ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tim Beckham wanted one more chance after a tough night at the plate, and the Tampa Bay Rays are happy he got it.
The rookie hit a tiebreaking double during a three-run eighth inning and the Rays won their fourth straight game by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday.
"I struck out twice tonight looking," Beckham said. "I wasn't too happy about that. I just wanted to get another AB and another opportunity to hit the ball hard."
James Loney got the Rays even at 2 with a pinch-hit RBI double before Beckham's hit off Miguel Castro gave Tampa Bay a 4-2 advantage.
"You always want to be part of it," said Loney, who homered in his return from an oblique injury in Friday night's 12-3 win over Toronto. "We just want to keep it going."
Ernesto Frieri (1-1) struck out all three batters he faced for the win. Brad Boxberger pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
Brett Cecil (1-2) faced one batter, giving up a two-out single to David DeJesus, who entered on defense in the top of the eighth when center fielder Desmond Jennings exited with left knee soreness.
The Blue Jays have dropped two of the first three games in the series, and have won just one of their last 23 series at Tropicana Field.
"What are you going to do?" Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "It's on the schedule, you've got to play here. Play better."
Toronto rookie Daniel Norris allowed one run and five hits in seven innings on his 22nd birthday. The lefty struck out seven and walked three.
Russell Martin opened the seventh with an opposite-field homer to right off Steve Geltz that put the Blue Jays up 2-1.
Martin and outfielders Michael Saunders and Dalton Pompey were in the Toronto lineup, marking the first time in major league history that three Canadian position players started in the same game.
Blue Jays rookie Devon Travis went 2 for 4, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. He doubled in the first and scored on Josh Donaldson's single.
Tampa Bay tied it at 1 later in the first when Evan Longoria got the first of his four hits, a pop-fly double down the right-field line.
"There are guys top to bottom in the lineup coming through with big hits," Longoria said. "Really just never giving up."
The four hits by Longoria tied his career high.
Erasmo Ramirez, who entered with a 21.32 ERA in three games, gave up one run and four hits over four innings for Tampa Bay.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Blue Jays: OF Jose Bautista (shoulder) missed his fourth straight game and is day to day.
Rays: Jennings is day to day. ... Tampa Bay closer Jake McGee (back) threw a 21-pitch bullpen session and might pitch Tuesday for Class A Charlotte.
MOVING DAY
Tampa Bay purchased the contract of LHP Everett Teaford from Triple-A Durham and designated 1B Allan Dykstra for assignment.
ILLEGAL TOUCHING?
Gibbons talked with the umpires following Beckham's hit after he was told by someone in the dugout that Rays third base coach Charlie Montoyo may have touched one of the baserunners.
"You're not allowed to do that," Gibbons said. "But you can't review that."
UP NEXT
Tampa Bay RHP Chris Archer (2-2) expects no carry-over Sunday when he faces the Blue Jays for the first time since April 16, when Longoria was hit by a pitch one inning after Archer plunked Edwin Encarnacion.
"It seemed more like a misunderstanding than anything," Archer said. "I'm not going to try and throw 99 (mph) and hit somebody. That's just dangerous."
LHP Mark Buehrle (3-0) starts for Toronto.
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The rookie hit a tiebreaking double during a three-run eighth inning and the Rays won their fourth straight game by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday.
"I struck out twice tonight looking," Beckham said. "I wasn't too happy about that. I just wanted to get another AB and another opportunity to hit the ball hard."
James Loney got the Rays even at 2 with a pinch-hit RBI double before Beckham's hit off Miguel Castro gave Tampa Bay a 4-2 advantage.
"You always want to be part of it," said Loney, who homered in his return from an oblique injury in Friday night's 12-3 win over Toronto. "We just want to keep it going."
Ernesto Frieri (1-1) struck out all three batters he faced for the win. Brad Boxberger pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
Brett Cecil (1-2) faced one batter, giving up a two-out single to David DeJesus, who entered on defense in the top of the eighth when center fielder Desmond Jennings exited with left knee soreness.
The Blue Jays have dropped two of the first three games in the series, and have won just one of their last 23 series at Tropicana Field.
"What are you going to do?" Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "It's on the schedule, you've got to play here. Play better."
Toronto rookie Daniel Norris allowed one run and five hits in seven innings on his 22nd birthday. The lefty struck out seven and walked three.
Russell Martin opened the seventh with an opposite-field homer to right off Steve Geltz that put the Blue Jays up 2-1.
Martin and outfielders Michael Saunders and Dalton Pompey were in the Toronto lineup, marking the first time in major league history that three Canadian position players started in the same game.
Blue Jays rookie Devon Travis went 2 for 4, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. He doubled in the first and scored on Josh Donaldson's single.
Tampa Bay tied it at 1 later in the first when Evan Longoria got the first of his four hits, a pop-fly double down the right-field line.
"There are guys top to bottom in the lineup coming through with big hits," Longoria said. "Really just never giving up."
The four hits by Longoria tied his career high.
Erasmo Ramirez, who entered with a 21.32 ERA in three games, gave up one run and four hits over four innings for Tampa Bay.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Blue Jays: OF Jose Bautista (shoulder) missed his fourth straight game and is day to day.
Rays: Jennings is day to day. ... Tampa Bay closer Jake McGee (back) threw a 21-pitch bullpen session and might pitch Tuesday for Class A Charlotte.
MOVING DAY
Tampa Bay purchased the contract of LHP Everett Teaford from Triple-A Durham and designated 1B Allan Dykstra for assignment.
ILLEGAL TOUCHING?
Gibbons talked with the umpires following Beckham's hit after he was told by someone in the dugout that Rays third base coach Charlie Montoyo may have touched one of the baserunners.
"You're not allowed to do that," Gibbons said. "But you can't review that."
UP NEXT
Tampa Bay RHP Chris Archer (2-2) expects no carry-over Sunday when he faces the Blue Jays for the first time since April 16, when Longoria was hit by a pitch one inning after Archer plunked Edwin Encarnacion.
"It seemed more like a misunderstanding than anything," Archer said. "I'm not going to try and throw 99 (mph) and hit somebody. That's just dangerous."
LHP Mark Buehrle (3-0) starts for Toronto.
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Series: Game 2 of 3
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6:10PM,EDT,April 25,2015
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Toronto - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | TOR | TB |
| Reyes grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Travis doubled to deep right. | 0 | 0 |
| Donaldson singled to left center, Travis scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Encarnación fouled out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Smoak struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Daniel Norris pitching for Toronto | TOR | TB |
| Guyer grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Cabrera struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Longoria doubled to right, Souza Jr. scored, Longoria out stretching at third. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | TOR | TB |
| Martin grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Saunders walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Pillar popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Pompey popped out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Daniel Norris pitching for Toronto | TOR | TB |
| Jennings singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Forsythe walked, Jennings to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Beckham struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Elmore flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Wilson grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | TOR | TB |
| Reyes singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Travis singled to right, Reyes to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Donaldson grounded into double play, third to second to first, Travis out at second, Reyes to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Encarnación struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Daniel Norris pitching for Toronto | TOR | TB |
| Guyer flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Cabrera reached on infield single to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Longoria singled to left, Cabrera to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Jennings struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | TOR | TB |
| Smoak grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Martin grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Saunders grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Norris pitching for Toronto | TOR | TB |
| Forsythe flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Beckham struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Elmore grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Brandon Gomes pitching for Tampa Bay | TOR | TB |
| Gomes relieved Ramírez. | 1 | 1 |
| Pillar flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Pompey lined out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Reyes flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Norris pitching for Toronto | TOR | TB |
| Wilson lined out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Guyer struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Brandon Gomes pitching for Tampa Bay | TOR | TB |
| Travis grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Donaldson singled to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Encarnación struck out swinging, Donaldson stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| Donaldson stole third. | 1 | 1 |
| Smoak struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Norris pitching for Toronto | TOR | TB |
| Cabrera grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Longoria singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Jennings struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Forsythe grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Steven Geltz pitching for Tampa Bay | TOR | TB |
| Geltz relieved Gomes. | 1 | 1 |
| Martin homered to right center (405 feet). | 2 | 1 |
| Saunders struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Pillar bunt grounded out to catcher. | 2 | 1 |
| Pompey struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Norris pitching for Toronto | TOR | TB |
| Beckham popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| Elmore flied out to left. | 2 | 1 |
| Wilson walked. | 2 | 1 |
| Wilson to second on wild pitch by Norris. | 2 | 1 |
| Kiermaier ran for Wilson. | 2 | 1 |
| Guyer struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Ernesto Frieri pitching for Tampa Bay | TOR | TB |
| DeJesus in left field. | 2 | 1 |
| Rivera catching. | 2 | 1 |
| Kiermaier in center field. | 2 | 1 |
| Frieri relieved Geltz. | 2 | 1 |
| Reyes struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Travis struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Donaldson struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Roberto Osuna pitching for Toronto | TOR | TB |
| Osuna relieved Norris. | 2 | 1 |
| Pitch 7: foul | 2 | 1 |
| Pitch 8: ball 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Cabrera struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Longoria singled to right. | 2 | 1 |
| Cecil relieved Osuna. | 2 | 1 |
| DeJesus singled to right, Longoria to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Castro relieved Cecil. | 2 | 1 |
| Loney hit for Forsythe. | 2 | 1 |
| Loney doubled to deep right, Longoria scored, DeJesus to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Beckham doubled to deep left, DeJesus and Loney scored. | 2 | 4 |
| Elmore grounded out to second. | 2 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Boxberger pitching for Tampa Bay | TOR | TB |
| Loney at first base. | 2 | 4 |
| Boxberger relieved Frieri. | 2 | 4 |
| Encarnación grounded out to third. | 2 | 4 |
| Smoak struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Martin grounded out to first. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto Blue Jays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Reyes SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .250 | .267 | .304 |
| Travis 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .383 | .439 | .733 |
| Donaldson 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .352 | .397 | .606 |
| Encarnación DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .191 | .250 | .382 |
| Smoak 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .226 | .385 | .452 |
| Martin C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .167 | .328 | .396 |
| Saunders RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
| Pillar CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .246 | .268 | .348 |
| Pompey LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .215 | .292 | .385 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 132 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Travis (6, Ramírez) HR: Martin (3, 7th inning off Geltz 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Donaldson (14), Martin (10) GIDP: Donaldson Blue Jays RISP: 1-4 (Encarnación 0-1, Donaldson 1-2, Smoak 0-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Donaldson 2 (2, 2nd base off Gomes/Wilson, 3rd base off Gomes/Wilson) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 19,772 (58% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:31 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jerry Meals, First Base - Chris Segal, Second Base - Jordan Baker, Third Base - Andy Fletcher |
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