to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to an 11-5 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader.Paredes stayed hot in the evening, hitting a three-run homer and adding an RBI double as Tampa won back-to-back games.
“Just like everybody else, I was hoping that it wasn’t anything worse than a contusion and that’s what had happened and that’s good news,” said Montoyo. “And then who was going to cover the game.” Mejia took Hatch to deep right field in the second inning, scoring Paredes with his fourth home run of the season.
Paredes did more damage in the fifth, launching a three-run shot 356 feet to the second deck at Rogers Centre. The 24,180 in attendance booing as he rounded the bases behind Ramirez and Arozarena. The runs kept coming for the Rays in the sixth, with Ramirez hitting a double down the third-base line to score Diaz.