Justin Turner

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.

Turner (illness) is back in the lineup as the designated hitter for Friday's game against the Rays.

Turner (illness) remains out of the lineup for Wednesday's contest in Baltimore.

Turner (illness) is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Orioles.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Turner is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Orioles due to an illness, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.