KEY POINTS:
The Tampa Bay Rays have the chance to join the Philadelphia Phillies in baseball's World Series, if they can get past the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the American League Championship series at Fenway Park this afternoon (NZ time).
The Phillies booked their place in the World Series as the National League representative yesterday by putting the Los Angeles Dodgers away 5-1 in L.A. That gave them the series convincingly, 4 games to 1.
The Rays are on the verge of joining Philadelphia in baseball's showpiece occasion. They lead Boston 3 games to 1, going into today's Game 5 of the ALCS.
The two League Championship series, like the World Series, are best-of-seven contests.
If Boston stays alive today, the AL series continues tomorrow at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay.
Whoever the participants, the World Series gets underway in the ballpark of the American League champions next Thursday (NZT).
- NZHERALD STAFF
