Series Recap: Blue Jays lose all three to Rays, the second time they've been swept this season

"Coming into the series against their American League East foe, the Blue Jays were 9-5 in their last 14 games. Well, a three-game sweep at the hands of the Rays set them back quite a bit. It was just the second time that the Blue Jays' have been swept all season, and the first series loss since mid-April."

"In the end, the Blue Jays were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left 10 runners stranded. Their pitching wasn't great, but even though all but one player had at least a hit, the Jays just couldn't string runs together. On the positive side, Yohendrick Piñango went 3-5 with his first career extra-base hit, a double."

"In the top of the first, Kazuma Okamoto hit his team-leading 10th home run of the season. Then with runners on first and second with one out, Andrés Giménez hit an RBI single. As expected, the Rays responded, scoring one run in both the third and fourth inning, but the Jays restored the lead thanks to a Piñango single, making it 3-2."

"The score stood that way until the bottom of the eighth. With one out, Jonathan Aranda hit a double, then was cashed in thanks to Yandy Díaz. Following another single, Ben Williamson hit an RBI single to give the Rays a 4-3 lead, which they held on to."

The Toronto Blue Jays entered a three-game set against the Tampa Bay Rays with a strong recent record, but were swept and suffered a major setback. In the first game, they fell behind early, scored once in the third, and then allowed additional runs in the sixth. They finished with limited production with runners in scoring position, leaving many runners stranded, while Yohendrick Piñango recorded a notable extra-base hit. In the next game, Kazuma Okamoto hit a home run and Andrés Giménez drove in a run, but Tampa Bay answered with runs in the third and fourth. Toronto regained the lead briefly, then lost it in the eighth after hits led to a go-ahead run that held up.

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