So, I went to a Canadian school once, I got straight ayes. 


Seriously folks the Rays come home to St. Pete sporting the best record in majors (12-4) and take on the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays come to town fronting a 9-7 record having taken two of three from the Kansas City Royals.

Series Probables

Fri, Apr 23 Toronto 7:10 PM Garza (3-0) Cecil (0-0)
Sat, Apr 24 Toronto 6:10 PM Niemann (1-0) Romero (1-0)
Sun, Apr 25 Toronto 1:40 PM Price (2-1) Morrow (1-1)

All-Time Series: 100-103
 

Blast from the Past

Today, we will take a look at April 6th 2007, where the Devil Rays scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th to take the home opener. Take a look at Brian Stokes not giving the game away, wow.

Friday, April 6, 2007 7:12PM, Tropicana Field
Attendance: 38,437, Time of Game: 2:36

Blue Jays 5 1-2 ⇐ Lost 2 ⇒ 3rd, 1 GB John Gibbons

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 9 0 Devil Rays 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 12 0 W: Jae Kuk Ryu (1-0), L: B.J. Ryan (0-1) Winning Run scored with 2 outs

Devil Rays 6 2-1 ⇐ Won 2 ⇒ 1st Joe Maddon

Toronto Blue Jays

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Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OPS	Pit	Str	WPA	aLI	WPA+	WPA-	RE24	PO	A
Reed Johnson LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.214	.527	14	10	.189	1.32	.241	-.053	0.8	2	0	HBP
Lyle Overbay 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.929	11	8	-.167	1.67	.000	-.167	-1.3	14	0
Vernon Wells CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.308	.819	15	13	-.094	1.16	.021	-.115	-0.7	2	0	2B
Frank Thomas DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	.308	.665	16	11	-.035	1.14	.050	-.084	-0.6	0	0
Troy Glaus 3B	3	1	1	2	1	0	.364	1.136	16	7	.301	1.19	.379	-.078	1.3	0	5	HR,CS
Alexis Rios RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.286	.643	17	12	-.045	0.68	.013	-.058	-0.5	1	0
Gregg Zaun C	4	1	1	1	0	1	.167	.619	21	14	.033	0.65	.082	-.049	0.7	3	0	3B
Aaron Hill 2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	.333	1.051	9	6	.058	0.87	.127	-.068	0.3	2	5	2B,CS
Royce Clayton SS	2	0	1	0	0	1	.286	.661	7	6	.017	0.61	.029	-.013	0.2	1	2
Matt Stairs PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	5	1	.020	2.22	.020	.000	0.1	0	0
John McDonald PR-SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	5	3	-.007	0.26	.000	-.007	-0.2	1	2
Gustavo Chacin P																0	0
Casey Janssen P																0	1
Jason Frasor P																0	0
B.J. Ryan P																0	0
Team Totals	34	5	9	5	2	4	.265	.795	136	91	.270	1.07	.962	-.692	0.1	26	15

2B: V Wells (2, off J Shields); A Hill (1, off J Shields). 3B: G Zaun (1, off J Shields). HR: T Glaus (1, off S Camp; 8th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF). HBP: R Johnson (1, by J Shields). TB: T Glaus 4; A Hill 3; G Zaun 3; V Wells 2; F Thomas; A Rios; R Clayton; R Johnson. RBI: T Glaus 2 (3); R Johnson (2); G Zaun (2); A Hill (3). 2-out RBI: G Zaun; R Johnson; A Hill. Team LOB: 5. With RISP: 2 for 6. Fielding DP: 2. A Hill-J McDonald-L Overbay; T Glaus-A Hill-L Overbay. Baserunning CS: A Hill (1, 2nd base by J Ryu/D Navarro); T Glaus (1, 2nd base by J Shields/D Navarro).

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

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Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OPS	Pit	Str	WPA	aLI	WPA+	WPA-	RE24	PO	A
Carl Crawford LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.718	14	10	-.078	0.84	.000	-.078	-0.9	1	0
Ben Zobrist SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.154	11	9	-.069	0.62	.000	-.069	-1.0	1	4
Rocco Baldelli DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.250	23	17	-.086	0.82	.000	-.086	-0.9	0	0
Ty Wigginton 1B	4	2	2	1	0	0	.273	.853	18	15	.148	0.73	.166	-.018	0.9	11	3	HR
Delmon Young RF	4	1	1	2	0	2	.231	.692	12	10	.438	1.00	.472	-.034	1.3	1	0	HR
Akinori Iwamura 3B	4	2	4	1	0	0	.636	1.692	9	7	.205	1.14	.205	.000	1.9	1	2	HR
Dioner Navarro C	3	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.286	11	7	-.157	1.24	.015	-.172	-1.0	3	3	2·GDP
Jonny Gomes PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.733	3	2	-.073	2.96	.000	-.073	-0.3	0	0
Elijah Dukes CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.364	1.371	14	8	.053	1.15	.096	-.043	0.5	2	0
B.J. Upton 2B	4	1	2	2	0	0	.500	1.250	14	8	.390	2.01	.457	-.067	0.1	3	3	HR
James Shields P																4	0
Brian Stokes P																0	0
Shawn Camp P																0	0
Jae Kuk Ryu P																0	0
Team Totals	36	6	12	6	0	2	.333	1.000	129	93	.771	1.11	1.411	-.640	0.7	27	15

HR: T Wigginton (1, off G Chacin; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); A Iwamura (1, off G Chacin; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF-RF); B Upton (1, off G Chacin; 3rd inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF); D Young (1, off B Ryan; 9th inn, 1 on, 1 out to RF). TB: A Iwamura 7; T Wigginton 5; B Upton 5; D Young 4; E Dukes 2; D Navarro. GIDP: D Navarro 2 (4). RBI: B Upton 2 (3); D Young 2 (4); T Wigginton (2); A Iwamura (1). 2-out RBI: B Upton. Team LOB: 4. With RISP: 1 for 4.

Toronto Blue Jays

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Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	Ctct	StS	StL	GB	FB	LD	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	RE24
Gustavo Chacin	6	6	3	3	0	2	3	4.50	23	82	60	40	7	13	11	10	3	0	50			-.057	0.59	0.2
Casey Janssen	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	13	9	7	0	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	.137	1.60	0.8
Jason Frasor, H (1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	10	7	4	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	.049	0.94	0.3
B.J. Ryan, BS (1), L (0-1)	0.2	5	3	3	0	0	1	16.20	7	24	17	14	2	1	3	4	2	0		0	0	-.901	2.59	-2.0
Team Totals	8.2	12	6	6	0	2	4	6.23	36	129	93	65	10	18	19	15	5	0	50	0	0	-.772	1.07	-0.7

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

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Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	Ctct	StS	StL	GB	FB	LD	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	RE24
James Shields	6.2	6	3	3	2	3	0	4.05	28	103	67	37	8	22	11	11	4	0	51			-.055	1.06	0.3
Brian Stokes	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	1	5	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0		2	0	.089	3.15	0.5
Shawn Camp	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	18.00	4	13	9	5	2	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	-.333	1.54	-1.6
Jae Kuk Ryu, W (1-0)	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	4	15	12	8	2	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	.028	0.31	0.7
Team Totals	9	9	5	5	2	4	1	5.00	37	136	91	52	12	27	16	14	4	0	51	2	0	-.271	1.11	-0.1

Balks: None. WP: None. HBP: J Shields (1; R Johnson). IBB: None. Pickoffs: None. So, Draysbay, I turn to you...