Today’s game was a great pitcher’s duel, which may not be evident from the final score. Both Kevin Gausman and Drew Rasmussen were on their game — both avoiding walks and deep counts, with Gausman depending more on whiffs and strikeouts and Rasmussen managing to get a lot of playable ground balls.
In some ways the difference maker was defense. The Rays was really sharp and the Blue Jays much less so, even though the box score will show that each team had one error.
In the first inning the teams exchanged zeros, for the Rays helped by strong defense.