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TORONTO (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays used big games by a pair of former National Leaguers to keep their American League wild-card playoff hopes alive.Austin Meadows drove in three runs http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/auth ... oss-jersey , Tommy Pham had two hits and two RBIs and the Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-3 on Friday night.Pham also walked twice and added a sacrifice fly as Tampa Bay recovered from a tough, 9-8 loss Thursday, when the Blue Jays scored seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning for the victory. The Rays have not lost consecutive games since Aug. 17-18 at Boston.“We’ve got a bunch of guys who are quick to forget a loss,” manager Kevin Cash said. “They bounced right back and put pressure on the defense and the pitchers right out of the gate.”Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit two home runs for the Blue Jays, and Randal Grichuk added a solo shot. Toronto has lost 10 of 14 games against Tampa Bay this season.Gurriel Jr.’s older brother, Yuli, hit two home runs for Houston on Friday night. They are the first brothers in major league history to have multihomer games on the same day.“I’m happy for him, but for me as well,” Gurriel Jr. said through a translator.The brothers will play one another for the first time as big leaguers next week when the Astros visit Toronto.“I’m very happy, but I’m also curious,” Gurriel. Jr. said. “It’s a little bit weird.”The Rays remained 6 ½-games behind Oakland in the race for the second American League wild card spot. Tampa Bay is 15-4 in September.Pham began the season with St. Louis, while Meadows started the year with the Pirates. Both were acquired in July 31 trades.Pham is batting .348 with five homers and 18 RBI in 30 games since joining the Rays.“He just has a lot of solid at-bats,” Cash said. “He hits the ball really hard.”Pham tripled for the second straight game, the second time in his career he’s done it. All five of his triples this season have come with the Rays.“When I use the whole field Jose Quintana Jersey , it’s kind of hard to defend,” Pham said.Pham got an advance look at Meadows when they were opponents in the NL Central, and came away impressed.“I played against him earlier in the season when he was with Pittsburgh and he was on fire,” Pham said. “It seemed like we couldn’t get him out.”Promoted from Triple-A Durham on Thursday, Meadows went 3-for-3 with two singles and a double after replacing injured designated hitter Ji-Man Choi (left knee) in the sixth.“I’m honored to be a part of this team right now, especially the way they’ve been rolling,” Meadows said.Diego Castillo opened for the Rays and allowed one run and one hit in one inning. Jalen Beeks (5-1) followed by allowing two runs in three innings, Adam Kolarek worked 1 2-3, Hunter Wood got one out, and Austin Pruitt pitched the final three innings for his third save.Making his sixth career start, Blue Jays right-hander Sean Reid-Foley (2-4) allowed for runs, two earned, and six hits in four-plus innings.THREE OF A KINDGurriel, who hit a game-tying homer in the ninth inning of Toronto’s win on Thursday http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/auth ... oss-jersey , became the first rookie in Blue Jays history to homer in three straight at bats when he connected off Diego Castillo in the first and off Jalen Beeks in the fourth. Gurriel Jr. is the 14th Toronto player to achieve the feat, the first since Josh Donaldson on Sept. 16-17, 2017.DOUBLE DIGITSGurriel Jr.’s homers were his 10th and 11th, giving Toronto a franchise-record 11 players with at least 10 home runs. The Yankees lead the majors with 12.GOMEZ GOES OFFAfter being ejected from Thursday’s game, Rays OF Carlos Gomez went to the clubhouse and posted several tweets criticizing the performance of home plate umpire Andy Fletcher. Gomez didn’t back down Friday, accusing Fletcher of missing “more than 30” pitches.“He’s the one that should have been thrown out last night because he’s the only one who didn’t do his job,” Gomez fumed.TRAINER’S ROOMRays: Cash said Choi’s knee buckled when he was running the bases after hitting a single in the first. Choi is not expected to start Saturday.UP NEXTRays RHP Tyler Glasnow (2-6, 4.22) faces Blue Jays LHP Thomas Pannone (3-1, 3.77) on Saturday afternoon. Glasnow allowed seven runs and five hits in 2-3 of an inning in a Sept. 5 loss at Toronto. Pannone has won his past two starts, including a Sept. 16 outing at Yankee Stadium.__ SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis got the call he knew he’d be receiving sooner or later from his son, top shortstop prospect Fernando Tatis Jr.And just like that, opening day for the San Diego Padres will be that much more exciting, when long-suffering fans will get to watch the younger Tatis playing next to All-Star slugger Manny Machado at third base.Tatis said his son, the No. 2 prospect overall in baseball Dustin Pedroia Jersey , called him Tuesday to tell him he has made the Padres’ opening day roster.“He’s very happy about it,” Tatis told The Associated Press from his home in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. “He was very excited. I’m very happy.”The senior Tatis said his son called after the Padres’ exhibition game in Seattle. While the Padres were flying back to San Diego, the senior Tatis was making arrangements for him and the rest of his family to travel to San Diego for opening day Thursday against the San Francisco Giants.“We’ve got to be there for his first game,” he said.The Athletic first reported that Tatis had made the opening day roster. Team officials didn’t respond to requests for comment.There was a belief that Tatis, 20, would start the season in Triple-A in order to delay his potential free agency and because he’s never played above Double-A. Delaying a player’s service time with a few weeks in the minors has become a regular practice across the majors, but the Padres have said that prospects will make their big league debuts on merit alone, and Tatis showed his remarkable skills during spring training. He also played well during winter ball after missing the second half of last season after breaking his left thumb while sliding headfirst.The senior Tatis said he wasn’t sure if his son would make the opening day roster, “but I’ve got my feeling that he deserve to make the team and he’s ready to go forward.”Padres fans have already been buoyed by the signing of Machado to a $300 million, 10-year contract, and now the younger Tatis will be playing next to him.“It’s awesome for him,” the senior Tatis said. “It’s going to be great because playing right next to Manny is going to be a big help for him. I believe it’s going to be a great combination, third and short. I don’t think many balls are going to go through third base and shortstop because of their range. The left side of the infield is going to be amazing.”Tatis was obtained from the Chicago White Sox for right-hander James Shields on June 4 Babe Ruth Jersey , 2016, as part of general manager A.J. Preller’s rebuild after a win-now attempt with high-priced veterans in 2015 failed.Tatis will be 20 years and 85 days old on Thursday, making him the youngest player to start on opening day since 19-year-old Adrian Beltre with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1999.Word of Tatis making the squad came less than 24 hours after right-hander Chris Paddack, 23, learned on the mound in Seattle on Monday night that he’d made the opening day roster after having a brilliant spring. When manager Andy Green came out to pull Paddack, he turned to Eric Hosmer, Ian Kinsler and Machado as they surrounded the young pitcher and posed a question to the veteran infielders.“He asked us what we were all doing Sunday and we said we would be right behind this guy playing,” Hosmer said. “I think he got the message.”Paddack, who missed all of 2017 after having Tommy John surgery, is scheduled to make his big league debut on Sunday.