Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 5
When: 3:07 PM ET, Saturday, September 30, 2023
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
68°
Umpires:
Home -
Alfonso Marquez, 1B -
Ramon De Jesus, 2B -
Cory Blaser, 3B -
Doug Eddings
Attendance:
42097
By Field Level Media
Taylor Walls hit a tiebreaking two-run single in a three-run 10th inning and the visiting Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-5 on Saturday afternoon.
The Blue Jays (89-72) could have clinched a playoff spot with a win.
The Rays (98-63) already clinched the first American League wild-card spot before the three-game series with the Blue Jays. The teams have split the first two games.
Daulton Varsho hit a solo home run and notched three RBIs for the Blue Jays.
Harold Ramirez hit a two-run home run and had three hits for the Rays.
Toronto starter Hyun Jin Ryu allowed two runs on seven hits in three innings.
The Rays used right-hander Shawn Armstrong as an opener. He allowed two walks in one inning.
The Rays scored once in the first inning on a double by Randy Arozarena and singles by Ramirez and Isaac Paredes.
Tampa Bay scored another run in the third on singles by Ramirez and Paredes and a double by Josh Lowe.
Varsho led off the bottom of the third with his 20th homer of the season, a blast to right against Cooper Criswell.
Toronto took a 4-2 lead in the fourth against Criswell. Alejandro Kirk singled and Kevin Kiermaier walked. Whit Merrifield then reached on a one-out error by shortstop Walls to load the bases. Varsho hit a two-run single and George Springer followed with an RBI single.
Trevor Richards walked Arozarena to open the fifth and Ramirez followed with his 12th homer on a drive to left-center to tie the game.
Rays closer Pete Fairbanks pitched around a walk and a single with a double-play grounder in the bottom of the eighth.
Chris Devenski (6-4) pitched around a two-out double in the bottom of the ninth.
The Rays scored three in the 10th. With the automatic runner at second, Jordan Hicks (3-9) walked Lowe intentionally with one out. He walked pinch hitter Raimel Tapia to load the bases. Walls followed with his two-out, two-run single. Another run scored on Junior Caminero's infield single.
Bo Bichette hit an RBI double against Devenski in the home 10th.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay |
|
Toronto |
Shawn Armstrong
|
Player |
Hyun Jin Ryu |
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
1.0 |
IP |
3.0 |
0 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
0 |
Hits |
7 |
0.00 |
ERA |
6.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Tampa Bay
|
14 |
1 |
21 |
.326 |
25 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
Toronto
|
7 |
1 |
12 |
.189 |
20 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
1 |