Tampa Bay has won four straight games and 10 of its last 11.
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Jonathan Aranda went 3 for 5 with a run scored, a day after hitting a game-ending single in the 10th to cap a 4-for-5 afternoon and complete a three-game sweep of the Giants.
Vilade hit the first pitch he saw from 413 feet to give Tampa Bay a 3-0 lead. It was the Rays’ first three-run homer this year and their 30th overall.
Vilade’s only other major league home run came in 2024 with Detroit.
Walls singled to left field with two outs and the bases loaded in the sixth to make the score 5-1.
Nick Martinez (3-1), who ranked third in the American League and fifth in the majors with a 1.70 ERA in six starts, struck out four in five innings and allowed just one run. Bryan Baker threw three pitches in the ninth inning for his ninth save.
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Eric Lauer (1-4) allowed three runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. got his 16th RBI with a single in the third to cut Tampa Bay’s lead to 3-1. Yohendrick Pinango had three hits and scored a run.
Toronto fell to 6-11 on the road this season and 4-8 in the series openers.
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Toronto RHP Kevin Gausman (2-2, 3.10 ERA), who leads current Blue Jays pitchers with 26 career games against Tampa Bay, is scheduled to start Tuesday against Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen (2-1, 2.64).
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