The Tampa Bay Rays and their star left fielder Randy Arozarena lost their undefeated streak against the Toronto Blue Jays when they met on Friday with a 6-3 defeat, their streak was 13-0 before they lost to the Ross Atkins team.
The Tampa Bay Rays were tying a franchise record of 13-0 prior to their loss
George Springer hit a leadoff home run and Bo Bichette had five hits and an RBI in the fifth inning they came up big by scoring four runs. The Blue Jays took away Tampa Bay's chance to set the post-1900 Major League Baseball record for consecutive wins to start a season.
Toronto's 13-0 record matched that of the 1982 Atlanta Braves and 1987 Milwaukee Brewers, second only to the 20-0 record of the 1884 Union Association's St. Louis Maroons.
Randy Arozarena couldn't help the Rays
The Mexican All-Star Randy Arozarena was the designated hitter. The right fielder also had three at-bats, gave up one hit, received one base on balls, and struck out once.
The pitcher who took the loss was Drew Rasmussen. The winner was Jos� Berrios and the save went to Jordan Romano.
Rasmussen allowed five runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. Jose Berrios (1-2) gave up one run and four hits in five innings.