Opening Day:
Not the start we wanted although as you'll see below things went much better the rest of the series. Today though we found out it's extraordinarily difficult win a game with only two hits, even if your starter pitches quite well.
Game 2: 3-1 W. WP-Evans (1-0, 5 2 1 1 3 9). S-R.Rodriguez (1). HR-Solano (1). That's more like it as Donye was in mid-season form and 3-run 5th sparked by Solano's solo homer leading off the inning was all the offense they needed.
Game 3: 10-3 W. WP-Acosta (1-0, 6 2 0 0 0 11). HR-Haro (1), C.Williams (1), Mesa (1), Caminero (1), Y.Alvarez (1). Despite the scoreline this was a 0-0 game in the 5th and a 3-0 game in the 7th before the Rays put 6 on the board in an inning in which they hit four homers. Haro's 2-run blast in the 5th was the key while Acosta was about as dominant as you can get i his 6 innings of work.
Game 4: 2-0 W. WP-Eldridge (1-0, 6 3 0 0 2 6). S-R.Rodriguez (2). Yet another outstanding outing from a starter as Eldridge was tough and they scratched out enough offense to win with Isaac Cedillos' RBI single in the 2nd all they'd need in the end.
Team record: 3-1. Our eternal rivals the Jays started 4-0 of course. Next up: Oakland visits for 3 games.