Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Justin Smoak hits a home run during the third inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Charlotte Sports Park.Kim Klement
Justin Smoak hit a pair of long home runs – one landed atop the Rays' office building beyond the right field wall – Daniel Norris struck out five in 5 2-3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 11-5 on Friday.
Smoak, who entered the game batting .077 in 11 exhibition games, connected off starter Burch Smith in the third for a two-run drive. Smoak followed in the fifth with his shot that knocked the Rays' offices, off Ernesto Frieri.
Norris, one of Toronto's top prospects, yielded five hits, walked one and allowed a run on a sacrifice fly by Evan Longoria in the first.
"I thought he was fantastic today, but he's good," manager John Gibbons said. "The key is his confidence and starting to stretch some things out a little bit. He's getting some innings under his belt and the sky's the limit. We'll see where it takes him."
Ryan Goins added a two-run homer in the fifth for the Blue Jays.
R.A. Dickey will make his third exhibition start on Saturday as the Blue Jays face the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater. The knuckleballer gave up two runs in a split-squad game against the Canadian junior national team on Sunday.