delivering a game-ending single in the 10th<\/a> to cap a 4-for-5 afternoon and complete a three-game sweep of the Giants.<\/p>\nVilade hit the first pitch he saw 413 feet to give Tampa Bay a 3-0 lead. It was the Rays\u2019 first three-run shot this year and 30th homer overall. <\/p>\n
Vilade\u2019s only other major league homer came in 2024 with Detroit.<\/p>\n
Walls singled to left field with two outs and the bases loaded in the sixth to make it 5-1.<\/p>\n
Nick Martinez (3-1), who entered third in the AL and fifth in the majors with a 1.70 ERA through six starts, struck out four in five innings while allowing just one run. Bryan Baker came on for three pitches in the ninth to get his ninth save.<\/p>\n
Eric Lauer (1-4) permitted three runs and five hits over 4 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. picked up his 16th RBI on a single in the third to trim Tampa Bay\u2019s lead to 3-1. Yohendrick Pinango had three hits and scored a run. <\/p>\n
Toronto dropped to 6-11 on the road this season and 4-8 in series openers. <\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
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 versus Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen (2-1, 2.64). <\/p>\n
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