The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-5 on Sep 24, 2023 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 2-for-5 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Yusei Kikuchi pitched 4.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 3 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Rays.
- Taj Bradley pitched 7.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 6 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Toronto Blue Jays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Bichette | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Springer | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavan Biggio | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Chapman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whit Merrifield | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yusei Kikuchi | 4.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Trevor Richards | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Yimi Garcia | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jordan Hicks | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Swanson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
Tampa Bay Rays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Caminero | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Manuel Margot | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Lowe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Curtis Mead | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor Walls | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Osleivis Basabe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yandy Diaz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Bradley | 7.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Erasmo Ramirez | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Colin Poche | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Before and after
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous Sep 23, 2023: TOR 6, TB 7 · Next Sep 26, 2023: NYY 2, TOR 0
- Rays · 2023 season · Previous Sep 23, 2023: TOR 6, TB 7 · Next Sep 26, 2023: TB 9, BOS 7