Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays

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Toronto Blue Jays

73-81, 35-44 Away

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Tampa Bay Rays

76-78, 40-39 Home

Aranda homers, 6 pitchers combine on a 5-hitter and Rays beat Blue Jays 1-0

Aranda went deep against José Berríos (14-10) with one out in the sixth inning.

“A lot of adrenaline going around the bases,” Aranda said through a translator. “It felt good at the moment because I knew what it meant, hitting it out, 0-0 game, giving us the lead. And I know these games right now might not mean a lot for other people, but for me, they still mean a lot. And we won the game with that at-bat.”

The loss ended Berríos' seven start winning streak, during which he had a 1.51 ERA. The right-hander allowed one run, six hits, one walk and had six strikeouts in six innings.

“Just that one pitch,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “I thought Josey was awesome. I loved the way he attacked.”

After Rays starter Tyler Alexander gave up two hits over 4 1/3 innings, Kevin Kelly (4-2) extended his scoreless streak to 22 innings after going 1 2/3. Manuel Rodríguez worked out of a second-and-third jam in the seventh. Edwin Uceta and Colin Poche combined to get through the eighth before Hunter Bigge worked the ninth to get his first career save.

“There's a lot of good fortune in there,” Kelly said. “I'm fortunate to have a good defense who's well positioned, I've been making the pitches when needed to.”

The Rays limited Boston to one hit in a 2-0 victory on Thursday night. Tampa Bay pitchers have a season-high 19-inning shutout run.

“I’m very impressed by what everyone has been able to do,” Bigge said. “I think we have a really talented group of pitchers here and we have a good approach. We trust our in defense and it’s real fun to watch.”

Tampa Bay had a runner reach third in each of the first three innings against Berríos but went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position.

Toronto’s Alejandro Kirk extended his career-best hitting streak to 13 games with a sixth-inning single.

Ernie Clement, filling in for injured Toronto shortstop Bo Bichette, made a couple of strong defensive plays. He made a lunging play on Jonny DeLuca's two-out grounder during the third and started a nifty inning-ending double play in the fifth.

Clement walked leading off the eighth and stole second, but was tagged out trying to advance on Kirk's grounder to third.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: Bichette (broken right middle finger) will see a hand specialist on Tuesday. … RHP Kevin Gausman, who left his start after throwing five no-hit innings Thursday against Texas with back tightness, is feeling better and could make his next scheduled start. … INF Will Wagner had his left knee scoped on Friday. … OF Daulton Varsho will have right rotator cuff surgery on Monday and there is a chance he won’t be ready for spring training next year.

Blue Jays RHP Yariel Rodríguez (1-6, 4.29 ERA) and Rays RHP Taj Bradley (6-11, 4.39 ERA) are Saturday’s scheduled starters.

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Matchup Prediction

Rays: 43.2%

Blue Jays: 56.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lukes grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Barger struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Barger hit for Jimenez
	9th Inning	Schneider struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bigge relieved Poché
	9th Inning	Walls at shortstop.

Statistics

TOR		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	9
11	Strikeouts	9
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	11
1	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	113
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
5	Total Bases	11
35	Plate Appearances	30
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
1.2	Runs Created	2.2
.161	Batting Average	.207
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.161	Slugging Percentage	.379
.097	Secondary Average	.207
.257	On Base Percentage	.233
.418	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.613
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
7.0	Batter Rating	17.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.11	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.77
.000	Isolated Power	.172
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.033
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
0.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
61.0	MLB Rating	70.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0