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The Tampa Bay Rays' pitching just didn't arrive in their humiliating 20-1 loss against the Toronto Blue Jays. After a shocking start where Toronto raced to a ten-nothing lead by the fifth, position players came to the mound for the Rays as they were struck all around the ballpark.
Taj Ali Bradley started for the Tampa Bay Rays with Blue Jays batters recording nine hits against him and earning four runs in the process. However, the major breakthrough came in the fifth when first reliever Zack Burdi earned five runs in a marathon innings that stretched Toronto's lead to 10.
The Rays, who have a season-high record for most home runs, scored off the back of Issac Paredes in the bottom of the fifth aiming to rally a comeback. However, that wasn't to be as the Rays had four more scoreless innings against the Blue Jays' Jose Berrios, Tim Mayza and Adam Cimber.
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In fact on the other side of the plate, they faltered further, giving away double the amount of runs conceded till then in the eighth and the ninth. With MLB's new rules of allowing a position player to pitch only after a team is behind by a score of 10, Rays manager Kevin Cash brought on first baseman Luke Raley and catcher Christian Bethancourt to close.
That certainly didn't work out well as the Blue Jays notched up a nine-run final innings to become the first team to score twenty runs this season.
Fans took to Twitter to troll the Rays for their epic loss:
A small blip in Tampa Bay Rays' historic season so far
The Tampa Bay Rays likely won't be overly concerned after their loss to the Blue Jays. Kevin Cash would hope his team is able to make a swift comeback of sorts as they make their hold stronger at the top of the American League East division.
This series, in particular, is important for them as Toronto are their division rivals, while the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees are playing each other in a simultaneous series.
