Overview

• The Tampa Bay Rays overcame a 7-6 deficit in the ninth inning, scoring five runs to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-9 at Rogers Centre.
• Junior Caminero's first Major League grand slam, a 419-foot shot, capped the Rays' ninth-inning rally and marked his eighth home run of the season.
• Daulton Varsho hit two home runs for Toronto, including a three-run blast in the eighth that briefly gave the Blue Jays the lead.
• Jeff Hoffman, Toronto's closer, took the loss after surrendering five runs in the ninth, while Mason Montgomery earned his first save by retiring Varsho to end the game.
• The Rays improved their road record to 8-5 and snapped Toronto's four-game winning streak in the opener of a three-game series.