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08/19 20:48 CDT Yandy Daz homers, Drew Rasmussen earns 6th straight win as the
Rays beat the Blue Jays 7-6
Yandy Daz homers, Drew Rasmussen earns 6th straight win as the Rays beat the
Blue Jays 7-6
By ZAK GILBERT
Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- Yandy Daz hit a two-run homer, Drew Rasmussen
earned his sixth consecutive win and Bryan Baker converted his 25th straight
save opportunity to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue
Jays on Wednesday night.
The Rays led 7-1 before Toronto scored four runs in the fifth and another in
the sixth to make it a one-run game. But, the Rays' bullpen shut down Toronto's
last 12 batters, and Baker got the last three outs for his major league-leading
36th save.
McAdoo, who was stranded at second base in the ninth, stole his first career
base and led the Blue Jays with a career-high three hits. Alejandro Kirk
homered and drove in two runs for Toronto.
Rasmussen (13-5) retired his first eight batters before McAdoo legged out an
infield single in the third. Kirk's solo homer in the fourth broke up the
shutout.
Rasmussen is the fifth pitcher in Rays history to win six straight starts and
the first since Blake Snell won a franchise-best nine in a row in 2018.
Toronto starter Max Scherzer (1-6) struggled in the fourth, when the Rays sent
nine batters to the plate. The 42-year-old right-hander allowed five runs in
the inning on three hits as the small-ball Rays scored three times on balls
that didn't leave the infield.
Daz got Tampa Bay on the board with his two-run shot, his 19th this season, in
the bottom of the first.
Tampa Bay capitalized on a rough outing by Jess Snchez, who struggled to
track two fly balls against the Tropicana Field roof. Junior Caminero's
first-inning fly bounced in front of Snchez for a ground-rule double. In the
fourth, Richie Palacios' high fly eluded Snchez and ended up as a two-run
double.
Daz, Chandler Simpson and Taylor Walls each extended hitting streaks to 10
games.
Toronto's Brett Batemen left following his third-inning groundout with right
hamstring tightness.
Up next
Blue Jays RHP Shane Bieber (4-2, 4.99 ERA) faces Rays LHP Ian Seymour (9-3,
4.11) in the series finale Thursday.
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