{"id":820022,"date":"2026-07-23T03:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T03:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820022\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T03:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T03:33:10","slug":"mesas-two-rbi-singles-power-rays-past-blue-jays-4-2-toronto-loses-fourth-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820022\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesa\u2019s two RBI singles power Rays past Blue Jays 4-2; Toronto loses fourth straight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784777590_848_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Rays&#8217; Cedric Mullins (31) scores a run after a walk while the bases were loaded as Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk (30) looks on during sixth inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Nathan Denette<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 22, 2026 | 7:51 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Victor Mesa Jr. had two RBI singles as the Tampa Bay Rays topped the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Wednesday for their third-straight win.<\/p>\n<p>Chandler Simpson\u2019s sacrifice fly in the sixth gave Tampa Bay (59-42) its first lead of the game, with Mesa tacking on a run in the next at bat. Pinch-hitter Ben Williamson drew a bases-loaded walk for the Rays\u2019 third run of the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Mesa\u2019s RBI single in the second had tied it 1-1 for the American League East-leading Rays.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin Jax (6-7) pitched six innings of one-run ball, allowing just three hits and a walk, but striking out five. Relievers Cam Booser, Kevin Kelly and Bryan Baker preserved the win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Rays&#8217; Cedric Mullins (31) scores a run after a walk while the bases were loaded as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-820022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}