Rays edge Blue Jays 7-6 in a closely contested game
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 20, 2026, 1:15 PM
Last updated Aug 20, 2026
The Tampa Bay Rays secured a 7-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on August 19 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Yandy Díaz's two-run homer in the first inning set the tone for the Rays, but a critical miscue by Blue Jays left fielder Jesús Sánchez turned a fly ball into a two-run single, contributing to a three-run fourth inning for Tampa Bay. The Blue Jays countered with four runs in the fifth and another in the sixth. Bryan Baker closed the game with his 25th consecutive save, sealing the win for the Rays in a tightly contested final inning.
- •Tampa Bay leads 2-1 after a first-inning home run from Yandy Díaz
- •Jesús Sánchez's error led to two critical runs for the Rays
- •Toronto scored four runs in the fifth inning
- •Bryan Baker earned his 25th save in the final inning
- •The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg
- 1:15 PMYahoo Sports — Madd(er) Max: Rays 7, Blue Jays 6
"It always seems like the whenever the Toronto Blue Jays make the trek to One Tropicana Drive, some kind of miscue results in the Rays winning a close ballgame due to the result of it. The same case can be made Tuesday night. In a 2-1 ballgame in the fourth inning, courtesy to a Yandy […]
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