Blake Snell took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays opened the playoffs Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Manuel Margot hit a two-run homer and Randy Arozarena tripled and scored on a wild pitch to give Snell and a dominant Rays bullpen all the offensive support needed to begin the best-of-three wild-card matchup.

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Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Adames (1) steals second base as Toronto Blue Jays' Jonathan Villar fields a high throw during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Blake Snell took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays opened the playoffs Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena slides into third base with a triple as Toronto Blue Jays' Cavan Biggio, left, waits for the throw during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Snell allowed just two baserunners until Alejandro Kirk singled leading off the sixth. The 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner allowed one hit and struck out nine — tying a club postseason record — in 5 2/3 innings.
Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena scores on a wild pitch as Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray is late with the tag during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Toronto reliever Robbie Ray took the loss, giving up one run and one hit in three innings. Margot hit his homer to left-center field off A.J. Cole to push Tampa Bay's lead to 3-0 in the seventh inning.
Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray pitches to the Tampa Bay Rays during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Anderson avoided further damage when shortstop Willy Adames made a nice play to snare Randal Grichuk''s liner to end the inning.
Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena celebrates his triple off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

With a league-best 40-20 record, they captured their first division in 10 years. Tampa Bay also won six of 10 meetings against Toronto despite being outscored 48-44 and outhomered 17-11 during the regular season series.
Tampa Bay Rays' Blake Snell pitches to the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning of Game 1 of a wild card playoff series baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Matt Shoemaker, who missed a month of the regular season with a right shoulder injury, started and worked three scoreless innings for the Blue Jays.
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Blake Snell goes into his windup against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of Game 1 of a wild card playoff series baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Rookie LHP Shane McClanahan, who’s yet to appear in a major league game, was a surprise addition to Tampa Bay’s 28-man wild card roster. The 23-year-old learned of the decision from Cash and general manager Erik Neander on Monday. The first people he tried to call were his mother and father, who didn’t answer. When his mother called back two hours later and asked what was wrong, he delivered the news. “She was happy,” McClanahan said. “I was like, ’Hey, you might want to answer this phone call.”
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Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Adames (1) steals second base as Toronto Blue Jays' Jonathan Villar fields a high throw during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Blake Snell took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays opened the playoffs Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena slides into third base with a triple as Toronto Blue Jays' Cavan Biggio, left, waits for the throw during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Snell allowed just two baserunners until Alejandro Kirk singled leading off the sixth. The 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner allowed one hit and struck out nine — tying a club postseason record — in 5 2/3 innings.

Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena scores on a wild pitch as Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray is late with the tag during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Toronto reliever Robbie Ray took the loss, giving up one run and one hit in three innings. Margot hit his homer to left-center field off A.J. Cole to push Tampa Bay's lead to 3-0 in the seventh inning.

Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray pitches to the Tampa Bay Rays during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Anderson avoided further damage when shortstop Willy Adames made a nice play to snare Randal Grichuk''s liner to end the inning.

Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena celebrates his triple off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

With a league-best 40-20 record, they captured their first division in 10 years. Tampa Bay also won six of 10 meetings against Toronto despite being outscored 48-44 and outhomered 17-11 during the regular season series.

Tampa Bay Rays' Blake Snell pitches to the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning of Game 1 of a wild card playoff series baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Matt Shoemaker, who missed a month of the regular season with a right shoulder injury, started and worked three scoreless innings for the Blue Jays.

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Blake Snell goes into his windup against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of Game 1 of a wild card playoff series baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Rookie LHP Shane McClanahan, who’s yet to appear in a major league game, was a surprise addition to Tampa Bay’s 28-man wild card roster. The 23-year-old learned of the decision from Cash and general manager Erik Neander on Monday. The first people he tried to call were his mother and father, who didn’t answer. When his mother called back two hours later and asked what was wrong, he delivered the news. “She was happy,” McClanahan said. “I was like, ’Hey, you might want to answer this phone call.”

The AL East champion Rays will try to advance Wednesday in Game 2 at Tropicana Field.

Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Adames (1) steals second base as Toronto Blue Jays' Jonathan Villar fields a high throw during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Adames (1) steals second base as Toronto Blue Jays' Jonathan Villar fields a high throw during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Snell allowed just two baserunners until Alejandro Kirk singled leading off the sixth. The 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner allowed one hit and struck out nine — tying a club postseason record — in 5 2/3 innings.

Diego Castillo, Nick Anderson and Pete Fairbanks followed Snell, limiting the Blue Jays to two singles, two doubles and Bo Bichette's eighth-inning sacrifice fly the rest of the way.

Fairbanks closed for his first save of the season as Rays manager Kevin Cash kept taking a fresh and innovative approach to using his pitching staff.

Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena slides into third base with a triple as Toronto Blue Jays' Cavan Biggio, left, waits for the throw during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena slides into third base with a triple as Toronto Blue Jays' Cavan Biggio, left, waits for the throw during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Toronto reliever Robbie Ray took the loss, giving up one run and one hit in three innings. Margot hit his homer to left-center field off A.J. Cole to push Tampa Bay's lead to 3-0 in the seventh inning.

The wild-card Blue Jays broke through in the eighth against Anderson, didn't allow a run in 18 of 19 regular season appearances.

Rowdy Tellez's pinch-hit single gave Toronto a spark. Cavan Biggio followed with a double before Biggio delivered his sacrifice fly to make it 3-1.

Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena scores on a wild pitch as Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray is late with the tag during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena scores on a wild pitch as Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray is late with the tag during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Anderson avoided further damage when shortstop Willy Adames made a nice play to snare Randal Grichuk''s liner to end the inning.

Fairbanks worked a scoreless ninth to became the 13th different pitcher to earn a save for the Rays this season.

The Rays are back in the playoffs after beating Oakland in last year’s AL wild-card game and losing to Houston in the divisional round.

Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray pitches to the Tampa Bay Rays during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray pitches to the Tampa Bay Rays during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

With a league-best 40-20 record, they captured their first division in 10 years. Tampa Bay also won six of 10 meetings against Toronto despite being outscored 48-44 and outhomered 17-11 during the regular season series.

Snell has only had modest success against the Blue Jays during his career, but the young division rivals had no answers for the lefty Tuesday until Kirk singled through the hole between first and second base with Castillo already warming up in the Rays bullpen.

The Rays starter walked Grichuk with two outs in the first before fanning Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Teoscar Hernandez drew a one-out walk before being erased on an inning-ending double play that got Snell through the fifth.

Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena celebrates his triple off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena celebrates his triple off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray during the fourth inning of Game 1 of a wild card series playoff baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Matt Shoemaker, who missed a month of the regular season with a right shoulder injury, started and worked three scoreless innings for the Blue Jays.

Arozarena led off the fourth with a triple off Ray, and scored when a wild pitch on a walk to Adames got past catcher Danny Jansen.

WHO’S CALLING

Tampa Bay Rays' Blake Snell pitches to the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning of Game 1 of a wild card playoff series baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays' Blake Snell pitches to the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning of Game 1 of a wild card playoff series baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Rookie LHP Shane McClanahan, who’s yet to appear in a major league game, was a surprise addition to Tampa Bay’s 28-man wild card roster. The 23-year-old learned of the decision from Cash and general manager Erik Neander on Monday. The first people he tried to call were his mother and father, who didn’t answer. When his mother called back two hours later and asked what was wrong, he delivered the news. “She was happy,” McClanahan said. “I was like, ’Hey, you might want to answer this phone call.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: Tellez (right knee strain) was added to the wild-card roster after going on the 10-day injured list on Sept. 9 and missing the rest of the regular season.

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Blake Snell goes into his windup against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of Game 1 of a wild card playoff series baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Blake Snell goes into his windup against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of Game 1 of a wild card playoff series baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP PhotoChris O'Meara)

Rays: INF Yandy Díaz (right hamstring strain), out since Sept. 1, was added to the playoff roster. 1B Ji-Man Choi (left hamstring strain) also returned.

UP NEXT

Lefty Hyun Jin Ryu starts for the Blue Jays against right-hander Tyler Glasnow, who’s been Tampa Bay’s best pitcher. Both will be working on an extra day of rest.

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