Blue Jays 6, Rays 2
TORONTO -- First baseman Justin Smoak and third baseman Josh Donaldson homered in a five-run fifth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Friday.
Right-hander Drew Hutchison (9-2) continued to thrive at home, allowing five hits, two walks and two runs while striking out three in six innings.
Smoak had three runs batted in and Donaldson had two RBIs.
Hutchison is 7-1 after nine starts at home this season and entered the game with a 2.12 earned-run average at Rogers Centre for the season. He is 2-1 with an 8.81 ERA in 10 road starts.
Right fielder Grady Sizemore homered for the Rays in the opener of a three-game series as play resumed after the All-Star break.
Rays right-hander Jake Odorizzi (5-6), making his second start since spending a month on the disabled list with left oblique tightness, allowed two home runs and six hits and six runs overall in 4 1/3 innings. He walked five and struck out one.
After the Blue Jays (46-46) took a 6-1 lead in the fifth, the Rays (46-46) got one back in the sixth. Third baseman Evan Longoria led off with a double, took third on a groundout to first and scored on a single by second baseman Logan Forsythe.
The Rays opened the scoring in the third inning. Sizemore hit a 3-1 fastball to center with two outs for his second home run of the season. That put the Rays up 1-0.
It was the first hit of the game for either team, although both teams had runners. Odorizzi allowed three walks to the Blue Jays in the first two innings, and the Rays had a walk and a hit batsman in the second.
The Blue Jays, who took their fourth walk in the third, had their first hit of the game on Smoak's double to right with one out in the fourth. Smoak took third on catcher Russell Martin's single and tied the game on a sacrifice fly to deep center by left fielder Chris Colabello.
Second baseman Devon Travis led off the fifth with a single. Shortstop Jose Reyes sacrificed him to second and Donaldson hit his 22nd home run of the season -- knocking a 2-1 split-fingered fastball to right-center.
Smoak bumped the lead to 6-1 with his ninth homer of the season, a three-run shot to left on a first-pitch splitter. It scored right fielder Jose Bautista, who had walked, and designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion, who had doubled.
Right-hander Alex Colome replaced Odorizzi.
NOTES: Rays OF Steven Sousa Jr. (lacerated right pinky) hit in the cage Friday with the Class A Charlotte, whose game was rained out. He will be the designated hitter for the Stone Crabs on Saturday and will play in the field Sunday. He could rejoin the Rays on Tuesday in Philadelphia. ... With Rays SS Asdrubal Cabrera (right hamstring strain) out until the end of July, INF Jake Elmore started at shortstop Friday. Manager Kevin Cash said Elmore and INF Tim Beckham will share shortstop based on the opposing pitcher until Cabrera returns. ... Toronto RF Jose Bautista, who skipped the All-Star Game to have his sore right shoulder treated, was in the starting lineup Friday. ... The Blue Jays will start RHP R.A. Dickey (3-10, 4.87 ERA) Saturday in the second game of the three-game series. RHP Erasmo Ramirez (8-3, 3.63) will start for the Rays.