On Tuesday, the Toronto Blue Jays play the second game of a road series against American League East rivals the Tampa Bay Rays.
Toronto swept the Baltimore Orioles in a four-game series over the weekend concluding with Sunday’s 13-3 shellacking of the Orioles. Curtis Granderson led the Jays with six RBIs on four hits while Marco Estrada snapped a streak of eight starts without a win in pitching six strong innings.
Tampa Bay lost on Sunday 5-4 to Seattle for its third loss in four games. The Rays’ Johnny Field was thrown out at home plate by Seattle’s Mitch Haniger to end the game on Sunday. The Rays traded Brad Miller to the Brewers for first baseman Ji-Man Choi.
Kevin Pillar leads the Blue Jays with a .266 batting average and team high 65 hits. Yangervis Solarte leads the team in home runs with 12 and RBIs with 37. Toronto has a team batting average of .234 while opposing hitters are averaging .260 at the plate against Blue Jays pitching. On Tuesday, the Blue Jays will send Jaime Garcia to the mound. The left-hander this season is 2-4 with an ERA of 5.57, 50 Ks and 24 BBs.
Matt Duffy leads the Rays with a .318 batting average. C.J. Cron leads the team in hits with 63, in home runs with 15 and in RBIs with 36. Tampa Bay has a team batting average of .256 while opposing hitters are averaging .230 at the plate against Rays pitching. Tampa Bay has not yet announced the starting pitcher for Tuesday’s game against Toronto.
