The Blue Jays aim for a sweep of their AL East rivals after slamming eight home runs on Saturday afternoon.

Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays

Tampa Bay has lost a season-worst four games in a row and is facing being swept for the first time since May 24-26.  The Rays fell 17-11 in Saturday’s defeat, but manager Joe Maddon found some positive things to take away from the loss.  “I really love the way we stayed with it all the way through,” he said.  “I really appreciated our guys’ effort today.”  Despite dropping the first two games of this series, the club still has 33-20 record on the road (+960), which is the best mark in baseball.  Tampa is also a solid 21-12 during the day (+600) and the total is 14-18 O/U in those contests.  The Rays are 6-5 on the season against the Blue Jays and 2-3 at the Rogers Centre.

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