MLB

Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball
Tampa Bay Rays
77-83, 36-43 Away
Final
2 - 4
Toronto Blue Jays
92-68, 52-27 Home

Lukes homers, drives in 3 as the Blue Jays stay atop AL East with 4-2 win over the Rays

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

Toronto came into the final series of the season tied with the Yankees for the best record in the AL. The Blue Jays hold the tiebreaker over New York.

Lukes went 2 for 4 with three RBI and George Springer reached base three times and scored twice as Toronto improved to 52-27 at home.

Junior Caminero hit his 45th home run and Jonathan Aranda returned from the injured list with a solo homer but that was all for the Rays.

Bieber (4-2) allowed two runs and five hits.

Left-hander Mason Fluharty relieved Bieber and struck out four of the six batters he faced over two perfect innings.

Tommy Nance got two outs in the eighth but left after Caminero’s single. Brendon Little walked Aranda but ended the inning by retiring pinch-hitter Christpher Morel.

Jeff Hoffman pitched around a pair of walks in the ninth but retired Yandy Díaz to strand runners at second and third and earn his 33rd save in 40 chances.

Springer led off the game with a double against Rays right-hander Adrian Houser and scored when Lukes followed with an RBI single.

Caminero and Aranda hit back-to-back homers off Bieber in the second.

Toronto tied it in the bottom of the second when Daulton Varsho doubled and scored on Ernie Clement’s bloop single.

Houser (8-5) allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings.

Key moment Lukes snapped a 2-2 tie in the fifth with his 12th home run, connecting on a 1-0 pitch from Houser.

Key stat The Blue Jays are 71-30 when they hit at least one home run.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Trey Yesavage (0-0, 5.00 ERA) was scheduled to face Rays RHP Joe Boyle (1-3, 4.40) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Díaz grounded out to third.
9th Inning Simpson stole second.
9th Inning Simpson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Feduccia out at second, J. Lowe to third.
9th Inning Feduccia walked, J. Lowe to second.
9th Inning Williams flied out to center.
9th Inning J. Lowe walked.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
11 Ground Balls 10
8 Strikeouts 7
2 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
6 Hits 7
1 Stolen Bases 1
5 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 4
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
33 At Bats 30
2 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
16 Runners Left On Base 9
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 2
14 Fly Balls 13
0 Caught Stealing 0
169 Pitches 128
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 12
38 Plate Appearances 33
324.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
2 Extra Base Hits 3
4.0 Runs Created 3.6
.182 Batting Average .233
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.364 Slugging Percentage .400
.364 Secondary Average .300
.289 On Base Percentage .303
.653 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .703
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
4.0 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 4.1
21.0 Batter Rating 31.0
16.5 At Bats Per Home Run 30.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.45 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.88
.182 Isolated Power .167
0.63 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.43
.132 Walks Per Plate Appearance .091
.182 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .067
4.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.3
73.8 MLB Rating 79.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Rogers Centre

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 42,184 | Capacity:

2025 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Toronto - 68 W4 0.5802469 94
New York - 68 W8 0.5802469 94
Boston 5 73 W1 0.5493827 89
Tampa Bay 17 85 L4 0.47530866 77
Baltimore 19 87 L3 0.46296296 75
Full Standings