Rays 8, Jays 4: Rays put away Blue Jays late

Let’s get the good news out of the way first:

The Rays beat the Blue Jays.

Nobody got hurt.

That’s it.

Look, during the course of a 162 games, some games will be annoying, slow paced yawners. But if you’re gonna have to play those games anyway, you might as well win them. Right? And when doing so runs your record to division leading 12-4 record, wraps up a 7-2 road trip, and runs your team record of series wins to start a season up to five? Well, all the better.

It surely didn’t help that the always deliberate Marcus “Sloth” Stroman was pitching for the Jays, and he was painfully slow today. Had this been football, the delay of game penalties would have put him pitching from the deep centerfield…