st. PETERSBURG — Another wild night in the American League Wild Card race. The Rays, who have recently been challenged offensively, came out with just two runs in their last three games, and Tropicana scored 8,799 on his field before he scored 8,799 on Thursday in Toronto against the Blues against the Jays. We won 10-5.
The Rays (83-67) were drawn in-game by the Blue Jays (84-66), earning the AL’s top wildcard spot with rights to host a best-of-three postseason series. Meanwhile, the Seattle Mariners (82-67) trail the Rays by half a game.
After looking hopeless while being overwhelmed by the Astros, hope has returned to Tropp.
“Baseball is weird,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. They do a good job of washing it off and getting it ready for work the next day.”
Each of the Rays’ first five hitters had multiple hits and at least one RBI.
“That’s what we do,” Rays left fielder David Peralta said. “We didn’t do our job well (the last three games we’ve played against the Astros, and we’ve lost them all). “But (Thursday) was a new day. We did our job. That’s us. is trying to do (Friday).
The Rays had to improvise a mound plan. Bulk’s specialist Ryan Yarbrough was injured in the third inning because he left just two pitches. According to Cash, Yarbrough, who hit two solo homers in the second inning, suffered from a right oblique strain and is likely to be on the injured reserve list.
Strangely enough, Yarbrough (3-8) took the win because he was the pitcher of record when the Rays took the lead.
“These are the kinds of games you look forward to because you can eat innings and hit the[bullpen]players,” Yarbrough said. “It’s very frustrating.”
Overall, the Rays used seven pitchers — a six-man parade after opener JT Chargois worked the first inning. The Blue Jays looked tired as they arrived in the Tampa Bay area at 4:30 a.m. Thursday after Wednesday night’s game in Philadelphia. They only had three baserunners in the ninth inning when they had a two-run shot.
Left-hander Garrett Clevinger followed Yarbrough using an extended warm-up period after being called to action. He set his tone with two shutout innings (including four strikeouts).
“It’s not a very comfortable situation,” Cash said. “It just changes your routine. But he (Clevinger) was outstanding for us and everyone followed suit. rice field.”
The Rays started the game with three runs in the second inning and scored all after two outs.
Manuel Margot’s RBI single missed the grab of Blue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios, who threw 74 pitches in two innings, making it a 3–3 tie. Wonder Franco and Randy Arrozarena each hit RBI singles to make it 6-3.
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The Rays made it 9-3 in the fourth. After Taylor Walls and Aranda tied the bases, Franco hit a 1-out, 2-run double just behind the outstretched gloves of diving center fielder George Springer. With one out, Peralta’s single knocked Wonder out of his Franco.
Peralta scored another RBI in the sixth when a run-scoring double to the right field corner resulted in Arrozarena, who was walking.
The game did not start well for Shargois. He surrendered a leadoff triple to Springer before Bo Bichett, who came out in September with a . 424 batting average and 1.267 OPS, drilled a one-out RBI double down the third base line. But Chargois would not allow any more.
The Rays fought back in the bottom of the first. Aranda hit his second home run. Margot scored on a single and a double by Arrozarena, who scored the Rays’ run in the third on Berrios’ wild pitch.
The Blue Jays equalized when Teoscar Hernandez and Merrifield each hit solo homers in the second off of Yarbrough.
It was pretty wild for the suddenly unforgiving Rays. It was on the calmer side for the Blue Jays.
There are three games left in the regular season, Rays vs. Blue Jays. What will Friday night bring in the unpredictable AL Wildcard race?
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