Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays | Full Game Highlights | ESPN MLB

0:00 were victorious in game one of this three game series and tonight

0:03 a good pitching [music] match up as Kevin Gausman goes for the Blue Jays,

0:07 Drew Rasmussen for [music] Tampa Bay.

0:09 Full day off but if they need him they'll use him.

0:11 That's a great pitch there by Drew Rasmussen.

0:13 Got him at the knees with a sinker.

0:18 Okamoto smashes the 1-1 to right center.

0:21 Mullins back at the wall.

0:23 It's gone!

0:30 He's done it again.

0:31 Home run number 10 on the year for Kazuma Okamoto

0:36 and the Blue Jays have their first lead of the series.

0:40 Very quiet, quick little leg kick there but just no rush to that swing and he's

0:46 got the kind of power he does not need to try to pull the ball.

0:49 We saw him doing that a lot earlier.

0:50 They'll make him work early and don't let him catch up on the pitch count.

0:54 Foul tip strike three.

0:56 Sanchez retired but the Blue Jays get to Rasmussen thought

1:01 soft but slowest it's been as that ball is just over

1:05 the head of Andres Gimenez but of course Gimenez hit

1:08 on the hands Caminero flips it into left center for a base hit.

1:12 Off on the pitch Caminero it's hit on the ground to second

1:15 base and that does it for the bottom of the first.

1:19 Kevin Gausman pitches around a single and keeps it

1:22 1-0 Blue Jays back to the bats in this Absolutely.

1:24 That's what you want to do as a young player.

1:26 Make an impression.

1:27 Make it hard on them.

1:28 Dalton Varsho shoots it over top of Caminero for a base hit.

1:33 Well that looked like the spring training double Now he

1:36 squares to bunt and he'll bunt a good one toward third.

1:40 Bare hand try.

1:41 He's safe by a mile.

1:49 On the ground up the middle it'll sneak through into center.

1:52 Varsho around third.

1:54 He scores.

1:55 Into third Klement and RBI single for Andres

1:58 Gimenez and the Blue Jays double their advantage 2-0.

2:02 And you're not making that many of those plays.

2:04 George Springer up now and he hits one hard to second base.

2:07 Palacios retires him.

2:10 2-2 and he got him that time.

2:13 First strikeout for Kevin Gausman.

2:15 Well he The splitter makes the fastball better.

2:17 The fastball makes the splitter better.

2:19 Cedric Mullins out to right center and Jesus Sanchez and he struck him out.

2:27 It's a pretty good pitch.

2:28 Again, sinker just stayed off the plate.

2:34 And a swing and a miss strike three.

2:36 Four strikeouts for Drew Rasmussen.

2:40 Scherzer and Heimann going over the pitches right now.

2:44 As this one is hit very high to shallow left.

2:48 Gimenez is calling for he'll wave off Piñango.

2:52 Kevin Gausman having a good time so far in St.

2:54 Petersburg his 0-2 is on the ground dive by Gimenez

2:58 blocks it but too much speed for Chandler Simpson.

3:04 And it's hit through the middle into center.

3:06 Simpson into score and around it third goes Junior Caminero

3:11 on an American League leading 29th RBI of the year.

3:15 Gausman's payoff broke his bat and Andres Gimenez will finish off this inning.

3:23 With a two-out rally the Rays do get a run

3:26 but if Back up again here trying to start a two-out rally.

3:31 And he smokes it out to left center field.

3:33 Turning back Chandler Simpson on the run reaches out and makes the catch.

3:38 This is his speed on offense and defense.

3:42 Going all the way back to the wall there to make it

3:44 a one And time they're still soreness and we're going for MRIs not ideal.

3:48 Fraley with a flare and a base hit.

3:54 But Eric Lauer took advantage last night.

3:56 He But this is a couple seconds of the block.

4:01 Had he can't vary it up.

4:02 Little abbreviated step but that pitch is hit into center

4:05 and now the first two have come up with base hits

4:08 for the Rays as Williamson is on with This is

4:11 the regular bunt play where you want to just get an out.

4:13 Foul bunt toward third.

4:14 Gausman going up to it bobbles and everyone's safe.

4:22 And it's on the ground to second and that is Franco

4:26 over to Sosa but a run will come in to score.

4:30 Double play Jake Fraley into score and it's 2-2 at the Trop.

4:34 His 1-2 is cut on and missed.

4:37 Two Ks for Kevin Gausman who after having the bases loaded with nobody out

4:41 limits the damage to one and it's a new ballgame through four [music] innings.

4:46 2-2 and Gimenez drops one down in center.

4:53 Two hits for Andres Gimenez tonight after being 2-19.

4:59 Two strike pitch and it's hit well out to center field.

5:02 Going back Mullins onto the warning track he'll make the grab.

5:06 Tagging from second Gimenez trying to advance to second Valenzuela and he's out.

5:14 Doing that and I saw Valenzuela the whole time.

5:17 As soon as Gimenez was going back to second he quickly

5:20 went back to first to tag up but you can even leave

5:23 the first base bag if you see that the Need Piñango

5:28 to reach down and he hits it up the middle into center field.

5:33 Gimenez jogs home.

5:34 They do get the run and it's a Blue Jay lead again 3-2.

5:39 This guy just keeps raking.

5:40 Pat on the shoulder.

5:41 Hey kid, we got lots still to do here in this ballgame.

5:44 Your job now is behind the plate.

5:48 Okamoto strikes out swinging with a And he hits this one into center field.

5:55 He does it his way and Chandler Simpson who's really tough as well

5:59 the base paths.

6:00 He's on the lead off the inning.

6:06 Aranda lines out to Okamoto who doubles off Simpson.

6:15 WHAT A PLAY and credit to the dig at first by Sosa as well.

6:20 The speed comes back to hurt the Rays Catch a few balls out front.

6:24 Lenin Sosa does just that and sends it down the left field line for a base hit.

6:28 Sosa around first he'll hang on there.

6:32 Lenin Sosa makes contact with pitches.

6:40 He lifts one into left center but shallow this time.

6:43 Mullins is there and that's the top of the sixth.

6:50 And he got him swinging.

6:53 Gausman punches out Williamson on a splitter.

6:59 Pitch a little high but The good initial reaction I think so and yeah.

7:05 Just tell them the way he received that pitch.

7:08 Yes.

7:09 So that'll be an overturn on the first ABS challenge.

7:14 And that time he gets him at the knees.

7:17 Two strikeouts for Biggio both looking.

7:20 2-2 pitch and he got him swinging.

7:26 98 mph down and away.

7:31 On the ground up the middle and into right center.

7:35 Producers base hit.

7:38 0-2 on the ground but Klement has got it and Jeff Hoffman

7:47 It's sharply up the middle and it will find a lane into center.

7:53 Second hit tonight for Kazuma Okamoto.

7:57 0-2 and a soft throw to third Caminero slings

8:02 and that will do it for the top of the eighth.

8:06 Lead off hit for the Blue Jays.

8:09 3-2 and it's shot fair down the left field line.

8:14 Aranda around first he's digging for second.

8:17 Piñango's throw skips in late.

8:21 On the ground and off the glove of Klement into center.

8:25 Around third base and into score Walls and Yandy Diaz with his first

8:30 hit since returning ties the game at three in the eighth.

8:36 Line drive down in left center field.

8:39 Speeding to second base Diaz Varsho throws back to the bag and Guerrero's going

8:44 to slide to back it up and knock it down making sure Diaz doesn't go anywhere.

8:49 Valenzuela was there as well.

8:52 Clearly you think they think that he's going to the ball's in the air.

8:56 Ground ball up the middle into center field.

8:59 Diaz around third he'll score and the Rays take the lead.

9:07 And that tipped off the bat strike three.

9:13 0-2 Tap back toward the hill.

9:18 And the ninth inning coming up the Rays score a pair to take the lead.

9:23 2020s And now Gimenez hits it off the fist.

9:24 Walls waiting on it the shortstop and his throw to first is in time.

9:28 Odd cutter.

9:30 Struck in the air shallow center racing forward Mullins and back

9:35 out there Ben Williamson who just moved to second base from short.

9:41 Line drive caught at third and the Rays

9:44 trailed most of the game but come back late.

9:47 Blue Jays and they've already secured the series

9:49 with their second win in a row to start it.

9:53 [music] Woo!