TORONTO (Interstat) — Nick Martinez pitched six strong innings and Junior Caminero drove in two runs as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Monday at Rogers Centre before 40,837.

Martinez allowed six hits and one earned run, striking out one, to improve to 9-2. Dylan Cease took the loss for Toronto, falling to 6-5 after yielding three earned runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts over six innings.

Tampa Bay struck first in the third on Jonathan Aranda’s ground single that scored Taylor Walls. Toronto answered in the fourth on Alejandro Kirk’s RBI single. The Rays took control in the fifth, scoring twice on a fielding error by shortstop Andrés Giménez and a Caminero single. Caminero added an RBI double in the seventh.

Nick Fortes hit a solo home run, and Cedric Mullins also homered for the Rays, who outhit Toronto 13-8. Four Tampa Bay relievers combined for three scoreless innings. The Rays improved to 57-42, while the Blue Jays dropped to 46-54. The game lasted 2:28.