Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer connects for a two-run single off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Casey Legumina during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
By The Canadian Press
Aug 20, 2026 | 1:53 PM
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Kazuma Okamoto, Nathan Lukes and Daz Cameron homered, George Springer drove in two runs, and Shane Bieber pitched seven strong innings as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 Thursday.
Lukes snapped a 1-1 tie with a homer to lead off the fifth. Cameron followed with a solo shot two batters later. Lukes also made a leaping catch in right field in the seventh inning.
Bieber (5-2) retired the first nine Rays batters before Chandler Simpson beat out an infield chopper and scored the Rays’ only run on Junior Caminero’s single. Bieber allowed four hits, walked none and struck out seven.
Okamoto, who also doubled, opened the scoring by leading off the second inning with his 26th home run of the season. He leads AL rookies in RBIs (74) and extra-base hits (44), and ranks second in homers.
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