Bautista First HR of Spring, A-San 4 Scoreless

EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO

Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista hit a 1-2 offering from Rays starter Taylor Guierrieri (0-1) in the third over the left center field fence to power the Jays to a 6-1 Grapefruit League victory.  Bautista’s homer could have been a grand slam except a wild pitch  two pitches earlier allowed Andy Burns to score from third with the games first run.  The Blue Jays are off on Monday before hosting the Orioles on Tuesday with a 1:07 PM first pitch.

Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista didn’t like a called third strike by plate umpire Phil Cuzzi in the sixth. The ball is shown just behind Bautista’s right knee, you make the call. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Aaron Sanchez gets words of advice and encouragement from bullpen coach Dane Johnson after throwing four shutout innings Sunday. Listening in is center fielder Kevin Pillar and photo bombing the shot is Marcus Stroman. Sanchez allowed just one hit while walking one and striking four to register his first win of the spring. The Blue Jays beat the Rays 6-1 to improve to 10-2 this spring. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Aaron Sanchez (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

TAMPA BAY (1) AT TORONTO (6)

 TAMPA BAY        AB  R  H BI  TORONTO          AB  R  H BI
 Guyer rf          3  0  1  0  Pillar cf         2  1  1  0 
 Varona rf         1  0  0  0  J Lake cf         2  1  1  1 
 Mahtook cf        3  0  0  0  Donaldson 3b      1  0  0  0 
 Brett cf          1  0  0  0  Dominguez pr-3b   2  1  1  1 
 Loney dh          4  0  0  0  Bautista rf       3  1  1  3 
 Shaffer 3b        2  0  0  0  Pompey lf         1  0  0  0 
 Toribio 3b        1  0  0  0  Tulowitzki dh     2  0  0  0 
 Rivera c          3  0  0  0  Brown ph-dh       1  0  0  0 
 DePew c           1  0  0  0  Martin c          3  0  0  0 
 Franklin 2b       3  1  1  0  Thole c           0  0  0  0 
 J Querecuto 2b    0  0  0  0  Smoak 1b          3  0  0  0 
 Motter ss         3  0  0  0  Kotchman 1b       0  0  0  0 
 Robertson ss      0  0  0  0  Saunders lf       2  0  0  0 
 Roller 1b         3  0  1  1  Carrera lf-rf     1  0  0  0 
 Seitzer 1b        0  0  0  0  Burns 2b          2  1  1  0 
 Field lf          3  0  1  0  D Adams 2b        1  0  0  0 
 Goetzman lf       0  0  0  0  Goins ss          2  0  1  0 
                               Mier ss           1  1  1  0 
 TOTALS           31  1  4  1  TOTALS           29  6  7  5

 TAMPA BAY                 000 010 000 --  1
 TORONTO                   004 000 02x --  6

 DP--TAMPA BAY 1. LOB--TAMPA BAY 4, TORONTO 1. 
 2B--Guyer, Roller, Franklin, J Lake, Mier. 
 HR--Bautista 1 (1) (off Guerrieri). CS--Brown.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  TAMPA BAY
 Guerrieri (L,0-1)              2 2-3   4   4   4   1   1   1
 Reifer                           1-3   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Faria                          2 1-3   0   0   0   0   3   0
 Schultz                        1 2-3   0   0   0   1   2   0
 Marks                              1   3   2   2   0   1   0
  TORONTO
 A. Sanchez (W,1-0)                 4   1   0   0   1   4   0
 G Floyd                            3   2   1   1   0   5   0
 Delabar                            1   1   0   0   0   1   0
 León                               1   0   0   0   0   0   0

 WP--Guerrieri. SO--TB: Mahtook 2, Shaffer 2, 
 Roller, Field, Franklin, Motter, Guyer, Loney. 
 TOR: Bautista, Martin, Tulowitzki, Pompey, 
 Carrera, Saunders, Smoak. BB--TB: Shaffer. TOR: 
 Brown, Donaldson. T--2:21. A--5,537.