TORONTO — The Rays seemed headed to a feel-good win Monday, as surprise Triple-A call-up Cooper Criswell gave them a strong three-plus-inning start and the offense did enough to put a one-run, eighth-inning lead in the hands of their best high-leverage reliever, Jason Adam.
Instead, they ended up feeling horribly, as Adam allowed a two-run homer to Bo Bichette with two outs in the eighth that instead gave the Blue Jays a 3-2 win in the opening game of a key five-games-in-four-days series between two of the American League wild-card contenders.
Adam allowed a leadoff single to Raimel Tapia and a steal of second base, then retired George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Adam got ahead 1-2 on Bichette, the Lakewood High product who has been on a tear for Toronto, before giving up the blast to leftfield.
