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Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays

2026-08-18 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 12387 · 72°F, Dome · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:44

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Tampa Bay Rays 10–5. Toronto Blue Jays opened the scoring in the 1st — George Springer singles on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Alejandro Kirk scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Jonathan Aranda grounds into a double play, first baseman Kazuma Okamoto to shortstop Andrés Giménez to pitcher José Soriano. Junior Caminero out at 2nd. Jonathan Aranda out at 1st — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	2	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	10	17
TBA	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	13	1

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brett Bateman CF	6	1	2	1	0	1
Nathan Lukes RF	5	1	1	0	1	2
Alejandro Kirk C	6	2	3	3	0	0
George Springer DH	4	1	3	1	1	1
Jesus Sanchez LF	3	0	1	1	1	1
Myles Straw LF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuma Okamoto 1B	5	1	1	1	0	1
Andres Gimenez SS	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ernie Clement 2B	5	3	3	0	0	0
Josh Smith 3B	4	1	2	2	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Chandler Simpson LF	5	0	2	0	0
Junior Caminero 3B	5	0	2	0	0
Jonathan Aranda 1B	5	0	1	0	2
Yandy Diaz DH	4	1	2	0	0
Liam Hicks C	4	1	1	0	0
Ryan Vilade RF	3	1	2	0	0
Victor Mesa Jr. RF	0	0	0	0	0
Cedric Mullins CF	3	1	1	1	0
Richie Palacios 2B	3	1	1	1	0
Taylor Walls SS	4	0	1	2	1