Tyler Alexander

Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Tyler Alexander was putting together the greatest start of his MLB career against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Friday before things went awry in the eighth inning.Alexander was throwing a perfect game into the eighth and had gotten Justin Turner out on a flyball before giving up three consecutive hits to end his night. One of those hits was a two-run home run from Davis Schneider. Perfect-Perfect swing pic.twitter.com/GHc82njdZq Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) May 18, 2024 The 29-year-old Alexander finished his start, tossing 7 1/3 frames, while allowing three earned runs on three hits with four strikeouts.Alexander entered the outing with a 5.45 ERA across 39 2/3 innings.Copyright © 2024 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Tyler Alexander is putting together the greatest start of his MLB career.Alexander is throwing a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays through seven innings at Rogers Centre on Friday. Tyler Alexander has retired 21 consecutive batters to start the game for @RaysBaseball pic.twitter.com/tL2cUVm0yY MLB (@MLB) May 18, 2024 The 29-year-old, who entered the outing with a 5.45 ERA across 39 2/3 innings this season, has four strikeouts on 93 pitches. He hasn't thrown more than 93 pitches this season.Tampa Bay leads 4-0.The Blue Jays were no-hit April 1 by Houston Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco.Copyright © 2024 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

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