(St. Petersburg) Josh Lowe hit a three-run long ball and hit a single that gave his team the lead as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Saturday.
The Rays rallied after blowing a five-run lead in the game.
“Everyone knows that when this happens the emotion subsides,” said Rays player Yandy Díaz. Then we stay positive and build up emotions. »
Rays prospect Junior Caminero was making his Majors debut at age 20. He finished the game with one hit on four at-bats and one walk.
Caminero scored in the third inning in his first official at-bat. His walk came a little earlier in the game, in the first inning.
“It’s a dream come true,” Caminero said through a translator. It became real. »
Caminero wears the number 1.
When asked why, the player replied with a smile on his face that it was “because I’m number one”.
Díaz had four hits, while he, Lowe and Christian Bethancourt hit home runs for the Rays (95-61), which ensured they finished at least first among teams called up to the American League.
The Rays began the day a game and a half behind the Eastern section leaders, the Baltimore Orioles, who faced the Cleveland Guardians.
The Blue Jays (86-69) started the day in second place among the teams called up by the Americans, a game ahead of the Rangers and a game and a half ahead of the Mariners. These two teams faced each other on Saturday night.
With the Blue Jays trailing 6-5, Díaz hit a double in the ninth inning. He advanced to third base on Harold Ramírez’s single and then scored on Curtis Mead’s single. Díaz, second with the best American batting average, increased his average to .327.
The Blue Jays were down 5-0 after four innings. However, they scored four runs in the sixth to pull closer.
Díaz hit a home run that gave his team the lead and Lowe hit a three-run home run in a four-run first inning for the Rays off pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu. Bethancourt made it 5-0 with a long pass in the fourth inning.
Blue Jays manager John Schneider and an athletic therapist introduced themselves to reliever Jordan Romano during the ninth inning. Schneider said Romano broke a nail during the Blue Jays’ win on Friday.
“We knew the situation,” Schneider said. We just wanted to make sure it was correct. He was looking at the nail, but I don’t think it affected him physically. He said he was capable of pitching. »
With a crowd of 22,655 for the game, the Rays reached 1.4 million viewers for the first time since the 2014 season.
