Randal Grichuk hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Monday.

Reliever Aaron Loup (3-2) replaced Edgar García with one on and one out. After Cavan Biggio reached on catcher’s interference, Grichuk gave Toronto a 5-3 lead with his seventh home run.

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Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Randal Grichuk, left, and right fielder Teoscar Hernandez go for a flyout by Tampa Bay Rays' Mike Zunino during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Grichuk ended up making the catch. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Randal Grichuk hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Monday.

Toronto Blue Jays' Randal Grichuk celebrates his three-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Aaron Loup with Santiago Espinal (5) and Cavan Biggio (8) during the seventh inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Jordan Romano worked the ninth for his second save. The right-hander got his first career save preserving Hatch’s win on Friday.

Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounds out to Tampa Bay Rays catcher Mike Zunino during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Dolis avoided further damage by getting a double play grounder from Adames.

Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Adames watches his two-run home run off Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Tanner Roark during the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Adames also had an outstanding play at short in the sixth, sliding into the outfield to field a grounder and throw out Travis Shaw at first.

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen tumbles backwards after making the catch on a pop out by Tampa Bay Rays' Ji-Man Choi (26) during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Tsutsugo, hitless in his previous 14 at-bats, put the Rays up 1-0 with a homer in the second. Toronto tied it at 1 when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had an RBI double in the third.

Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier can't reach a double by Toronto Blue Jays' Randal Grichuk during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Rays: RHP Charlie Morton (right shoulder inflammation) will throw a 25-pitch bullpen session Tuesday.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also homered for the Blue Jays, and Thomas Hatch (2-1) worked two scoreless innings for the win. He got his first big league victory in Friday's game against the Rays.

Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Randal Grichuk, left, and right fielder Teoscar Hernandez go for a flyout by Tampa Bay Rays' Mike Zunino during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Grichuk ended up making the catch. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Randal Grichuk, left, and right fielder Teoscar Hernandez go for a flyout by Tampa Bay Rays' Mike Zunino during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Grichuk ended up making the catch. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Jordan Romano worked the ninth for his second save. The right-hander got his first career save preserving Hatch’s win on Friday.

Yoshi Tsutsugo and Willy Adames homered for Tampa Bay. Oft-injured Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier was hit on the right foot by a pitch in the sixth and left after the seventh.

Ji-Man Choi opened the Rays eighth with a single off Rafael Dolis and went to second when Tsutsugo walked. Choi scored to make it 5-4 on shortstop Santiago Espinal’s throwing error while attempting to complete a double play on a grounder by Joey Wendle.

Toronto Blue Jays' Randal Grichuk celebrates his three-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Aaron Loup with Santiago Espinal (5) and Cavan Biggio (8) during the seventh inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Toronto Blue Jays' Randal Grichuk celebrates his three-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Aaron Loup with Santiago Espinal (5) and Cavan Biggio (8) during the seventh inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Dolis avoided further damage by getting a double play grounder from Adames.

Toronto got the run back on Biggio's RBI double in the ninth.

The Rays went up 3-1 on Adames' opposite-field, two-run homer down the line in right off Tanner Roark in the fourth.

Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounds out to Tampa Bay Rays catcher Mike Zunino during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounds out to Tampa Bay Rays catcher Mike Zunino during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Adames also had an outstanding play at short in the sixth, sliding into the outfield to field a grounder and throw out Travis Shaw at first.

Gurriel ended Rays starter Blake Snell's day with a solo homer with two outs in the sixth that got the Blue Jays within 3-2.

Snell allowed two runs, four hits and struck out nine.

Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Adames watches his two-run home run off Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Tanner Roark during the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Adames watches his two-run home run off Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Tanner Roark during the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Tsutsugo, hitless in his previous 14 at-bats, put the Rays up 1-0 with a homer in the second. Toronto tied it at 1 when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had an RBI double in the third.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: RHP Matt Shoemaker, placed on the 10-day IL Sunday, has a lat strain and his status is week to week. ... RHP Trent Thornton, who left his start Sunday after one inning with right elbow inflammation, was placed on the 10-day IL.

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen tumbles backwards after making the catch on a pop out by Tampa Bay Rays' Ji-Man Choi (26) during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen tumbles backwards after making the catch on a pop out by Tampa Bay Rays' Ji-Man Choi (26) during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Rays: RHP Charlie Morton (right shoulder inflammation) will throw a 25-pitch bullpen session Tuesday.

UP NEXT

Blue Jays: RHP Chase Anderson (0-0) will go against Boston LHP Kyle Hart (0-1) on Tuesday night in Buffalo.

Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier can't reach a double by Toronto Blue Jays' Randal Grichuk during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier can't reach a double by Toronto Blue Jays' Randal Grichuk during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Rays: RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-1) and Baltimore LHP Tommy Milone (1-3) are Tuesday night’s starters in Tampa Bay.

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