Lowe and Mead homer, Rays beat Blue Jays 3-1 for
TAMPA, Fla. (AP)– Brandon Lowe and Curtis Mead homered, Drew Rasmussen pitched six scoreless innings in a four-hitter and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Friday night for only their 3rd three-game winning streak this season.Lowe put the Rays ahead in the 3rd against Eric Lauer(1-1)with his team-leading ninth home run, a two-run drive. Mead homered in the fourth.Advertisement Rasmussen(3-4 )allowed four hits and
2 walks. Mason Montgomery, Manuel Rodríguez, Edwin Uceta and Pete Fairbanks combined for hitless relief, with Fairbanks working around a walk for his ninth save in 10 chances.Rays pitchers walked a season-high 8. The Rays won three straight games
from March 30 to April 1 and 5 in a row from April 23-27. Lauer had actually permitted one crowning achievement in 12 innings previously this season. He quit three runs and six hits in
4 1/3 innings.Toronto went into following a three-game sweep of San Diego by a combined rating of 24-6. The game drew 10,046, the Rays ’30th sellout in 32 games at Steinbrenner Field, their short-lived home for this season.Advertisement Key Moment After Montgomery strolled the bases packed in
the seventh, Rodríguez got Jonatan Clase to ground into a run-scoring double play, then retired Nathan Lukes on a
flyout.Key Stat Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Daulton Varsho, the leading three hitters in Toronto’s batting order, went 0 for 11 with a walk.Up Next Rays RHP Shane Baz(3-3, 5.33 AGE)and Blue Jays RHP José Berrios(1-1, 4.19 PERIOD) begin Saturday. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb