Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 6:07PM CST
On Wednesday night, the Toronto Blue Jays secured a 10-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, preventing a three-game sweep. The Blue Jays offense had a dominant start, scoring seven runs in the first inning, highlighted by a three-run homer from Aledmys Diaz. On the pitching side, Aaron Sanchez earned his first win in three months.
Date: Wednesday, September 5th, 2018
Time: 6:07PM CST
Stadium: Rogers Centre
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 17,872
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TOR |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
TB |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: Gurriel Jr. (6, Kittredge); Travis (12, Nuño); Díaz (19, Faria); Tellez (1, Faria)
Home Runs: Díaz (17, 1st inning off Glasnow 2 on, 1 Out); McKinney (4, 5th inning off Nuño 0 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: Smoak (71), Morales (55), Gurriel Jr. (26), Díaz 3 (45), Travis (44), McKinney (11), Tellez (1), Grichuk (49)
2-out Runs Batted In: Travis, Tellez
Team Left On Base: 11
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 8-20 (Smoak 1-3, Díaz 1-2, Jansen 0-2, Gurriel Jr. 1-2, Grichuk 1-3, Travis 2-2, McKinney 0-1, Davis 0-2, Morales 1-2, Tellez 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Smoak 1; Grichuk 1; McKinney 1; Davis 4

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Sanchez 12/26; Tepera 1/5; Mayza 3/3; Giles 2/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Sanchez 17-11-13-16; Tepera 2-0-0-3; Mayza 1-3-3-1; Giles 2-1-4-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Sanchez 5-5; Tepera 1-2; Mayza 0-2; Giles 3-0
Game Scores: A Sanchez 54

Home Runs: Kiermaier 2 (6, 2nd inning off Sanchez 0 on, 1 Out; 6th inning off Sanchez 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Kiermaier 2 (24), Smith (34)
2-out Runs Batted In: Smith
Team Left On Base: 7
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-4 (Bauers 0-1, Duffy 0-1, Ciuffo 1-1, Wendle 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Duffy 2; Wendle 1

Wild Pitches: Glasnow 2
Intentional Walks: Díaz (By Kittredge)
Hit By Pitch: Jansen (By Nuño)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Glasnow 10/10; Kittredge 6/8; Nuño 12/14; Faria 8/13
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Glasnow 6-3-7-7; Kittredge 7-6-7-2; Nuño 4-6-11-9; Faria 5-1-10-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Glasnow 0-1; Kittredge 0-0; Nuño 1-4; Faria 3-5
Game Scores: T Glasnow 14

Double Plays: 1 (Duffy-Velazquez)
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