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08/20 15:35 CDT Blue Jays hit 3 homers to power past Rays 5-1
Blue Jays hit 3 homers to power past Rays 5-1
By ZAK GILBERT
Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- Kazuma Okamoto, Nathan Lukes and Daz Cameron
homered, George Springer drove in two runs and Shane Bieber pitched seven
strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 Thursday.
Lukes snapped a 1-1 tie with a homer to lead off the fifth. Cameron followed
with a solo shot two batters later. Lukes also made a leaping catch in right
field in the seventh inning.
Bieber (5-2) retired the first nine Rays batters before Chandler Simpson beat
out an infield chopper and scored the Rays' only run on Junior Caminero's
single. Bieber allowed four hits, walked none and struck out seven.
Okamoto, who also doubled, opened the scoring by leading off the second inning
with his 26th home run of the season. He leads AL rookies in RBIs (74) and
extra-base hits (44), and ranks second in homers.
Three of the Jays' six hits off Ian Seymour (9-4) were solo homers.
Toronto shortstop Andrs Gimnez, who stole two bases in the second inning,
left following his fourth-inning groundout with right hamstring tightness.
First base umpire John Libka also ejected Blue Jays assistant hitting coach Lou
Iannotti in the seventh inning.
Tampa Bay, which entered Thursday with the most home victories (43) in MLB, has
lost three consecutive series at Tropicana Field. The Rays finished their
homestand just 2-5.
Up next Toronto: Heads to New York for a three-game series with the Yankees. Tampa Bay: Opens a weekend series in Baltimore with RHP Freddy Peralta (5-10, 5.27 ERA) on the mound. The Orioles will counter with LHP Trevor Rogers (8-8, 4.15). ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
Up next Toronto: Heads to New York for a three-game series with the Yankees. Tampa Bay: Opens a weekend series in Baltimore with RHP Freddy Peralta (5-10, 5.27 ERA) on the mound. The Orioles will counter with LHP Trevor Rogers (8-8, 4.15). ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
