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    Sunday, May 05, 2024

    Rajai delivers in clutch for Blue Jays

    Rajai Davis is congratulated in the dugout after scoring in the 12th inning of Toronto's 7-4 win.

    Cleveland - Even if it took some extra work again, the Toronto Blue Jays aren't complaining about their start.

    So they've played 28 innings in two grueling games. So what?

    They'd play another 28 more if it meant two more comeback wins.

    Rajai Davis hit a two-run double in the 12th inning, Toronto rallied for the second straight game against Cleveland's bullpen and the Blue Jays beat the Indians in extra innings for the second straight game, 7-4 on Saturday.

    Davis' hit off Tony Sipp (0-1) gave the Blue Jays a 5-3 lead and they held on to win another extra-inning game between the teams, who set a major league record by playing the longest opening-day game in history - a 16-inning marathon Thursday.

    This one was four innings shorter, but ended with an identical 7-4 score and Toronto on top.

    "It's definitely a grind, but winning makes it all worth it," said third baseman Brett Lawrie, who had three hits and broke up Ubaldo Jimenez's no-hit bid in the seventh with a two-run single. "You get to extra innings and it was a dogfight. You just have to win it, and we did. People don't understand how tough a grind it is."

    Edwin Encarnacion opened the 12th with a double off Sipp and went to third on Lawrie's soft single to right. Davis, the former New London High and UConn-Avery Point great who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the ninth, then lined his double to center, scoring Encarnacion and Lawrie, giving the Blue Jays a 5-3 lead. Davis stole third and scored on Colby Rasmus' single and Johnson added an RBI single.

    On Davis' hit, Lawrie scored all the way from first, and the energetic 22-year-old never slowed down until he got to the dugout, where he nearly charged over manager John Farrell.

    "I was pumped," Lawrie said. "I scored a big run and I was fired up. We ended up getting a big win."

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