A Happ Win: Jays over Rays
By Eddie Michels on March 9, 2016JA Happ allowed one run on four hits over 2 2/3 innings to pick up his first win of the spring as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 on Wednesday. Rays starter Chris Archer took the loss for the Rays allowing two runs on three hits while walking two and striking out two. Archer went 2 1/3 innings SS Ryan Goins lead the Jays going 2-3 with two RBI to up his spring average to .357. The Jays cross the bay on Thursday to play the Yankees in Tampa, first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 PM.

Blue Jays prospect did allow a walk and a hit during his inning on the mound but he bore down to keep a run from scoring. The young man sported a 98 MPH fastball with a 79 MPH change up
(EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TOR 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 0
TB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
TORONTO (5) AT TAMPA BAY (1)
TORONTO AB R H BI TAMPA BAY AB R H BI
Pillar cf 2 0 1 0 Forsythe 2b 3 0 0 0
Carrera cf-rf 2 0 1 0 Brett 2b 2 0 0 0
Goins ss 3 1 2 2 Souza Jr. rf 3 0 0 0
Burns 2b 2 1 1 0 B Lee rf 1 0 0 0
Pompey lf 4 1 1 0 Longoria 3b 2 0 1 0
Tellez 1b 1 0 0 0 Shaffer 3b 2 0 0 0
Colabello dh 2 0 1 0 Dickerson lf 2 0 1 0
Alford ph-dh 0 0 0 0 Leonard lf 1 0 0 0
Jansen ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Guyer cf 2 0 1 0
Kotchman 1b 4 0 1 1 J Decker cf 2 0 1 0
Fields cf 1 0 1 0 Morrison 1b 3 0 0 0
J Lake rf 3 0 0 0 Roller 1b 1 0 0 0
Berti lf 1 0 0 0 Motter dh 2 1 2 0
Barney 2b-ss 3 0 0 0 Acosta ph-dh 2 0 0 0
Urena ss 2 0 0 0 Miller ss 2 0 0 0
Dominguez 3b 3 1 1 0 Adames ss 1 0 0 0
Dean 3b 0 0 0 0 Casali c 2 0 1 1
T. Sanchez c 3 1 1 0 Rivera c 1 0 0 0
Quintero c 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 5 11 3 TOTALS 34 1 7 1
TORONTO 200 200 100 -- 5
TAMPA BAY 010 000 000 -- 1
E--Brett, Miller. DP--TAMPA BAY 2. LOB--TORONTO
11, TAMPA BAY 9. 2B--Guyer. 3B--Pillar, Burns.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
TORONTO
Happ (W,1-0) 2 2-3 4 1 1 1 3 0
McFarland 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Greene 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
LeBlanc 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
León 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Aardsma 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Diamond 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Browning 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
TAMPA BAY
Archer (L,0-1) 2 1-3 3 2 2 2 3 0
Mariñez 2-3 2 0 0 0 0 0
R Webb 1 2 2 1 1 1 0
Eveland 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cedeño 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Colomé 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Romero 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
Marks 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
WP--Archer 2, Colomé, Happ. SO--TOR: Barney 2,
Kotchman, Carrera, Dominguez, Tellez, J Lake,
Burns, Pompey, Berti, Quintero, Goins. TB: Souza
Jr. 2, Forsythe, Adames, Brett, Leonard, Rivera,
Casali. BB--TOR: J Lake, Colabello, Dean, Pillar,
Alford. TB: Miller, Dickerson, Casali. T--3:00.
A--5,735.
Tags: Casey Coachman, chris archer, conner greene, JA Happ, john gibbons, KEVIN PILLAR, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays











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