This game was a heck of a ride.
You could be forgiven if you looked at Aaron Sanchez’s 6+ ERA and assumed this game would be a relatively easy one for the Rays. But that’s the tricky thing about baseball. The numbers only tell a partial story, and sometimes a pitcher can come out and have a hell of an outing, which is precisely what the Jays managed today with Sanchez.
The Toronto club score early, with a second inning home run from Justin Smoak, and Sanchez managed to keep the Rays off the board until the fifth inning, with some very precise and quality pitches.