Martin’s eighth-inning solo shot the difference as Blue Jays edge Rays 7-6
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays didn’t wait long to respond after Joe Smith blew his first save of the season Wednesday night.
Tampa Bay scored three runs off the Toronto reliever to tie the game in the eighth inning. Russell Martin then led off the bottom half of the frame with a tiebreaking solo shot to help the Blue Jays to a 7-6 victory.
“I felt like I picked him up right there and I felt like the team at that moment needed that,” Martin said. “So it was just a nice bounce-back win. A collective win. I feel like we kind of battled that one out.”
The Rays led 3-1 after four innings but Kendrys Morales capped Toronto’s four-run fifth inning with a no-doubt three-run homer.