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Recap - Toronto Defeats Tampa Bay 4-2

Toronto moneyline bettors cashed on Friday courtesy of a 4-2 win against the Tampa Bay Rays at Rogers Centre.

The Blue Jays were a -194 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 8.

Shane Bieber earned the victory for the Blue Jays, throwing 5 innings of work, striking out 3, walking 2, and allowing 5 hits and 2 earned runs. That effort was supported by 3 RBIs from Nathan Lukes in the win.

Tampa Bay's starting pitcher Adrian Houser worked 6 innings, giving up 7 hits and 4 earned runs while striking out 5 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Junior Caminero in a losing cause.

The battle of the bats favored Toronto as they had 7 hits, while Tampa Bay only had 6.

The game was closed out by Jeff Hoffman who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 2 walks and fanned 0 batters to earn the save.