Tampa Bay Rays 1 – 3 Toronto Blue Jays

MLB · July 23, 2026 · Final

🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Toronto Blue Jays took down the Tampa Bay Rays three to one on Wednesday evening, and it was Toronto doing the early damage and never really letting go.

The Blue Jays struck first in the opening frame when Ernie Clement crossed the plate on a Alejandro Kirk infield single, and just like that the tone was set. Tampa Bay answered in the third — Yandy Díaz singled to right to score Feduccia and level it at one apiece, and it looked for a moment like the Rays might have found something. But George Springer immediately took that momentum right back, singling to left to score Pinango and put Toronto back in front two to one. That was the swing. That was the moment Tampa Bay never recovered from.

The Rays went quiet after that, with Jonny Caminero going oh for four with three strikeouts and Jonathan Aranda unable to find anything either. Tampa simply could not sustain any offensive pressure when it mattered.

Vladimir Guerrero Junior put the game away in the seventh, singling to right to score Straw and push the lead to three to one, finishing the night two for four with the decisive run batted in. Guerrero was the steadiest bat in the lineup all night.

Toronto controlled this game from the first inning forward, and Tampa never had a real answer. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

Kirk reached on infield single to third, Clement scored, Springer to third. P1 · 0–1
Díaz singled to right, Feduccia scored. P3 · 1–1
Springer singled to left, Pinango scored. P3 · 1–2
Guerrero Jr. singled to right, Straw scored. P7 · 1–3

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1

Shane Bieber pitches to Yandy Diaz P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P1

Díaz popped out to first. P1

Shane Bieber pitches to Jonathan Aranda P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1

Aranda flied out to center. P1

Shane Bieber pitches to Junior Caminero P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1

Caminero lined out to left. P1

Middle of the 1st inning P1

Bottom of the 1st inning P1

Casey Legumina pitches to Yohendrick Pinango P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P1

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P1

Pinango grounded out to third. P1

Casey Legumina pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P1

Guerrero Jr. struck out swinging. P1

Casey Legumina pitches to Ernie Clement P1

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1

Clement singled to center. P1

Casey Legumina pitches to George Springer P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 7 : Ball 3 P1

Pitch 8 : Ball 4 P1

Springer walked, Clement to second. P1

Casey Legumina pitches to Alejandro Kirk P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1

Kirk reached on infield single to third, Clement scored, Springer to third. P1

Casey Legumina pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P1

Okamoto struck out swinging. P1

End of the 1st inning P1

Top of the 2nd inning P2

Shane Bieber pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2

Mesa Jr. grounded out to first. P2

Shane Bieber pitches to Jonny DeLuca P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P2

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2

DeLuca grounded out to second. P2

Shane Bieber pitches to Chandler Simpson P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2

Simpson grounded out to shortstop. P2

Middle of the 2nd inning P2

Bottom of the 2nd inning P2

Casey Legumina pitches to Davis Schneider P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P2

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2

Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P2

Schneider walked. P2

Casey Legumina pitches to Luis Urias P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2

Urías grounded into double play, third to second to first, Schneider out at second. P2

Casey Legumina pitches to Myles Straw P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P2

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2

Straw popped out to third. P2

End of the 2nd inning P2

Top of the 3rd inning P3

Shane Bieber pitches to Ben Williamson P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging P3

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 8 : Ball In Play P3

Williamson grounded out to third. P3

Shane Bieber pitches to Richie Palacios P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P3

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3

Palacios grounded out to third. P3

Shane Bieber pitches to Hunter Feduccia P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P3

Feduccia doubled to right. P3

Shane Bieber pitches to Yandy Diaz P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3

Díaz singled to right, Feduccia scored. P3

Shane Bieber pitches to Jonathan Aranda P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P3

Aranda grounded out to first. P3

Middle of the 3rd inning P3

Bottom of the 3rd inning P3

Seymour relieved Legumina P3

Ian Seymour pitches to Yohendrick Pinango P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3

Pinango doubled to right. P3

Ian Seymour pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P3

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3

Guerrero Jr. flied out to right. P3

Ian Seymour pitches to Ernie Clement P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P3

Clement flied out to left. P3

Ian Seymour pitches to George Springer P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P3

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P3

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P3

Springer singled to left, Pinango scored. P3

Ian Seymour pitches to Alejandro Kirk P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3

Kirk grounded out to shortstop. P3

End of the 3rd inning P3

Top of the 4th inning P4

Shane Bieber pitches to Junior Caminero P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P4

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P4

Caminero struck out swinging. P4

Shane Bieber pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4

Mesa Jr. grounded out to third. P4

Shane Bieber pitches to Jonny DeLuca P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4

DeLuca doubled to center. P4

Shane Bieber pitches to Chandler Simpson P4

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4

Simpson flied out to center. P4

Middle of the 4th inning P4

Bottom of the 4th inning P4

Ian Seymour pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P4

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P4

Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P4

Okamoto flied out to center. P4

Ian Seymour pitches to Davis Schneider P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P4

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P4

Schneider struck out swinging. P4

Ian Seymour pitches to Luis Urias P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P4

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P4

Urías struck out looking. P4

End of the 4th inning P4

Top of the 5th inning P5

Shane Bieber pitches to Ben Williamson P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5

Williamson grounded out to pitcher. P5

Shane Bieber pitches to Richie Palacios P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5

Palacios grounded out to second. P5

Shane Bieber pitches to Hunter Feduccia P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5

Feduccia grounded out to shortstop. P5

Middle of the 5th inning P5

Bottom of the 5th inning P5

Ian Seymour pitches to Myles Straw P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P5

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P5

Straw struck out swinging. P5

Ian Seymour pitches to Yohendrick Pinango P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P5

Pinango struck out swinging. P5

Ian Seymour pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5

Guerrero Jr. singled to left. P5

Ian Seymour pitches to Ernie Clement P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5

Clement flied out to left. P5

End of the 5th inning P5

Top of the 6th inning P6

Shane Bieber pitches to Yandy Diaz P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6

Díaz grounded out to catcher. P6

Shane Bieber pitches to Jonathan Aranda P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6

Aranda grounded out to shortstop. P6

Shane Bieber pitches to Junior Caminero P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P6

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P6

Caminero struck out swinging. P6

Middle of the 6th inning P6

Bottom of the 6th inning P6

Ian Seymour pitches to George Springer P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6

Springer doubled to left. P6

Ian Seymour pitches to Alejandro Kirk P6

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6

Kirk grounded out to shortstop. P6

Ian Seymour pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P6

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P6

Okamoto struck out swinging. P6

Ian Seymour pitches to Davis Schneider P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P6

Schneider flied out to right. P6

End of the 6th inning P6

Top of the 7th inning P7

Shane Bieber pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P7

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Bunted Foul P7

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P7

Mesa Jr. struck out swinging. P7

Shane Bieber pitches to Jonny DeLuca P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P7

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7

DeLuca grounded out to pitcher. P7

Shane Bieber pitches to Chandler Simpson P7

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7

Simpson flied out to left. P7

Middle of the 7th inning P7

Bottom of the 7th inning P7

Ian Seymour pitches to Luis Urias P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P7

Urías struck out swinging. P7

Ian Seymour pitches to Myles Straw P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P7

Pitch 7 : Ball 4 P7

Straw walked. P7

Ian Seymour pitches to Yohendrick Pinango P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7

Pinango flied out to center. P7

Ian Seymour pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Straw stole second. P7

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7

Guerrero Jr. singled to right, Straw scored. P7

Ian Seymour pitches to Ernie Clement P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Guerrero Jr. caught stealing second, catcher to second. P7

End of the 7th inning P7

Top of the 8th inning P8

Varsho in center field. P8

Clement at second base. P8

Giménez at shortstop. P8

Straw in right field. P8

Rogers relieved Bieber P8

Tyler Rogers pitches to Ben Williamson P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Williamson struck out swinging. P8

Tyler Rogers pitches to Richie Palacios P8

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8

Palacios grounded out to pitcher. P8

Tyler Rogers pitches to Hunter Feduccia P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P8

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8

Feduccia lined out to right. P8

Middle of the 8th inning P8

Bottom of the 8th inning P8

Ian Seymour pitches to Ernie Clement P8

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8

Clement flied out to left. P8

Ian Seymour pitches to George Springer P8

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8

Springer grounded out to third. P8

Ian Seymour pitches to Alejandro Kirk P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Kirk struck out swinging. P8

End of the 8th inning P8

Top of the 9th inning P9

Lukes in right field. P9

Straw in left field. P9

Varland relieved Rogers P9

Louis Varland pitches to Yandy Diaz P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9

Díaz grounded out to pitcher. P9

Louis Varland pitches to Jonathan Aranda P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking P9

Aranda struck out looking. P9

Louis Varland pitches to Junior Caminero P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P9

Caminero struck out swinging. P9