Rookie Yarbrough sparkles, helps Rays beat Blue Jays 6-2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ryan Yarbrough focused on remaining aggressive against Toronto’s hitters instead of making his case for a spot in Tampa Bay’s injury-depleted rotation.
Five scoreless innings in Friday’s night’s 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays took care of the latter for the Rays rookie relief pitcher.
“I was just worrying about going as far as I could today and kind of play it by ear after that,” Yarbrough said.
“A couple guys told me: ‘Man, you’re really working fast out there.’ I was just trying to get the ball and get back out and stay aggressive, just keep ’em off-balance,” the 26-year-old left-hander added. “Really just a lot of push-and-pull and really pitching in every essence of the word.”