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Canadian Press
John Chidley- Hill
Toronto — Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. And Alejandro Kirk, the first baseman in Toronto on Canada Day since 2019, hit the doubles three times in a row when the Blue Jays passed the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 on Friday.
The Blue Jays played COVID-19 regulations, held in Dunedin, Florida and Buffalo, NY for most of the 2020 and 2021 seasons. ..
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. made a solo home run in the 7th inning in Toronto (44-33), and George Springer hit 2 singles in the 6th inning.
José Berríos (6-4) allowed 2 runs with 8 hits and 2 walks with 5 innings. He struck out three times.
Trent Thornton, Sergio Romo and Max Castillo have saved the Blue Jays.
Designated hitter Harold Ramirez has doubled his RBI as Tampa Bay (40-36) dropped RBI for four consecutive games.
Corey Kluber (3-5) only lasted 3 innings and gave up 5 runs with 7 hits and 2 steps.
Phoenix Sanders and David McKay, who gave up four runs, came out of the Rays bullpen. Right fielder Brett Phillips threw the last frame of Tampa.
Tampa Bay started scoring twice when catcher Renepinto fell to third place, but gave Ramirez enough time to score.
Bichette, Guerrero and Kirk kicked off the match for Toronto with three consecutive RBI doubles in three innings.
On the next pitch, Guerrero doubled the left fielder line and put in Springer and Bichette.
This put Kirk on the plate with a crowd of 44,445 sold out who chanted "M-V-P" to win the top vote among American League catchers in the All-Star vote.
His hit also fell to the left fielder, taking a 5-1 lead in Guerrero.
Ramirez took the lead in Toronto for the fifth time, doubling the deep field in the center left, giving Kevin Kiermaier enough time to score from first base.
Springer tackled more Blue Jays runs in the sixth inning when he missed Rays third baseman Yandy Diaz and fell into a single. It won Gurriel and Santiago Espinal for a 7-2 lead.
Guerrero's ground out returned Vizio from third place to home on the third RBI of Toronto's first baseman.
Gurriel came to the plate with 2 outs in 8 innings and no one turned on.
He took McKay's 79.4m.p.h. 9-2 Lead curve ball to the left center field.
Thousands of fans had already left the Rogers Center with the game in their hands, but the rest of the spectators were "O Canada" at the top of the ninth when Castillo closed the game. Sung an improvised version of.
O Canada. — The Rogers Center was adorned in red and white to celebrate Canada Day, with buntings hanging from the second deck in the Centerfield, and all scoreboards adorned with national colors. The first 15,000 fans who participated in the game were presented with a free red Blue Jays jersey with the Springer name on their backs. The team said all jerseys were distributed within 30 minutes of the stadium gate opening two hours before the match.
MARTIN HONORED — Former Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin threw the opening ceremony. Born in Toronto and raised in Montreal, Martin has made four All-Star appearances in 14 years in Major League Baseball. He played four seasons with the Blue Jays, including the team's postseason runs in 2015 and 2016.
Next — Kevin Gausman (6-6) will be the mound of Toronto in Blue's first game Doubleheader Tampa Bay and Jays on Saturday afternoon. Shane McClanahan makes the start of the raise. Neither team has announced a starter for the second game.
This report by Canadian Press was first published on July 1, 2022.
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