Tampa Bay won for the 11th time in 12 games and ran its home winning streak to nine. They have not allowed more than three runs in 12 consecutive games, tying a team record set in 2013.
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Jonathan Aranda hit a one-out double off Tyler Rogers (1-2) to start the comeback. Díaz singled to tie it 3-3. He took second on Jake Fraley’s single before Williamson drove in.
Drew Rasmussen threw 85 pitches and allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings for Tampa Bay. Hunter Bigge and Casey Legumina (1-1) each pitched a scoreless inning, and Cole Sulser added a perfect ninth inning for his second save this season. The Rays bullpen has allowed one run in its last 30 innings.
Kevin Gausman allowed two runs and six hits in six innings for Toronto and took the lead after throwing 96 pitches.
Kazuma Okamoto hit his 10th home run, a two-out, 409-foot solo shot to right center field in the first to give Toronto the lead, and Andrés Giménez had an RBI single in the second to make it 2-0.
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Aranda singled to center in the third to cut the score to 2-1 with his league-high 29th RBI.
Fraley singled and then scored on Hunter Feduccia’s double-play groundout to tie the score at 2-2 in the fourth.
Giménez singled and stole second leading off the fifth. Toronto rookie Yohendrick Piñango hit an RBI single with two outs to take a 3-2 lead.
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Blue Jays LHP Patrick Corbin (1-0, 3.65 ERA) closes the series on Wednesday against Rays LHP Shane McClanahan (3-2, 3.10).
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