After starting the season with back-to-back 5-3 losses at the hands of the defending AL East champion Blue Jays, the Rays turned to Jake Odorizzi to try and tame the beast that is the potent Toronto line up. Was he up to the task?
He Was
Jake Odorizzi was about as good as you can be against the top-to-bottom talent that the Blue Jays' lineup sports. He went 5.2 innings, striking out 10 Toronto batsmen against only two walks, four hits, and allowing only one earned run.
He worked all parts of the strike zone and both sides of the plate to lefties and righties alike.