Toronto Blue Jays Defeat Tampa Bay Rays 5-1, Improve to 63-66

Final result

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 in 9 innings.

MLB data listed Toronto Blue Jays at 63-66 (.488).

MLB data listed Tampa Bay Rays at 76-51 (.598).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 2nd — Toronto Blue Jays 1 run; 4th — Tampa Bay Rays 1 run; 5th — Toronto Blue Jays 2 runs; 7th — Toronto Blue Jays 2 runs.

Daz Cameron (Toronto Blue Jays): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 2 runs. Kazuma Okamoto (Toronto Blue Jays): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Shane Bieber (Toronto Blue Jays): 7.0 innings and 7 strikeouts, (W, 5-2). Nathan Lukes (Toronto Blue Jays): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Ian Seymour (Tampa Bay Rays): 5.0 innings and 8 strikeouts, (L, 9-4). George Springer (Toronto Blue Jays): 2 hits, 2 RBI, 0 runs.

Kazuma Okamoto hit a home run for Toronto Blue Jays in the top of the 2nd (1 RBI). Nathan Lukes hit a home run for Toronto Blue Jays in the top of the 5th (1 RBI). Daz Cameron hit a home run for Toronto Blue Jays in the top of the 5th (1 RBI).

Season and playoff context

This was Game 3 of 3 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the Toronto Blue Jays were 63-66, 4th in the division, 14.0 games back in the division, 4th in the wild-card standings, 0.5 wild-card games back, elimination number 21, wild-card elimination number 34.

In the 2026 standings, the Tampa Bay Rays were 76-51, 1st in the division, division leader, magic number 32.

Official game sources

• MLB Stats API game feed
• MLB Stats API box score
• MLB Stats API line score
• MLB Stats API standings