By Nicolas Villamil
Tampa Bay Instances
TAMPA — Chandler Simpson was in all places, and Ian Seymour was locked in because the Rays beat the Blue Jays 2-1 to finish a three-game skid on Wednesday night time.
Simpson delivered the game-winning single within the seventh inning, saved the Rays within the lead together with his heroics in centerfield and used his velocity to attain the sport’s first run.
Seymour, making solely his fourth profession major-league begin, threw 100 pitches over seven innings and allowed 4 hits. The one run that scored in opposition to him was unearned.
Simpson began the underside of the primary with a line drive to centerfield. He used each little bit of his velocity to succeed in second base safely and notch his twelfth double of the season.
Yandy Diaz scored Simpson on the primary pitch he noticed to offer the Rays an early lead in opposition to right-hander Kevin Gausman, who went the following 5 innings with out permitting a run.
The Rays bumped into hassle within the fourth inning however had been in a position to restrict the injury, largely due to Simpson.
Seymour walked Davis Schneider to begin the inning. Then a Carson Williams throwing error on a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounder that might have been a double play arrange the Blue Jays with runners on the corners and no outs.
Alejandro Kirk barreled a ball to the right-centerfield wall after that, however Simpson, who’s enjoying extra in middle because the season winds down, made a leaping catch to avoid wasting a three-run homer and restrict the injury of Williams’ error to 1 run. Kirk’s sacrifice fly, which traveled 407 toes and left his bat a 105.9 miles per hour, tied the rating.
Williams, who was hit within the abdomen by a Diaz single within the third, doubled within the backside of the seventh to arrange Simpson’s profitable RBI.
The sport was first delayed by inclement climate within the space, pushing again the beginning time from 7:05 to 7:25, after which for 15 extra minutes after the highest of the primary inning as a result of house plate umpire Brian O’Nora left the sport with a abdomen sickness. Mike Estabrook changed O’Nora behind the plate, and the sport resumed with simply three umpires.