TORONTO (Interstat) — Shane Bieber pitched seven strong innings as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Thursday afternoon at Rogers Centre before 43,225 fans.

Bieber (2-1) allowed one earned run on three hits with three strikeouts. Ian Seymour (6-3) took the loss despite striking out seven over six innings, giving up five hits and two earned runs. Louis Varland earned his 21st save with a perfect ninth.

Toronto broke a 1-1 tie in the third when George Springer singled home Yohendrick Piñango. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added an RBI single in the seventh. Alejandro Kirk opened the scoring in the first with an RBI groundout. Yandy Díaz tied it in the third with a run-scoring single for Tampa Bay.

The Rays managed only three hits to Toronto’s seven. The game lasted 2 hours, 9 minutes. Tampa Bay fell to 59-43, while Toronto improved to 47-56.