Out to even set vs. Jays, Rays hope bats present extra life

The opener of Tampa Bay’s seven-game homestand was a chief instance of why the Rays will come up quick of their efforts for a playoff berth for the second straight season.

The Rays will attempt to get the bats going after a brutal night time on the plate once they face the American League East-leading Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night time.

Tampa Bay (73-77) managed only one hit from the second by way of the tenth innings and had solely 4 complete whereas shedding 2-1 in 11 innings. The hosts struck out a season-high 18 instances, together with thrice within the last body with the potential tying run at third base and the potential profitable run at first.

Reliever Braylon Fisher locked down the fifth straight win for Toronto (88-62) with consecutive whiffs of Brandon Lowe, All-Star Junior Caminero and Josh Lowe.

“We had each alternative, simply weren’t in a position to benefit from it,” Tampa Bay supervisor Kevin Money mentioned.

A punchless offense has been the fourth-place membership’s nemesis for a lot of the season regardless of Caminero nearing franchise historical past, needing three homers to interrupt Carlos Pena’s single-season document of 46.

After showing to be executed for the season because of fatigue and skipping a begin, Rays right-hander Ryan Pepiot (11-10, 3.59 ERA) will return to the mound on Tuesday.

Over two profession begins towards the Blue Jays, Pepiot is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA. He took the loss after going six innings on Might 14 in Toronto’s 3-1 residence win, permitting all of the runs on Alejandro Kirk’s three-run homer. Eleven days later, he fired seven shutout innings in a 13-0 victory over the visiting Blue Jays.

Winners of six of their previous seven video games, the Blue Jays have been impressed the most important league debut of prime prospect Trey Yesavage on Monday. He allowed one run on three hits and two walks in five-plus innings. He fanned 9, displaying a split-finger fastball that obtained 11 swing and misses.

Yesavage, 22, set a crew document by a pitcher for complete strikeouts in his debut.

The suitable-hander additionally produced a 52.8 % whiff price, the best by any Blue Jays beginning pitcher since monitoring started in 2009. In that span, it was the best by any beginning pitcher in a serious league debut that includes not less than 60 pitches.

Together with his newness an asset towards competitors that hasn’t confronted him, the highly effective Yesavage, who options an unusually excessive, over-the-top supply, will nearly assuredly slot into the crew’s postseason.

“We’ll see, it is one outing,” supervisor John Schneider mentioned. “However he is proven he can undergo an order a number of instances. I feel the most important driving pressure or consider our resolution was the quantity of swing-and-miss he can generate, too. It is actually helpful for us going ahead to see how we use him.”

Toronto right-hander Jose Berrios (9-5, 3.99 ERA) will make his thirtieth begin of the 12 months on Tuesday. It’s the fourth straight season reaching he has reached that quantity in his 5 campaigns with the Blue Jays, who lead the AL East by 5 video games over the New York Yankees.

Throughout September, Berrios has two no-decisions and a 4.91 ERA in two begins.

In 15 profession begins towards the Rays, Berrios is 4-7 with a 4.77 ERA. He confronted Tampa Bay twice in Might, going 0-1 with a 6.35 ERA.

–Subject Stage Media