Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays

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Toronto Blue Jays

73-82, 35-45 Away

Final
2 - 3

Tampa Bay Rays

77-78, 41-39 Home

Jonathan Aranda homers as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2

Alejandro Kirk notches RBI triple for the Blue Jays

Aranda connected for a two-run shot in the third inning against Yariel Rodríguez (1-7), giving Tampa Bay a 3-0 lead. He also went deep in a 1-0 victory over Toronto on Friday night. Five of Aranda's nine career homers have come against the Blue Jays.

“I get excited about him, man,” Bradley said, “When I played with him in Triple-A, you give him enough playing time he's going to go on a run. He's doing it now.”

Bradley (7-11) pitched five innings of one-run ball in his first win since July 25. The right-hander, who struck out four and walked two, was 0-7 with a 7.88 ERA in his previous nine starts.

“I was really proud that he got through the fifth inning,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said after Bradley threw 103 pitches, 67 for strikes. “That’s a lot of pitches through five innings."

Drew Rasmussen struck out three over two perfect innings to get his first save.

Rodríguez gave up four hits and walked three in four innings. He also struck out three in his 20th start in his first season in the majors.

The Cuban right-hander agreed to a $32 million, five-year deal in February.

“I think it’s been a successful year for him in terms of routines, innings and understanding how this whole thing works out at the big league level,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “It’s been cool to watch. There’s still a long way to go but the innings he has gotten in have been huge for him.”

The Blue Jays threatened in each of the first three innings but failed to score. They went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position after they went 0 for 7 in those situations on Friday.

Alejandro Kirk extended his career-high hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI triple in the seventh for Toronto. It was the catcher’s first career three-base hit.

Kirk got the ball he hit for the triple.

The Blue Jays scored their first run on Spencer Horwitz’s infield single in front of home plate in the fifth.

Ben Rortvedt had six hits in his previous 63 at-bats (.095) before putting the Rays ahead 1-0 on a second-inning RBI single.

Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 3 for 5 and is hitting .324. The third baseman overran Yandy Díaz's popup infield single in the seventh, but the Rays' leadoff hitter was left stranded at first base.

Guerrero has 20 three-hit games this season.

Rays RHP Shane Baz (3-3. 3.21 ERA) starts Sunday against Toronto. Baz has gone five or more innings and allowed three hits or fewer in a team-record five consecutive starts. The Blue Jays have not announced their starter, but former Rays LHP Ryan Yarbrough (5-2, 3.36 ERA) could get the call.

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Matchup Prediction

Rays: 53.1%

Blue Jays: 46.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Lukes grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Springer grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	J. Lowe in left field.
	9th Inning	DeLuca in right field.
	9th Inning	Caballero at third base.

Statistics

TOR		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	2
167	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	10
39	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
4.1	Runs Created	3.2
.250	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.357
.194	Secondary Average	.214
.308	On Base Percentage	.344
.641	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.701
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
4.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
22.5	Batter Rating	23.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.33
4.28	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.09
.083	Isolated Power	.107
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
-.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.036
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
76.0	MLB Rating	76.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0