The final homestand of the 2015 regular season concludes with a weekend series cage match against Tampa Bay.
Series Schedule / Probable Starters
Friday at 7:07 pm ET - Jake Odorizzi (8-8, 3.38 ERA) vs. R.A. Dickey (10-11, 4.05)
Saturday at 1:07 pm ET - Chris Archer (12-12, 2.92 ERA) vs. David Price (17-5, 2.34)
Sunday at 1:07 pm ET - Matt Andriese (3-5, 4.37) vs. Mark Buehrle (14-7, 3.69 ERA)
The Jays and Rays will see a lot of each other as they will play a return engagement in St. Petersburgh next weekend. Tampa has won eight of the 13 games played this season but Toronto has taken four of the past six. Former Jay but current J.P. Arencibia is back in town and chances are the boo birds will be out in full force when he gets introduced by Tim Langton.
Toronto is on the verge of clinching a playoff spot, needing a win as well as a loss by the Twins and the Angels to get to the post-season dance for the first time since 1993. Their magic number to win the American League East remains at eight after the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox last night. The Jays are 87-65, three full games ahead of the Bronx Bombers. The Rays are 75-78, and are 2-1/2 games ahead of Boston for last place in the division. You can say things have really changed since the last time these two teams squared off at The Dome.
On a final note, Global News has an interesting look back at the year 1993.
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20150925155009596