Tampa Bay Rays catcher Curt Casali hits a home run during the eighth inning inning to seal the win against the Jays.Nick Turchiaro
Curt Casali led off the eighth inning with a home run to lead the Tampa Bay Rays past the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Saturday.
Casali's second homer of the season came against Jays reliever Ryan Tepera (0-1).
Kevin Jepsen (2-5) pitched the seventh to pick up the win for Tampa Bay. Jake McGee pitched a clean ninth inning for his fourth save of the season.
Rays starter Erasmo Ramirez allowed four hits and one run while striking out four in 4 2/3 innings.
R.A. Dickey allowed four hits, one walk and one run in six innings and had four strikeouts for Toronto (46-47). Dickey hasn't won in five starts since June 18.
Jose Bautista led off the sixth with his 18th of the season – a drive to the third deck in left field to give the Blue Jays a 2-1. The lead was short lived as Tampa Bay's Brandon Guyer replied with a homer to tie the game in the seventh.
The Rays (47-46) opened the scoring in the third. Dickey started the inning by walking Tim Beckham on four pitches. He then balked, which advanced Beckham to second. Beckham scored on a ground-rule double to right by John Jaso.
The Blue Jays tied the game at one in the bottom of the fifth after doubles by Kevin Pillar and rookie Devon Travis.