![]() ![]() He might be available Tuesday.īlue Jays: Montoyo said CF George Springer (quadriceps) is improving but no date for a rehab assignment has been announced. Rays: CF Kevin Kiermaier (left eye irritation) started after coming off the bench Sunday. The Blue Jays' home ERA is around one-half run higher than on the road. Toronto has 38 homers in 21 home games, and entered with an AL-best home average of. The lefty, who normally follows an opener, is 25-5 as a reliever. It's the longest stretch for a traditional starter since Atlana's Shelby Miller (24) from May 23–Sep 27, 2015. Yarbrough allowed three runs and third hits in six innings and has a 23-start winless streak. Guerrero has 11 of his 15 homers at TD Ballpark. had a second-inning homer, and Guerrero and Hernández went back-to-back off Ryan Yarbrough in the fourth to get the Blue Jays within 5-3. Stripling entered in the second and gave up two hits in seven scoreless innings. Ji-Man Choi walked to load the bases and Taylor Walls forced home run on a free pass on a 3-2 pitch.Īfter Toronto pitching coach Pete Walker was ejected for arguing, Wendle made it 5-0 on his opposite-field drive to left. Thornton was on the verge of getting out of first scoreless but third baseman Santiago Espinal booted Margot’s two-out grounder for an error. Montoyo opted to have Trent Thornton start the game as an opener in front of the struggling Ross Stripling. The 65.4 percent winning percentage is tied for the second highest for Toronto home games, only trailing 67.5 percent in 1985. The Blue Jays went 17-9 in Buffalo last year. It's funny, it was almost like playing a home game for the Rays.” “We have to do what we have to do,” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. The Blue Jays will now relocate to Buffalo, New York, as COVID-19 restrictions in Canada prevent them from playing in Toronto. ![]() Toronto dropped seven of 10 on the final homestand and finished 10-11 at its spring training facility. and Teoscar Hernández also homered for the Blue Jays, who played their final game at TD Ballpark. Guerrero's second shot was a two-run drive in the eighth off Ryan Thompson to tie it at 5. Tampa Bay scored twice in the 10th, but Marcus Semien tied it with a two-run homer off Jeffrey Springs (4-1). “We're going to continue to grind it, play hard, Things are going to get better for us." “Obviously we don't feel good right now but we're going to keep our heads up," Guerrero said through a translator. The Rays wound up with a four-game sweep and took over sole possession of first place in the AL East. Joey Wendle hit a grand slam as Tampa Bay took a 5-0 lead in the first. Mejía had a 12th-inning grand slam in the Rays' 9-7 win over Toronto on Friday night.Ī day after the Rays drew five walks during a four-run rally in the ninth to win 6-4, Tampa Bay batters walked seven times. “Just outstanding at-bats,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Randy Arozarena doubled home a run, Austin Meadows had an RBI grounder, Manuel Margot knocked in two with a triple and Mike Brosseau added an RBI single against Tim Mayza. Mejía's hit came off Joel Payamps (0-2) with the bases loaded. “Keep on having that motivation, good thing can happen.”Īfter both teams scored twice in the 10th to make it 7-all, the Rays erupted. “When we support each other, we can do anything," Mejía said through a translator. In 2004, playing as the Devil Rays, they won 12 in a row under manager Lou Piniella. Tampa Bay moved within one win of the team record for consecutive victories. ![]() (AP) - Francisco Mejía hit a tiebreaking, two-run single during a seven-run burst in the 11th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays won their 11th straight game, outlasting the Toronto Blue Jays 14-8 on Monday. ![]()
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