The Latest Breaking News from the Blue Jays

TORONTO — The sloppy performance that led to the Rays’ loss to the Blue Jays on Friday marked the end of their modern-day, major league-record-tying, season-opening winning streak at 13 games.

The Tampa Bay Rays lost their first game following a record-tying 13-0 start as Colin Poche forced in two runs with bases-loaded walks and second baseman Brandon Lowe made a key error in a four-run fifth inning that lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 win

Stroman pointed to his 2017 season with the Blue Jays, when he pitched 201 innings after participating in the WBC.

The umpires gathered near the third-base line, waiting for a replay to determine whether Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. had hooked a baseball on the fair side of the foul pole. And waiting to answer what became the most intriguing, coin-flip question of the opening home stand of the season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A full moon climbed up the night sky, visible to the announced 10,015 fans Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals manager Matt Quatraro — knowing Toronto starter Yusei Kikuchi has been tough historically on left-handed hitters — jotted down seven right-handed batters on his lineup card Tuesday.

ST. LOUIS — Nolan Gorman’s second career two-home run game helped spark a pair of big innings as the Cardinals drubbed Toronto Blue Jays’ pitching to the tune of nine runs on 16 hits in a series-clinching victory on the opening weekend of the season.

ST. LOUIS — Before they could slip away with their first win of the season, the Cardinals first had to find a way to slip by all the chances they gave Toronto.

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