Longoria's 2 homers lead Rays over White Sox 6-4

There's little that surprises the Tampa Bay Rays about Evan Longoria.

"He's always got this way about him," manager Joe Maddon said of the rookie. "He's not going to be overwhelmed by the situation."

The skipper just as well could have been talking about his entire team.

Longoria and the rest of AL East champions hardly resembled postseason novices Thursday in beating the Chicago White Sox 6-4 in Game 1 of the best-of-five playoff series that continues Friday at Tropicana Field.

The All-Star third baseman homered twice off Javier Vazquez, and the young Rays showed no signs of October jitters in winning the first playoff …