MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS
09/23/2018
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS
GAME ID: 2646 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2018 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay Rays (86-69) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 9 0
Toronto Blue Jays (99-57) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 X 4 8 0
Blue Jays Jolt Rays with Late Rally
Toronto beat Tampa Bay on the strength of starter Clayton Kershaw's fine effort. The left-hander led his team to a 4-3 win. Toronto goes to 99-57. The win puts them 12 games up in their division.

Toronto took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning. With no one out, first baseman Josh Bell hit a solo home run that set the crowd abuzz.

"One win at a time, one game at a time. We try not to get too far ahead of ourselves," Kershaw told the Toronto Citizen.
TAMPA BAY BATTING LINESCORE TORONTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Pollock CF 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .314 12 62
J. Votto 1B 5 0 3 1 0 1 2 .279 22 86
A. Eaton RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .283 8 77
M. Conforto LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .278 43 107
N. Walker DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308 28 102
Z. Cozart 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .237 4 24
B. Zobrist 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .217 5 20
M. Duffy SS 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 .281 8 70
K. Farmer C 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0
   a-M. Ford PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3 3 9 15      
a - M. Ford pinch hit for K. Farmer in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: K. Farmer , M. Duffy , A. Eaton 2 , Z. Cozart , A. Pollock , J. Votto 3
2-out RBI: J. Votto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Eaton , N. Walker , J. Votto
GIDP: M. Conforto
Team LOB: 8
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Hamilton RF 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .251 1 26
E. Andrus SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .267 19 73
K. Broxton CF 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .213 27 67
J. Bell 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .281 19 94
C. Gonzalez LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .247 31 114
J. Soler DH 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 .241 25 75
D. Gordon 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .309 7 69
D. Machado 2B 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .233 0 11
A. Hedges C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .214 15 50
Totals 32 4 8 4 2 9 11      
BATTING
Doubles: D. Machado (8, 4th Inning off D. Duffy, 1 on, 2 outs) K. Broxton (26, 5th Inning off D. Duffy, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: J. Bell (19, 8th Inning off E. Ramirez, 0 on, 0 outs) B. Hamilton (1, 7th Inning off B. Brach, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Bell 4 , D. Machado 2 , K. Broxton 2 , D. Gordon , B. Hamilton 5 , E. Andrus 2
2-out RBI: D. Machado
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Hedges , J. Bell 3
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Soler (6) , B. Hamilton (29) , E. Andrus (16)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Machado-Andrus-Bell)
TAMPA BAY PITCHING LINESCORE TORONTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
D. Duffy 5.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 83 52 3.05   
C. Shreve 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 9 3.49   
B. Brach BS (5) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20 12 2.70   
E. Ramirez L (4-5) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 7 4.28   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Duffy 52
Batters Faced: D. Duffy 22, C. Shreve 4, B. Brach 4, E. Ramirez 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Duffy 4-5, C. Shreve 2-0, B. Brach 2-0, E. Ramirez 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: D. Duffy 83-52, C. Shreve 16-9, B. Brach 20-12, E. Ramirez 7-7
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
C. Kershaw 5.1 6 1 1 0 5 0 84 54 3.41   
E. Pagan BS (4) 1.1 1 2 2 2 1 0 26 13 3.16   
J. Diekman 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 2.70   
D. Barnes W (3-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 9 5.18   
D. Betances SV (21) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 29 17 2.82   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Kershaw 57
Batters Faced: C. Kershaw 21, E. Pagan 7, J. Diekman 2, D. Barnes 3, D. Betances 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Kershaw 5-5, E. Pagan 2-1, J. Diekman 1-0, D. Barnes 2-0, D. Betances 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: C. Kershaw 84-54, E. Pagan 26-13, J. Diekman 8-5, D. Barnes 14-9, D. Betances 29-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: E. Pagan 2-0 , J. Diekman 2-1
WP: E. Pagan
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Clayton Kershaw
Ballpark: Rogers Centre
Weather: Partly Cloudy (63 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 14 mph
Start Time: 1:07 PM EST
Time: 3:23
Attendance: 39578
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