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05/12 21:49 CDT Taylor Walls drives in go-ahead run in 10th and Rays beat Blue
Jays 7-6 for 16th win in 18
Taylor Walls drives in go-ahead run in 10th and Rays beat Blue Jays 7-6 for
16th win in 18
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Taylor Walls put the Rays ahead with an RBI single in the 10th
inning and later scored on Jonathan Aranda's sacrifice fly, and Tampa Bay held
on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Tuesday night for its 16th win in 18
games.
Walls drove in automatic runner Cedric Mullins with a hit through a drawn-in
infield against Braydon Fisher (2-1) to make it 6-5. Aranda's fly ball to
center gave the Rays a two-run cushion that held up after Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom half against Garrett Cleavinger, who picked
up his first save.
Ian Seymour (2-0) got four outs for the win.
Ryan Vilade hit his second homer and Mullins drove in a pair as the AL-best
Rays (28-13) won their sixth straight series.
Toronto erased a 5-0 deficit against a trio of Rays relievers in the seventh.
Pinch-hitter Jess Snchez chased Casey Legumina with an RBI double and George
Springer hit an RBI single against Cole Sulser before Yohendrick Piango
followed with a two-run double. Kevin Kelly came on to face Guerrero, whose
infield chopper bounced off third baseman Junior Caminero's glove for an error
that brought home the tying run.
Tampa Bay's Shane McClanahan struck out seven and allowed one hit in five
shutout innings, extending his scoreless streak to 21 2/3.
Walls scored in the sixth on a wild pitch by Tommy Nance that struck plate
umpire Chris Segal in the knee before bouncing away. Segal went down in pain
and received attention from Toronto's trainer but remained in the game.
In the fourth, Blue Jays second baseman Lenyn Sosa slid into the legs of umpire
Laz Diaz while chasing Aranda's ground ball single. Diaz stayed on his feet.
Up next
Blue Jays RHP Dylan Cease (3-1, 2.58 ERA) is set to start against Rays RHP
Griffin Jax (1-2, 5.00) on Wednesday.
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