Blue Jays Put Up a Stinker Against Rays
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Perhaps it’s best the Blue Jays sweep that one under the rug and let it be mentioned never again.
The hope for the club, of course, is that the 9-2 crushing at the hands of the lowly Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night at the Rogers Centre is a one-off.
Locked in a battle for first place in the American League East with the Baltimore Orioles — the Jays and Orioles were tied for first heading into Tuesday, with the O’s playing late in Oakland versus the Athletics — Toronto can’t afford many off nights in the final two months of the regular season.
A crowd of 43,134 watched as the Jays were defensively mediocre behind starter Marco Estrada (7-5) and got no support from the bullpen on a night it was required. By the time Brett Cecil faced the minimum three batters in the ninth, it didn’t matter.
The offence wasn’t exactly sparkling, either, against a Rays team that is 20 games under .500.