{"id":40176,"date":"2026-05-11T09:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/40176\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:27:08","slug":"blue-jays-open-3-game-series-with-the-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/40176\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays open 3-game series with the Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> (26-13, first in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> (18-22, third in the AL East)<\/p>\n

Toronto; Monday, 7:07 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Drew Rasmussen<\/a> (2-1, 2.95 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 37 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman<\/a> (2-2, 3.28 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 43 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Blue Jays -137, Rays +115; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays host the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday to open a three-game series.<\/p>\n

Toronto has an 18-22 record overall and a 12-9 record in home games. The Blue Jays have a 2-6 record in games decided by one run.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay has a 26-13 record overall and a 12-9 record in road games. The Rays have a 6-1 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.<\/p>\n

Monday’s game is the fourth meeting between these teams this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a> has two home runs, 19 walks and 17 RBIs while hitting .308 for the Blue Jays. Daulton Varsho<\/a> is 12 for 38 with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Aranda<\/a> has five doubles, seven home runs and 29 RBIs for the Rays. Junior Caminero<\/a> is 8 for 34 with three home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 4-6, .251 batting average, 3.71 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs<\/p>\n

Rays: 8-2, .260 batting average, 1.42 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Addison Barger: day-to-day (elbow), Nathan Lukes: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Lazaro Estrada: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Berrios<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), Max Scherzer<\/a>: 15-Day IL (forearm), Yimi Garcia<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Anthony Santander<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alejandro Kirk<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hand), Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Rays: Joe Boyle<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), Steven Matz<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), Gavin Lux: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Pepiot<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Steven Wilson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (back), Manuel Rodriguez<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Michael Grove<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder)<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Rays (26-13, first in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (18-22, third in the AL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1023,1030,2702,17480,17487,2708,17481,17489,1020,17488,2700,150,17486,1029,17485,17483,17482,17484,17479,48,1017,3370,1021],"class_list":{"0":"post-40176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-alejandro-kirk","9":"tag-anthony-santander","10":"tag-daulton-varsho","11":"tag-drew-rasmussen","12":"tag-edwin-uceta","13":"tag-event_preview","14":"tag-joe-boyle","15":"tag-jonathan-aranda","16":"tag-jose-berrios","17":"tag-junior-caminero","18":"tag-kevin-gausman","19":"tag-major-league-baseball","20":"tag-manuel-rodriguez","21":"tag-max-scherzer","22":"tag-michael-grove","23":"tag-ryan-pepiot","24":"tag-steven-matz","25":"tag-steven-wilson","26":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","27":"tag-toronto","28":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","29":"tag-vladimir-guerrero-jr","30":"tag-yimi-garcia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}