Sideline Talk/Blue Jays Don't Shine

The Tampa Bay Rays, who lead the American League East, suffered their 15th loss of the season in a stunning 20-1 defeat to the visiting Toronto Blue Jays in front of 10,906 fans in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 23.

The Blue Jays snapped a five-game losing streak and won their 23rd of the season, tying them with the Boston Red Sox for last place in the AL East.

He scored 20 points in a single game, the most in a major league season.

The Rays played 50 games in the regular season, home 27 times, and won 22 of them, the best record since 1901.

The last major league team to open a season at home with a 22-4 record in 26 games was the Montreal Expos in 1979.

The Blue Jays started the game with a hit from each of their 12 batters; Relying on third designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero Ramos Jr. to lead off the first inning, he scored in six of the nine innings, allowing a maximum of nine runs in a single inning, and a total of 27 hits, including four home runs.

On the night of July 22, 2022, in a road game against the Boston Red Sox, the Blue Jays won 28:5, batting out 29 hits and scoring a maximum of 11 runs in an inning.

Junior Graynor hit his eighth home run of the season and fourth bases-loaded Homer of his career Saturday night. The last time he completed a bases-loaded home run was on April 27, 2021, at home against the Washington Nationals.