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WINNIPEG -- Coach Tim Burke summed it up as his Winnipeg Blue Bombers dropped a 24-6 exhibition stinker to the Toronto Argonauts to start their new life at Investors Group Field Wednesday. "I wish we could have given the crowd a lot more to cheer about," he said after an offensive output that consisted of two field goals. Last years Grey Cup champions brought their backup quarterbacks and a cast of newcomers to town and still looked confident on the newest turf in the CFL. The $200-million stadium on the grounds of the University of Manitoba has all the bells and whistles -- luxury boxes, fancy concessions and even comfortable seats. But it didnt help the Bombers, who struggled offensively behind all four of their pivots, although starter Buck Pierce played only about half a quarter before he was yanked to avoid the blitz. Max Hall, one of the two newcomers in camp this season to challenge for No. 1 backup, played most of the first half. "I was able to complete some balls and do some good things," he said later. "I was happy with it." Justin Goltz took over in the second half, the only backup the Bombers retained from last season. The other newcomer, Chase Clement, saw action in the fourth quarter. Goltz was clearly distressed at opening the new field with a loss, also perhaps at playing second fiddle to Hall, although he didnt admit it. "Thats not my decision. Im not going to comment," he said. "It would have been nice to start the stadium off in a little better way. Unfortunately, we didnt show up tonight." The consensus in the locker room was there remains a lot of work to be done and Burke agreed. The Bombers scored first at their new home. Justin Palardy put them on the board with less than two minutes left in the first quarter with a 34-yard field goal. But Torontos Gerald Riggs had the first touchdown in the $200-million stadium, a 20-yard run at 1:49 of the second to make it 7-3. Toronto made it 14-3 before the end of the first half after quarterback Zach Collaros hit Trent Guy with a five-yard touchdown pass. Toronto kicker Anthony Alix extended it to 17-3 at the 4:27 mark of the third quarter. Jameze Massey brought the Bombers and their fans back to life late in the third with a 91-yard return on a missed Alix field goal attempt. "I love this stadium, I love it very much" said the CFL rookie, who just turned 23. "Im going to try to do that every week. Thats what I do, Mr. Excitement." Brett Cameron, son of Bomber punting legend Bob Cameron, turned it into three points by connecting with a 37-yard field goal, although Cameron is in camp to challenge at punter. The Argos started the game behind Trevor Harris, the only other backup quarterback retained from last season. They also brought newcomers Mitchell Gale and Josh Portis, who saw action in the second half. Gale dropped the ball on the last play of the third quarter but picked it up and still managed to connect with Romby Bryant in the end zone for another touchdown to make it 24-6. A 46-yard Alix field goal near the end of the game was wiped out by a penalty for illegal formation. The Bombers have been polishing a new offence but said before the game they wanted to keep this one simple. Even though it was only pre-season play, they very much wanted a win to start their life in their new home. The new stadium is about 12 kilometres from downtown Winnipeg and a good chunk of the crowd hadnt made it by kickoff time. The Bombers sold 31,500 of the 33,400 seats as of Monday although the announced attendance was only 28,628. "I have the feeling that people will have to figure out the traffic patterns," said Burke, who noticed how long it took to fill the stands. With few roads into the campus, many left early to avoid a similar problem getting home. 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De La Rosa is 8-7 with a 5.00 this season, while Ray is 7-13 with a 4.46 ERA.Ray has 195 strikeouts and would be the fourth NL pitcher to reach 200 this season, following Washingtons Max Scherzer, Miamis Jose Fernandez and San Franciscos Madison Bumgarner. Ray had 119 strikeouts in his rookie season of 2015.The biggest thing is just how well Ive been able to command the fastball and how my other pitches play off that, said Ray, whose fastball routinely touches 97 mph and stays there throughout his starts.Arizona used four hits from Yasmany Tomas, including his first career grand slam, and four hits and a homer from Brandon Drury in the slugfest Monday, the 10th time the Diamondbacks have scored at least seven runs in their 17 games with the Rockies this season.The Diamondbacks also made some historical headway. They had 16 hits, the 12th straight game in which they have had double-digit hits against Colorado. Teexas had a 12-game double-digit hit streak against Oakland in 1996, the last major league team do that.dddddddddddd Arizona was the first NL team to do that since the Brooklyn Dodgers had a 12-game doublet-digit streak in 1932.Tomas slam in the sixth inning rescued the D-backs and gave them a 10-9 lead after they were unable to hold a 5-0 lead after three innings.They got some clutch hits and we got some clutch hits, Colorado manager Walt Weiss said.They got a few more.Tomas, not Paul Goldschmidt, leads the Diamondbacks with 29 home runs. Jake Lamb is second with 28 and Goldschmidt is third with 20.That ball jumped out of here, but he had good at-bats all night, Arizona manager Chip Hale said of Tomas slam.Tomas had 19 homers as a rookie last season after signing a six-year $68.5 million free agent contract. He ended last season as a role player.Was he going to be a big home run guy? Hale said. We thought he was going to be more gap-to-gap. He has it in him. I didnt think it would come this quickly.Several Rockies have big numbers in season series, too. Charlie Blackmon was 3-for-4 Monday and is hitting .366 in 66 games against Arizona, the fifth-highest batting average among active Diamondbacks opponents.Carlos Gonzalez, who had three doubles and three RBI Monday, is 13-for-25 (.520) with seven runs and four RBI in six games at Chase Field this year. He has 29 doubles and 24 homers in 377 career at-bats against Arizona, and his 24 homers are fourth among active players against the Diamondbacks. ' ' '