The Tampa Bay Rays faced the the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday at Rogers Centre with the Rays winning 7 to 3. It was quite a game that followers with Rays tickets will be talking about for days.
Rays pitcher David Price (2.29 ERA) got the win, while Shaun Marcum (2.77 ERA) took the loss for the Blue Jays. David Price went 8 solid innings for the Rays, allowed 9 hits, no home runs and no earned runs with no walks and 3 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Rays was Rafael Soriano (1.61). The Blue Jays’s starter Shaun Marcum went 8.1 innings, allowed 10 hits, no home runs and 4 earned runs with no walks and 2 strikeouts. Jason Frasor (5.06), and Scott Downs (3.24) also pitched for the Blue Jays. With the win, Price’s record goes to 8-2, while Marcum falls to 5-2.
Carl Crawford provided much of the offense for the Rays with an incredible 5 runs batted in. In addition to the 7 runs, the Rays managed 12 hits and committed 3 errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Rays, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Lyle Overbay had the most hits for the Blue Jays (3), followed by John Buck (2), and Fred Lewis (2). The Blue Jays managed 3 runs, 11 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Paul Schrieber, Dan Bellino, Joe West and Angel Hernandez. There were 13,517 Blue Jays ticket holders in attendance at Rogers Centre.
The win puts the Rays at a record of -, ( games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Blue Jays to -, ( games behind the division leader). Next up for the Rays are the (-) at the Rangers’s Rangers Ballpark In Arlington. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Blue Jays will next take on the (-) at Rogers Centre in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and be there for first pitch.