(St. Petersburg) Randy Arozarena drove in six runs on Friday to help the Tampa Bay Rays win 10-6 over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Posted at 8:01 a.m.
Arozarena hit a three-run homer that gave the team a 6-4 lead in the fifth. He had given a 1-0 lead in the first set, with an optional. The Cuban also hit a two-run single in the eighth against Yimi Garcia (4-5).
The Jays and Rays are deadlocked at the top in terms of making the playoffs by not being divisional champions in the American.
This victory allowed the Rays to take the tiebreaker between the two clubs and win 10 times in 17 games against the Blue Jays. “We’re both trying to get first place as a drafted team,” Arozarena said. They took the lead and we were able to come from behind, and we were able to take the lead at the end. »
The Seattle Mariners follow, three games ahead of the Orioles.
The Blue Jays regular season wraps up in Baltimore, October 3-5.
The win went to reliever Javy Guerra (1-0). Miles Mastrobuoni of the Rays got his first hit in major league baseball in the fifth inning. He hit a single to center field. The player had made his debut in the big leagues on Thursday, as a substitute in defense.
At the Jays, Bo Bichette hit a one-run single and stole a 12e aim. Vladimir Guerrero and Danny Jansen also pushed a runner home with a single.
Raimel Tapia added a one-point double and George Springer a sacrifice fly, while the other point came from an error.
Blue Jays starting pitcher Mitch White allowed three runs and five hits in four innings.
In addition, Lourdes Gurriel has started running again. He has been sidelined for two weeks with an injury to the back of his left thigh. He could return to play next week. As for Santiago Espinal (left oblique), he will miss at least 10 more days.
Saturday night, the starting pitchers will be Alek Manoah and Drew Rasmussen. The latter has conceded eight points in his last two starts, after allowing only nine points in his previous eight starts.