Rays 7 Jays 6 (10 innings)
The nice part about that game was the come back. The Jays were down 5-0. We were continuously told they would never score again. And then they got five runs in the seven to tie things up.
It was a fun game to watch.
In the seventh:
- Andrés Giménez, pinch hitting, flied out.
- Ernie Clement singled to left.
- Daulton Varsho struck out.
- Jesús Sánchez doubled off the left field wall, scoring one.
- Brandon Valenzuela walked on a full count.
- George Springer single in one.
- Yohendrick Piñango doubled bringing in two more.
- Vladimir Guerrero reached on an error by third baseman Junior Caminero, bringing in the tying run. He had a couple of well hit foul balls earlier in the at bat. Then Vlad stole second.
- But Kazuma Okamoto struck out to end the fun.
Patrick Corbin wasn’t good. He gave up 9 hits, and a walk, but just 3 earned. Fairly lucky to have just given up 3.
Tommy Nance game up another run in 1.2 innings, with 3 strikeouts..
Jeff Hoffman gave up a solo home in his inning, with 2 strikeouts.
Ty Rogers pitched a scoreless inning, in a very non-Rogers way. Walk, line out to right, caught stealing (great throw Valenzuela) and a strikeout.
Louis Varland fought his way through a scoreless ninth.
Braydon Fisher had a tough time in the 10th. with the runner on second, he gave up a deep fly to left that Piñango took a strange route on, but he made the catch. Runner to third. Taylor Walls singled one home. Yandy Díaz walked. A wild pitch moved them to second and third. A sac fly to the wall in center (an amazing catch by Varsho, running into the wall) scored a second run. A ground out (that Clement bobbled) ended the inning.
We got one back in the bottom of the inning. Piñango ground out moving Springer to third. Vlad (after two hard hit foul balls, I’m hoping that is a good sign) hit a sac fly. Okamoto walked, but Giménez ground out on the first pitch, against a lefty.
Our defense has been suspect this year and today in particular. Varsho misread a fly ball. Clement misplayed a couple of grounders. Okamoto had a misplay.
We had just six hits, two doubles. Springer and Clement had two each. Piñango and Sánchez had the others.
Jays of the Day: Piñango (0.21 WPA), Varland (0.14), Rogers (0.11) and Vlad (0.12).
Other Award: Fisher (-0.41), Corbin (-0.17), Giménez (-0.15), and Valenzuela (-0.12).
Tomorrow we have our last game with the Rays (for awhile). Dylan Cease (3-1, 2.58) vs. Griffin Jax (1-2, 5.00). It would be nice to win one.