{"id":259997,"date":"2026-05-06T00:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259997\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:57:26","slug":"ryan-vilade-hits-a-3-run-homer-and-the-rays-beat-the-blue-jays-5-1-for-their-4th-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259997\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Vilade hits a 3-run homer and the Rays beat the Blue Jays 5-1 for their 4th straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstalkflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rays-Defeat-Blue-Jays-Ryan-Vilade.jpg\" data-caption=\"Tampa Bay Rays&#039; Ryan Vilade (26) connects for a three-run home run off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Eric Lauer during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O&#039;Meara)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rays-Defeat-Blue-Jays-Ryan-Vilade-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Tampa Bay Rays' Ryan Vilade (26) connects for a three-run home run off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Eric Lauer during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O'Meara)\" title=\"Rays Defeat Blue Jays Ryan Vilade\"\/><\/a>Tampa Bay Rays&#8217; Ryan Vilade (26) connects for a three-run home run off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Eric Lauer during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O&#8217;Meara)<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Ryan Vilade hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Taylor Walls added a two-run single in the sixth and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay has won four straight games and 10 of its last 11.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Aranda went 3 for 5 with a run scored \u2014 a day after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/giants-rays-score-bd5ed2619d0e74bb2b48d5b045211ab7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">delivering a game-ending single in the 10th<\/a>\u00a0to cap a 4-for-5 afternoon and complete a three-game sweep of the Giants.<\/p>\n<p>Vilade 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<p>Vilade\u2019s only other major league homer came in 2024 with Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Walls singled to left field with two outs and the bases loaded in the sixth to make it 5-1.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Eric Lauer (1-4) permitted three runs and five hits over 4 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Toronto dropped to 6-11 on the road this season and 4-8 in series openers.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>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<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Rays&#8217; Ryan Vilade (26) connects for a three-run home run off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Eric&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200,3815,5924],"class_list":["post-259997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-toronto-blue-jays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}