(Saint Petersburg) ST. Wander Franco made three runs and the Tampa Bay Rays edged out the Toronto Blue Jays 10-5 on Thursday night in Game 1 of a four-game series between divisional rivals.
Jonathan Aranda scored and Randy Arozarena had three hits and two RBIs for the Rays, who are coming off a three-game streak where they were swept by the Houston Astros.
“Baseball is weird. I saw a result tonight that was a little different,” said Rays manager Kevin Cash. The players did a good job of forgetting what happened, they were ready to work and improve and they found a way to win. »
The Rays (83-67) reached a game of the Blue Jays (84-66) and took first place among the American’s selected teams. The Seattle Mariners (82-67) are third, four games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles.
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Whit Merrifield hit two long plays for the Torontonians while Teoscar Hernández scored. José Berríos (11-6) allowed six runs and seven hits in two work innings.
“It was a little weird to be ahead in the count, but not out the hitters,” Blue Jays interim manager John Schneider said of Berríos, who made 74 pitches.
The Toronto team have lost three of their last four games after going into September with 13 wins from 17 games.
A single run by Manuel Margot and productive hits by Franco and Arozarena gave the Rays a 6-3 lead in the second inning.
Franco added a two-run double in a three-run fourth inning for the Rays.
“I think we made the right adjustments tonight (Thursday),” Franco said. We played very well and we hope to continue with the same energy. »
Cash decided to replace JT Chargois with Ryan Yarbrough to start the second inning.
Hernández was first hitter, his seventh in 34 games against Yarbrough. One out later, Merrifield tied the game at 3-3 with a solo slap.
Merrifield also hit a two-run long ball in the ninth inning.
Yarbrough ended up leaving the game in the third round due to discomfort in the right side of his body.
Garrett Cleavinger replaced Yarbrough and knocked out the Blue Jays for two innings before Shawn Armstrong, Brooks Raley and Colin Poche gave nothing for three innings.
Aranda scored on Berríos’ second pitch in a three-run first inning. Arozarena hit a double one run and after going to third base he scored in a wild field.
Bo Bichette had a double run for the Blue Jays in the first round. He has now produced 24 points in 21 games in September.
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