Guardians, Rays Set MLB Record for Longest Scoreless Postseason Game

Game 2 of the American League Wild Card Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians set a new Major League Baseball record for offensive futility.

Per MLB.com's Sarah Langs, it was the first playoff game ever without a single run scored through 13 innings.

Oscar González put an end to the scoreless drought with a walk-off solo homer in the bottom of the 15th inning.

What started out feeling like an excellent pitching duel eventually turned into a treatise on how inept can two playoff teams be with the bats.

Tyler Glasnow (Rays) and Triston McKenzie (Guardians) were on the mount to start the game. Glasnow, in just his third start of the season, allowed two hits in five innings. McKenzie gave up two hits in six innings of work.

The results looked similar when the bullpens took over. González's homer was the only extra-base hit from either team.

The Guardians had the best scoring opportunity during regulation. Myles Straw and Steven Kwan walked to start the sixth. Amed Rosario was hit by a pitch on the first pitch he saw from Rays reliever Jason Adam.

José Ramírez, who hit the go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning of Game 1, struck out after getting ahead 2-0 in the count. Adam got out of the inning when Josh Naylor grounded into a double play.

The Rays had multiple opportunities in extra innings to get a run on the board. They had a runner on third base in the 10th, 12th and 15th innings, but were never able to take advantage of it.

It looked like the 15th was going to be Tampa's breakthrough. Vidal Brujan singled to leadoff the frame and advanced to third on Manuel Margot's one-out single. Guardians reliever Sam Hentges came back to strike out Francisco Mejia and Jose Siri to end the inning.

Cleveland's win was its first playoff series victory since beating the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2016 ALCS.

Next up for the Guardians is a matchup with the New York Yankees in the ALDS. Game 1 will be played at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.