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9/29/2020 5:06 PM ET (199 DAYS AGO) |
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GAME PREVIEW
Top-seeded Rays ready for confident Blue JaysThe Tampa Bay Rays won two-thirds of their games this season to secure both the American League East title and the AL's top seed.Winners of nine of their past 11 contests, the Rays (40-20) look to continue their good fortune on Tuesday when they host Game 1 of their best-of-three wild-card series against the eighth-seeded Toronto Blue Jays (32-28)."It's been a strange run," Tampa Bay infielder Joey Wendle said. "We're the (No.) 1 seed in the American League and in terms of regular season that was as good as we could have hoped for." Wendle likely has no qualms about his fortune of late, considering he is 13-for-28 (.464) with two homers and seven RBIs during an eight-game hitting streak.But now it's a "new" season for the Rays, who received plenty of fight from their next opponent during the truncated, 60-game campaign. Sure, Tampa Bay won six of the 10 meetings against the division rival, but four of those victories were by one run and the Blue Jays actually outscored the Rays by a 48-44 margin.Tampa Bay left-hander Blake Snell (4-2, 3.24 ERA) will get the nod in the opener and face Toronto for the third time in 2020. The 2018 AL Cy Young Award recipient allowed two runs over 7 2/3 innings in two starts versus the Blue Jays this season and has a 4-3 record with a 2.81 ERA in 13 career starts against Toronto.Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 5-for-28 (.179) in the season series against Tampa Bay, but he belted a solo homer off Snell in Toronto's 6-4 win on Aug. 24. The 26-year-old left fielder recorded eight hits in his last four games, including a two-run homer to highlight his 4-for-4 performance in the Blue Jays' 7-5 setback to Baltimore on Sunday.That was one of just two defeats for Toronto in the last eight regular-season games."Our confidence right now is great," Gurriel said through a translator. "We have pretty much everybody healthy. From one through nine, the lineup is good and everybody is feeling great right now, which is what you want going into the playoffs." Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who also went deep in the season finale, is 12-for-27 (.444) with two homers, eight RBIs and seven runs during his past seven games. The 21-year-old also fared well in the season series versus Tampa Bay, knocking out 11 hits while belting two homers and scoring six times.The Blue Jays got a bit creative on Monday in announcing that right-hander Matt Shoemaker -- as opposed to ace left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu -- will get the nod for the series opener. The decision to do so may be to give Ryu an extra day's rest after he tossed 100 pitches over seven scoreless innings in a 4-1 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday."They are one of the best teams in baseball, so we have to be creative," Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo said on Monday. "Our ace will be pitching the second game, but they got like four aces over there!"Shoemaker (0-1, 4.71 ERA) last pitched on Sept. 21, when he allowed one run on three hits in three innings in a no-decision against the New York Yankees. That start was his first since returning from a right shoulder injury.The 33-year-old veteran made three of his six starts this season versus the Rays, against whom he surrendered six runs on 10 hits in 15 innings. He owns a 4-0 record with a 2.56 ERA and 1.01 WHIP in seven career meetings with Tampa Bay.Brandon Lowe is 3-for-7 with a solo homer in his career versus Shoemaker.Lowe trampled Toronto during the regular season, going 13-for-37 (.351) with three homers, nine RBIs and seven runs. The 26-year-old led the Rays in homers (14), RBIs (37), runs (36), hits (52) and total bases (107).--Field Level Media
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GAME RECAP
Snell sharp, Margot HR, Rays beat Blue Jays 3-1 in openerST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Blake Snell took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays opened the playoffs Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.Manuel Margot hit a two-run homer and Randy Arozarena tripled and scored on a wild pitch to give Snell and a dominant Rays bullpen all the offensive support needed to begin the best-of-three wild-card matchup.The AL East champion Rays will try to advance Wednesday in Game 2 at Tropicana Field.Snell allowed just two baserunners until Alejandro Kirk singled leading off the sixth. The 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner allowed one hit and struck out nine - tying a club postseason record - in 5 2/3 innings.Diego Castillo, Nick Anderson and Pete Fairbanks followed Snell, limiting the Blue Jays to two singles, two doubles and Bo Bichette's eighth-inning sacrifice fly the rest of the way.Fairbanks closed for his first save of the season as Rays manager Kevin Cash kept taking a fresh and innovative approach to using his pitching staff.Toronto reliever Robbie Ray took the loss, giving up one run and one hit in three innings. Margot hit his homer to left-center field off A. J. Cole to push Tampa Bay's lead to 3-0 in the seventh inning.The wild-card Blue Jays broke through in the eighth against Anderson, didn't allow a run in 18 of 19 regular season appearances.Rowdy Tellez's pinch-hit single gave Toronto a spark. Cavan Biggio followed with a double before Biggio delivered his sacrifice fly to make it 3-1.Anderson avoided further damage when shortstop Willy Adames made a nice play to snare Randal Grichuk''s liner to end the inning.Fairbanks worked a scoreless ninth to became the 13th different pitcher to earn a save for the Rays this season.The Rays are back in the playoffs after beating Oakland in last year's AL wild-card game and losing to Houston in the divisional round.With a league-best 40-20 record, they captured their first division in 10 years. Tampa Bay also won six of 10 meetings against Toronto despite being outscored 48-44 and outhomered 17-11 during the regular season series.Snell has only had modest success against the Blue Jays during his career, but the young division rivals had no answers for the lefty Tuesday until Kirk singled through the hole between first and second base with Castillo already warming up in the Rays bullpen.The Rays starter walked Grichuk with two outs in the first before fanning Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Teoscar Hernandez drew a one-out walk before being erased on an inning-ending double play that got Snell through the fifth.Matt Shoemaker, who missed a month of the regular season with a right shoulder injury, started and worked three scoreless innings for the Blue Jays.Arozarena led off the fourth with a triple off Ray, and scored when a wild pitch on a walk to Adames got past catcher Danny Jansen.WHO'S CALLINGRookie LHP Shane McClanahan, who's yet to appear in a major league game, was a surprise addition to Tampa Bay's 28-man wild card roster. The 23-year-old learned of the decision from Cash and general manager Erik Neander on Monday. The first people he tried to call were his mother and father, who didn't answer. When his mother called back two hours later and asked what was wrong, he delivered the news. ''She was happy,'' McClanahan said. ''I was like, 'Hey, you might want to answer this phone call.'' TRAINER'S ROOMBlue Jays: Tellez (right knee strain) was added to the wild-card roster after going on the 10-day injured list on Sept. 9 and missing the rest of the regular season.Rays: INF Yandy Diaz (right hamstring strain), out since Sept. 1, was added to the playoff roster. 1B Ji-Man Choi (left hamstring strain) also returned.UP NEXTLefty Hyun Jin Ryu starts for the Blue Jays against right-hander Tyler Glasnow, who's been Tampa Bay's best pitcher. Both will be working on an extra day of rest.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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MLB Game Preview: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Date: 9/29/2020 Top-seeded Rays ready for confident Blue JaysThe Tampa Bay Rays won two-thirds of their games this season to secure both the American League East title and the AL's top seed.Winners of nine of their past 11 contests, the Rays (40-20) look to continue their good fortune on Tuesday when they host Game 1 of their best-of-three wild-card series against the eighth-seeded Toronto Blue Jays (32-28)."It's been a strange run," Tampa Bay infielder Joey Wendle said. "We're the (No.) 1 seed in the American League and in terms of regular season that was as good as we could have hoped for." Wendle likely has no qualms about his fortune of late, considering he is 13-for-28 (.464) with two homers and seven RBIs during an eight-game hitting streak.But now it's a "new" season for the Rays, who received plenty of fight from their next opponent during the truncated, 60-game campaign. Sure, Tampa Bay won six of the 10 meetings against the division rival, but four of those victories were by one run and the Blue Jays actually outscored the Rays by a 48-44 margin.Tampa Bay left-hander Blake Snell (4-2, 3.24 ERA) will get the nod in the opener and face Toronto for the third time in 2020. Make Money Betting Sports. The 2018 AL Cy Young Award recipient allowed two runs over 7 2/3 innings in two starts versus the Blue Jays this season and has a 4-3 record with a 2.81 ERA in 13 career starts against Toronto.Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 5-for-28 (.179) in the season series against Tampa Bay, but he belted a solo homer off Snell in Toronto's 6-4 win on Aug. 24. Best Sports Handicappers in the World. The 26-year-old left fielder recorded eight hits in his last four games, including a two-run homer to highlight his 4-for-4 performance in the Blue Jays' 7-5 setback to Baltimore on Sunday.That was one of just two defeats for Toronto in the last eight regular-season games."Our confidence right now is great," Gurriel said through a translator. "We have pretty much everybody healthy. From one through nine, the lineup is good and everybody is feeling great right now, which is what you want going into the playoffs." Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who also went deep in the season finale, is 12-for-27 (.444) with two homers, eight RBIs and seven runs during his past seven games. Point Shaving. The 21-year-old also fared well in the season series versus Tampa Bay, knocking out 11 hits while belting two homers and scoring six times.The Blue Jays got a bit creative on Monday in announcing that right-hander Matt Shoemaker -- as opposed to ace left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu -- will get the nod for the series opener. The decision to do so may be to give Ryu an extra day's rest after he tossed 100 pitches over seven scoreless innings in a 4-1 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday."They are one of the best teams in baseball, so we have to be creative," Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo said on Monday. "Our ace will be pitching the second game, but they got like four aces over there!"Shoemaker (0-1, 4.71 ERA) last pitched on Sept. 21, when he allowed one run on three hits in three innings in a no-decision against the New York Yankees. That start was his first since returning from a right shoulder injury.The 33-year-old veteran made three of his six starts this season versus the Rays, against whom he surrendered six runs on 10 hits in 15 innings. He owns a 4-0 record with a 2.56 ERA and 1.01 WHIP in seven career meetings with Tampa Bay.Brandon Lowe is 3-for-7 with a solo homer in his career versus Shoemaker.Lowe trampled Toronto during the regular season, going 13-for-37 (.351) with three homers, nine RBIs and seven runs. The 26-year-old led the Rays in homers (14), RBIs (37), runs (36), hits (52) and total bases (107).--Field Level Media
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