Varsho’s grand slam in 10th lifts Blue Jays past Rays
TORONTO (Interstat) — Daulton Varsho hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.
The game remained scoreless until the seventh, when Tampa Bay took a 1-0 lead on Richie Palacios’ RBI single. Toronto answered with a sacrifice fly in the eighth to tie it. The Rays pushed ahead 3-1 in the top of the 10th on RBI singles by Ben Williamson and Yandy Díaz. But Varsho cleared the bases with his fifth homer of the season, scoring George Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Kazuma Okamoto.
Jeff Hoffman (2-2) earned the win with a scoreless 10th. Aaron Brooks (0-1) took the loss. Dylan Cease struck out nine over seven innings, allowing three hits and one earned run. Griffin Jax tossed five scoreless innings for Tampa Bay.
The Blue Jays improved to 19-24; the Rays dropped to 28-14. Attendance was 40,119, and the game lasted 2 hours, 58 minutes at Rogers Centre.