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Houston Astros • Tampa Bay Rays baseball team • The American League Championship Series

Rays' Kevin Kiermaier returns for Game 7 against Houston Astros Rays centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier makes a diving catch on a ball hit by the Astros' Carlos Correa during the third inning of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, at Petco Park in San Diego.  [ DENIS POROY | Special to the Times ] SAN DIEGO — Kevin Kiermaier had seen enough. Watching his Rays lose the past three games in the American League Championship Series to the Astros hurt worse than the pain in his left wrist, so Kiermaier returned to the lineup for Saturday night’s Game 7 that would determine who went to the World Series. He was still in considerable pain from being hit by a 99 mph fastball Tuesday. A heavy tape job would restrict his swing. And he couldn’t risk doing much pregame work. But the centerfielder knew he had to be out there. "Didn’t think it could come to this for me missing the last three games, but it’s been a battle. It has‚'' Kiermaier sai...

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