Tampa Bay 5 at Toronto 7 - Recap

TORONTO -- Devon Travis drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning with his fourth hit of the game, Jose Bautista followed with a two-run double and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 7-5 on Monday night.

Edwin Encarnacion added three RBIs and a solo home run for the Blue Jays (64-49) who had lost their two previous games. Brad Miller had two doubles and two RBIs for the Rays (45-66). Bautista also had three RBIs.

Joaquin Benoit (2-1) pitched around a walk and a single in the top of the seventh to earn his first win for the Blue Jays after being obtained in a trade with the Seattle Mariners.

Roberto Osuna pitched the ninth to earn his 25th save despite allowing a solo home run to Logan Forsythe.

Rays left-handed reliever Xavier Cedeno (3-4) was charged with two runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the loss.

Toronto knuckleballer R.A. Dickey allowed six hits, three walks and four runs in 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander hit a batter, threw a wild pitch and struck out three.

Tampa Bay right-hander Jake Odorizzi had his string of three scoreless starts ended when he allowed eight hits, three walks and four runs in 5 1/3 innings. He had a wild pitch, hit a batter and struck out four.

Brad Boxberger replaced Odorizzi in the sixth after Travis and Bautista hit one-out singles. Boxberger retired Josh Donaldson on a popup to second before striking out Encarnacion to end the threat.

Benoit replaced reliever Joe Biagini in the seventh, allowing a leadoff walk to Forsythe and a double to Kevin Kiermaier. Benoit struck out Evan Longoria and retired Brad Miller on a fly to right as Forsythe held at third. Mikie Mahtook flied out to center to end the threat.

Cedeno took the mound for Tampa Bay in the bottom of the seventh and walked Michael Saunders and Troy Tulowitzki.

Right-hander Dylan Floro took over and walked pinch-hitter Russell Martin to load the bases. Melvin Upton Jr., struck out. Pinch-hitter Justin Smoak forced Saunders at home on grounder to Floro.

Travis hit an RBI single to center to give Toronto a 5-4 lead. Bautista followed with a two-run double to left center.

Jason Grilli pitched a perfect eighth for Toronto.

The Blue Jays snapped a string of three scoreless starts covering 20 2/3 innings by Odorizzi with a two-run first.

After Dickey worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the first, the Blue Jays had a leadoff triple to right field by Devon Travis in the bottom of the inning.

Jose Bautista followed with a sacrifice fly to right. Encarnacion hit his 31st homer of the season to left on an 0-1 split-fingered pitch.

The Rays tied the game in their two-run fourth. Brad Miller and Mike Mahtook led off with doubles and Tim Beckham doubled with two out.

The Blue Jays regained their two-run lead in the bottom of the fourth. Josh Thole was hit by a pitch with one out and Travis singled.

Josh Donaldson struck out for what should have been the third out but reached first base on a wild pitch to load the bases. Encarnacion hit a two-run single to left.

Forsythe led off the top of the fifth for the Rays with a single and Evan Longoria was hit by a pitch with one out. A passed ball move the runners to second and third. Miller tied the game at 4 with a two-run double and Biagini replaced Dickey.

NOTES: Toronto put CF Kevin Pillar (sprained left thumb) on the 15-day disabled list Monday and recalled OF Darrell Ceciliani from Triple-A Buffalo. Pillar was injured sliding into second base during Saturday's contest at Kansas City and did not play Sunday. Former Rays OF, Melvin Upton Jr., started in place of Pillar. ... Rays INF Brad Miller started at first base on Monday on an experimental basis with INF Tim Beckham at shortstop. Miller has been playing short but the acquisition of INF Matt Duffy in a trade with the San Francisco Giants enabled Miller's position change. Duffy will take over shortstop when he comes off the disabled list, possibly Friday. ... Tampa Bay LHP Drew Smyly (3-11, 5.14 ERA) will face Toronto RHP Marco Estrada (7-4, 2.92 ERA) Tuesday in the middle contest of the three-game series.