Tampa Bay 12, Toronto 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, April 24, 2015
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Andy Fletcher, 1B -
Jerry Meals, 2B -
Chris Segal, 3B -
Jordan Baker
Attendance:
11897
By The Sports Xchange
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- James Loney hit a two-run homer and a double in his return from the 15-day disabled list to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a 12-3 win against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.
Catcher Rene Rivera and designated hitter Tim Beckham also hit two-run homers as the Rays (9-8) won their third consecutive game.
Reliever Jose Dominguez went 1 2/3 innings to get his first career win and Matt Andriese notched his first career save.
Rays starter Drew Smyly, also fresh off the disabled list, ran into trouble in the top of the fourth inning when second baseman Devon Travis hit a solo home run to left field.
Toronto (9-8) tacked on a second run in the inning when third baseman Danny Valencia's single scored designated hitter Josh Donaldson.
Smyly escaped the inning without further damage by retiring right fielder Kevin Pillar and left fielder Steve Tolleson.
In the bottom of the inning, the Rays showed their power against former Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey. Third baseman Evan Longoria led off with a double to the gap in left-center, and Loney followed with a tying home run to right field.
Second baseman Logan Forsythe then got on base with an infield hit and Rivera gave the Rays a 4-2 lead with a homer over the 404-foot sign in straight-away center.
Tampa Bay continued to knock around Dickey in the bottom of the fifth as shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera's triple scored left fielder Brandon Guyer and Longoria's RBI sacrifice sent Cabrera home. Loney made it 7-2 when he scored on Forsythe's groundout.
Toronto's woes continued in the fifth when Tolleson and Pompey misplayed a fly ball by Kevin Kiermaier and the speedy outfielder rounded the bases to score on the error.
Dickey gave up eight runs (seven earned) and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Smyly also went 4 2/3, giving up two runs on four hits and striking out five.
NOTES: The Rays activated LHP Drew Smyly and 1B/DH James Loney from the 15-day disabled list and both players were in the starting lineup. Smyly was 9-10 with a 3.24 ERA last season. To make room on the roster, OF Mikie Mahtook and 1B Allan Dykstra were optioned to Triple-A Durham. ... Blue Jays OF Jose Bautista missed the game with a sore shoulder but could return as soon as Saturday and will not go on the DL, manager John Gibbons said. Bautista likely will DH if he returns during the weekend. ... Gibbons also said OF Michael Saunders could be activated from the DL as soon as Saturday. Saunders has not played since injuring a knee in the spring.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Toronto |
|
Tampa Bay |
R.A. Dickey
|
Player |
Drew Smyly
|
Loss |
W/L |
No Decision |
4.2 |
IP |
4.2 |
0 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
9 |
Hits |
4 |
13.50 |
ERA |
3.86 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Toronto
|
6 |
2 |
13 |
.182 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Tampa Bay
|
13 |
3 |
28 |
.351 |
16 |
6 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |