to answer 3-1 at home — a game where an error sparked a fourth-inning burst and every Rays run went unearned.

Tampa Bay have now taken two straight in the series after dropping the first meeting, and this one carried extra weight: matching Cleveland's winning score on the road. The Guardians will want answers — fast.

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