Tampa Bay 7 – Toronto 6
W: Brandon Gomes (1-1) L: Shawn Camp (1-2)
HR: Jose Bautista (33), Evan Longoria (15), Desmond Jennings (3)
SB: Sam Fuld (20)
- Robinson Chirinos was the hero for the second consecutive day with a game-tying single in the bottom of the 11th and then a game-winning single in the bottom of the 12th.
- Jon Rauch blew his fifth save of the season which at some point may bring into question his position as the closer.
- Evan Longoria arguably could have won the game in the bottom of the 11th but inexplicably dove head-first into first base to try and beat out of a ground ball. He may still had been called out had he stayed on his feet but we’ll never know. The surprise was with runners on second and third and two outs, the Jays elected to intentionally walk Johnny Damon to get to Longoria. Didn’t think I’d see that this year.
- Heralded prospect Brett Lawrie was called up while the disappointing Travis Snider was sent down. This we...
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