Robbie Ray, who won the American League Cy Young Award last season with the Toronto Blue Jays, will try to eliminate his former team on Saturday afternoon with the Seattle Mariners.
The left-hander will start Game 2 of the best-of-three American League wild-card series against the Blue Jays.
The Mariners won the opener 4-0 on Friday afternoon.
Ray went 13-7 with a league-leading 2.84 ERA for Toronto last season before finishing 12-12 with 3.71 ERA for Seattle this year.
Ray is 0-2 with a 5.59 ERA in his three career postseason appearances (one start).
In three career starts against the Blue Jays, he is 1-1 with a 3.50 ERA. He started once against Toronto this season, allowing one run and three hits with six strikeouts in six innings in a no-decision on July 9.
The Blue Jays will start right-hander Kevin Gausman (12-10, 3.35 ERA) in Game 2. He is 1-3 with a 2.74 ERA in eight career outings (seven starts) against the Mariners. Gausman faced Seattle once in the 2022 regular season, when he yielded two runs on seven hits in five innings while taking a loss on May 18.
In six career postseason appearances (one start), Gausman is 0-1 with a 3.94 ERA.
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