Aaron Civale allowed one run over six innings and Brandon Lowe hit his fourth career grand slam to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 8-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
Sporting retro Devil Rays uniforms the team will wear for 13 Friday home games this year, the Rays rebounded from a lopsided opening loss and drew a crowd of 18,653 at Tropicana Field — down from the announced sellout of 25,025 the AL East rivals drew the previous day.
Tampa Bay improved to 12-3 in the throwback jerseys they've donned on Devil Rays Days since the start of last season. Civale, a trade deadline acquisition who helped the Rays withstand injuries and make their fifth straight playoff appearance, limited the Blue Jays tofor the most in the American League. The right-hander struck out his irst four batters but ran into trouble in the third when shortstop's fielding error helped the Rays load the bases with no outs. Lowe's grand slam to right-center traveled 444 feet.'s RBI single made it 5-1 in the fifth.
had a bullpen session. Manager John Schneider said the right-hander remains on target to start Sunday or Monday and throw about 70 to 75 pitches. ... CRays: Caballero was hit by a pitch in his right hand in the third inning, but remained in the game. starts for Tampa Bay in the third game of the four-game series. Toronto counters with LHP
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