ST. PETERSBURG FL. A true bullpen day held the Blue Jays scoreless; Mallex Smith and Matt Duffy combined to push through the only run the Rays needed to emerge victorious today.
I love a pitcher’s duel, a nice crisp fast-moving pitchers duel. But that’s not how this game started out. A thirty minute first inning, with Rays opener Wilmer Font at 28 pitches and Jay’s starter J. A. Happ at 30, seemed to presage a long game.
It also had the makings of one of the sloppy outings that tend to come about during afternoon games after night game.