Tsutsugo Goes Deep Three Times As Rays Win Extra Innings Thriller
Yo****omo Tsutsugo homered three times, including a walk-off two-run blast to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 6-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in a 14 inning thriller that saw five runs score in extra innings.
Chase Anderson turned in another solid start for the Blue Jays, who saw their brief three game win streak snapped. Anderson allowed just three hits over 6 1/3 innings of work, but was matched pitch-for-pitch by Rays starter Tyler Glasnow who turned in a spectacular five innings of work. Randal Grichuk and Danny Jansen both went deep for the Blue Jays in the loss, with Grichuk picking up his first home run of the year and Jansen going yard for the third time in two games.
Aside from Tsutsugo's four RBI performance at the plate, the Rays got runs from Brandon Lowe and Austin Meadows. Lowe launched a game-timing solo shot in the tenth inning off Jays reliever Justin Miller while Meadows gave Tampa Bay a short-lived lead in the sixth with a sacrifice fly.
The Blue Jays and Rays continue their three game series tomorrow night at Tropicana Field.
Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||||||||
Apr 17, 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Extras | R | H | E |
Toronto (12-8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
Tampa Bay (8-12) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
W: Jose Alvarado (1-0) L: Shun Yamaguchi (1-2) |
Scoring Summary | ||||
SCORING DETAILS | TOR | TAM | ||
TOR | 5th | Hernandez doubled to center. Jansen scores. | 1 | 0 |
TAM | 5th | Tsutsugo homered to right (370 feet). | 1 | 1 |
TAM | 6th | Meadows hit a sacrifice fly to Hernandez (SF8). Wendle scores. | 1 | 2 |
TOR | 7th | Jansen homered to left (365 feet). Tellez scores. | 3 | 2 |
TAM | 9th | Tsutsugo homered to right (405 feet). | 3 | 3 |
TOR | 10th | Grichuk homered to left (359 feet). | 4 | 3 |
TAM | 10th | Lowe homered to right (433 feet). | 4 | 4 |
TOR | 14th | Bichette doubled to right. Biggio scores. | 5 | 4 |
TAM | 14th | Tsutsugo homered to right (366 feet). Meadows scores. | 5 | 6 |
Toronto Blue Jays | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
B. Bichette, SS | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
R. Grichuk, RF | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .225 |
L. Gurriel Jr., LF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 |
V. Guerrero Jr., 3B | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .324 |
T. Shaw, 1B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .234 |
R. Tellez, DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .297 |
D. Jansen, C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .340 |
T. Hernandez, C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .187 |
C. Biggio, 2B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .213 |
TOTALS | 54 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |
BATTING 2B: Bichette (7), Gurriel Jr. (4), Hernandez (2), Jansen (4), Tellez (5) 3B: Guerrero Jr. (1) HR: Grichuk (1), Jansen (3) RBI: Bichette (3), Grichuk (6), Hernandez (8), Jansen 2 (5) |
Toronto Blue Jays | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
C. Anderson | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1.37 |
A. Bass (H, 4) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
T. Mayza (H, 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
K. Giles (BS, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.42 |
J. Miller (BS, 1) | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.25 |
Y. Yamaguchi (L, 1-2) | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.86 |
TOTALS | 13.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
K. Kiermaier, CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .203 |
J. Martinez, DH | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .306 |
A. Meadows, RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .273 |
Y. Tsutsugo, LF | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .329 |
J. Choi, 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 |
W. Adames, SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
B. Lowe, 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
J. Wendle, 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .255 |
M. Zunino, C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .242 |
TOTALS | 47 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 20 | |
BATTING HR: Lowe (3), Tsutsugo 3 (6) RBI: Lowe (9), Meadows (12), Tsutsugo 4 (12) SF: Meadows | |||||||
BASERUNNING CS: Kiermaier (1) |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
T. Glasnow | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.78 |
B. McKay | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6.66 |
D. Castillo (BS, 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11.88 |
C. Roe | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.80 |
C. Poche | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.31 | |
O. Drake | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.25 |
J. Alvarado (W, 1-0) | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.53 |
TOTALS | 14.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
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