Rays 7, Marlins, 2
Record: 65-48
Attendance: 14,819
On Sunday the Rays completed a weekend sweep of the Marlins, 7-2. The kudos were spread around the team pretty evenly, 10 hits, home runs from Mike Brosseau and new guy Jesus Aguilar (estimated at 446 feet), five strong innings from Yonny Chirinos (now 9-5), and good-enough bullpen work. Diego Castillo did not surrender a run even though he gave up a hit and a walk in his two-thirds of an inning. Colin Poche pitched a perfect inning and a third, and Andrew Kittredge gave up a single run in the eighth.
Exit Miami (42-67), enter Toronto (45-69). The Rays should win again, but Vladimir Guerrero is playing his best baseball since his call up in May. And newly brought up Bo Bichette is hitting for average and power. The Blue Jays were sellers at the trade deadline, so their arsenal is reduced, but the Rays would do well to think in terms of overcoming a potentially productive lineup that can put runs on the scoreboard. The Jays will have to do it against Rays' ace Charlie Morton, however, so the game has interest even if the pennant race was not a factor. But it is.
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