Game 1: Ron Adams was dominant again and the Rays made it 10 straight with a 4-1 win over the Jays at Rogers Centre. Adams, who had a complete-game shutout in his last outing, went 7 3 0 0 5 10 on 112 pitches with the walks keeping him from another 9 innings. He evened his record at 2-2 and lowered his ERA to 2.81. The bats were pretty much held in check except for Quincy Siegle, who had his best game as big leaguer with a 2-run homer in the 5th to break a scoreless tie, and then doubled and scored in 7th on Ben Hill's sac fly to account for two of Tampa Bay's 3 hits on the night. The third hit came from the other half of the Rays' substitute double play duo, Ramon Ruiz, who went deep in the 9th for his 2nd of the year.
MLB News: Juan Soto became the 6th player in the MLB history to reach the 700-homer mark as he went yard today in a Mets win. New York is off to a start almost as good as the Rays at 19-4.
Game 2: It's 11 straight wins now as the Rays blasted the Jays 8-3. Ben Hill was the hero, homering twice and driving in 5. His two-run homer in the 1st got the Rays on the board and his 3-run shot in the 7th, his 7th, broke the game open. Danny Ayala (#7) and Jimmy Leonard (#10) also went deep in the 6th to break a 3-3 tie and made a winner of Jon Harbour, who had his typical 5th starter outing of 6 7 3 3 2 3 and improved to 4-0.
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Gentile was our 2nd-round pick in 2035 and has great power potential but his 40 present/45 potential contact is a likely issue going forward.
Game 3: The Rays tasted defeat for the first time in 12 games as Toronto snapped their win streak with an 8-4 beatdown. Danny Romero's recent run of great starts came to an abrupt end as he went 4.2 9 6 4 2 4 to drop to 4-2, 3.22, while the offense didn't do that much outside of Daniel Vasquez's 2-run HR (#8) in the 3rd which briefly tied the game at 2, although Ben Hill kept raking with a 3-5, RBI day.
Team record: 22-4. Next up: 2 games in Columbus.