Rays top Blue Jays 7-5 in 10 innings
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The playoff waiting game continued for the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon after they dropped a 7-5 decision to the Tampa Bay Rays.
TORONTO – The playoff waiting game continued for the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon after they dropped a 7-5 decision to the Tampa Bay Rays.
Taylor Walls hit a two-run single off Jordan Hicks in the 10th inning to silence the sellout crowd of 42,097 at Rogers Centre. Tampa Bay added another run on Junior Caminero’s infield single.
Chris Devenski (6-4) gave up an RBI double to Bo Bichette in the bottom half of the inning before getting Kevin Kiermaier on a groundout to end it.
The loss kept Toronto’s magic number at one and could make for a nervous regular-season finale on Sunday.
The Blue Jays (89-72) are still a good bet to reach the post-season.
Toronto can secure a spot later Saturday if the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners.
The Blue Jays will get another win-and-you’re-in opportunity against the Rays in the regular-season finale and other results Sunday could also fall Toronto’s way.
But the anxiety will only rise from here as Toronto looks to make its third wild-card appearance in the last four years.
