Yankees Rivalry Roundup: Rays boost division lead, beat Kevin Gausman in Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays (27-13) 8, Toronto Blue Jays (18-23) 5

The Rays Train (steamboat?) kept on humming north of the border. Kevin Gausman reached a personal milestone as the sixth active pitcher with at least 2,000 career strikeouts, but that was cold comfort to him on Monday night. He only fanned four other Rays, and knocked him around for seven runs on ten hits, as he needed 100 pitches just to get through 4.2 innings. The Rays jumped on Gausman early and often. It was 1-0 after three batters due to two singles and a sacrifice fly. made it 3-0 when he plated and Jake Fraley on a two-out crack through the right side. An RBI triple by (yikes) in the second added a fourth run, and though Walls was retired on a fielder’s choice at home, reached first on that play. He stole second and scored on a single. Toronto fought back against tough customer , who coughed up a three-run bomb to . The light-hitting infielder came up big again in the seventh to record his and give him all five Jays RBIs on the night. Both shots came with his team behind by five runs, however, as the Rays had kept building on their lead after the first Giménez homer. Aranda had the most impressive insurance delivery on a off Gausman in the fifth. Rays relievers and recorded the final five outs, nailing down another win. They’re two games up on the Yankees in the AL East.