July 11-14, 2030: at Toronto (4)
Game 1: 6-5 W. WP-Okuda (3-2). S-R.Rodriguez (18). Starter-Bradley (6 7 5 4 1 6). HR-Y.Alvarez (18), Arakawa (11). Dramatic win for the Rays as Ozzie Albies doubled with two out in the 9th to tie it and Wander singled him home to win it. That Albies double was his 2nd of the game and 3rd hit of the day.
Game 2: 7-0 W. WP-Evans (9-4, 5.1 4 0 0 2 6). HR-Wood (8). Donye Evans and three relievers combined on the shutout and James Wood homered in drove in a pair as the Rays pulled within 1 of Boston for the division lead.
Game 3: 1-2 L. LP-Acosta (3-2). Starter-German (6 3 1 1 2 5). HR-Y.Alvarez (19). A tight pitchers' duel which saw each team limited to 4 hits ended in the Jays' favor when Wander committed two errors in the 9th, one to put the leadoff man on and a second to let him score the winner with two out.
Game 4: 1-5 L. LP-Eldridge (2-11, 6 7 4 4 2 3). HR-Wood (9). A series that started promising ended with a thud and in a split after the Rays were not competitive in this one.
Team record: 52-42. Now 2 back of Boston in the division and still 5 1/2 up in the first wild card. Next up: our first-ever trip to San Antonio to play the Sailfish, the franchise once known as the Pittsburgh Pirates, who feature our CF from the previous several years, Zach DeLoach.
MLB News: A couple of relatively young but veteran superstars hit their 400th career homers over the weekend: Cleveland's Juan Soto and San Diego's Fernando Tatis Jr.
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