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TORONTO -- In a season that has seen the losses pile up, Drew Smyly finally put two wins together.Smyly pitched six innings to win consecutive decisions for the first time in 2016, Logan Forsythe hit a solo homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-2 on Tuesday night.The Blue Jays loaded the bases against Smyly in each of his final two innings. The left-hander gave up two runs in the fifth but turned Toronto away in the sixth.Drew was good, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. His last two innings seemed to be the most difficult. He found a way to get through it. Bases loaded, no outs against that club at the end of his outing, to get out of that without giving up a run is pretty impressive.Smyly (4-11) allowed two runs and six hits, improving to 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA in five career games at Rogers Centre.Its a really tough lineup over there, Smyly said. Theyve got a lot of hitters that can do damage. Those fifth and sixth innings got a little stressful. You cant give in, youve got to think next batter, keep attacking, keep going at them. Im lucky and Im thankful that I was able to limit the damage.Smyly is 13-4 with a 2.32 ERA in 35 career games against the AL East. The Rays are 14-6 in Smylys 20 starts against division foes since he joined the team in 2014.Drew battled his tail of tonight, Forsythe said.Smyly had not won consecutive decisions since winning five straight in August and September in 2015.Evan Longoria reached base four times, scored twice and drove in three runs for the Rays. Forsythe had three hits, two RBI and scored twice as the Rays roughed up Torontos bullpen, scoring six runs off two relievers.Tampa Bay finished with 15 hits, three shy of its season high. The Rays had 18 hits in a 13-7 victory over Boston on June 27.We stranded a lot of base runners early, Cash said. It was nice to see we kind of made up for that later in the ball game.Erasmo Ramirez pitched the final three innings for his first career save.Longoria singled in the first, walked in the third, doubled home a run in the sixth and hit a two-run single in the seventh. He has 61 career extra base hits against the Blue Jays.Forsythe connected on Marco Estradas fourth pitch of the game. It was Forsythes second career leadoff homer and the fourth of the season for the Rays.Toronto scored twice off Smyly in the fifth, cutting a 3-0 deficit to one, but the Rays answered with two runs against Danny Barnes in the sixth and pulled away with a four-run, bat-around seventh against Scott Feldman.The Blue Jays loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth but couldnt score. Troy Tulowitzki popped up Smylys first pitch, Michael Saunders struck out and Justin Smoak fouled out.Estrada (7-5) allowed three runs, two earned, and seven hits in five innings.I thought (Estrada) was a little bit off, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.CROWD CONTROLRays OF Steven Souza Jr. tried leaping into the stands down the right field line to catch Tulowitzkis fly ball in the second, but collided with a fan in the front row. I thought I had a chance and then it was a little bit farther than I thought, Souza said.HIT THE SHOWERSRain briefly fell into the open stadium during the bottom of the fourth. The showers soon passed and the roof remained open throughout the game.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: Toronto released LHP Franklin Morales. He went 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA in four games before being designated for assignment last week. ... Barnes was optioned to Buffalo following the game.UP NEXTRays: LHP Blake Snell (3-4, 2.95) will face the Blue Jays for the first time. Snell has allowed two runs or fewer in each of his past five starts.Blue Jays: LHP J.A. Happ (15-3, 3.09) has won nine straight decisions and is unbeaten since an 11-0 loss at Detroit on June 6. Happ is 0-1 with a 7.98 ERA in three starts against the Rays this season. Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys Store . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. Custom Nike New York Yankees Jerseys . Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on the indoor hard-court at Belgrade Arena. The victory improved the Czech pairs impressive cup doubles record to 14-1. https://www.customnikebaseballjerseys.com/ . -- Aaron Murray threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score, and led No. Custom Nike Tampa Bay Rays Jerseys . Kyle Denbrook, a soccer player from Saint Marys University, took the CIS male athlete of the week honour. 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They give us the outing, I think we have enough offense to beat teams.Arizona squandered almost all of a 6-0 lead the last two innings. The Dodgers scored two in the eighth and three in the ninth.For us to stay in it and keep fighting and putting some bats together throughout the day, manager Dave Roberts said, to show that resiliency, to fight and make it close, put the tying run on third, the winning run on first with less than two outs, I thought we were in a good spot.Arizona rookie Jake Barrett relieved Tyler Clippard and gave up a two-run single to Justin Turner to make it 6-5. With runners on first and third, Barrett struck out Yasiel Puig and Chris Taylor to earn his second save.I try my best to go out there and just not think about the situation, Barrett said. Try to slow the game down, control my breathing and my tempo and then try to throw strikes.Ray (5-8) gave up four hits, struck out seven, walked two and hit two batters. The left-hander worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the second inning.Archie went out and pitched really well yesterday, Ray said. He established the tone. I think that was the main thing. That was something (that) rolling into today we were just going to keep it going.Lamb hit a solo homer and singled in a run off Kenta Maeda (8-7), tagged for a season-worst five runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings starts.Turner had a two-run home run in the eighth. Corey Seager had three doubles, one knocking in a run in the ninth.With the homer, Lamb hit for the cycle in four consecutiive at-bats over two games -- a triple and double Saturday night, a single and homer on Sunday.ddddddddddddThe Diamondbacks jumped on Maeda for three runs in the first. Lamb drove in one with a single and Brandon Drury doubled in the other two.UMPIRE SWITCHDale Scott was out of the umpire lineup after being hit in the mask by a foul ball and leaving the game in the first inning on Saturday. Stu Scheurwater was called up from minors to take his place.LONG JOURNEYArizonas Mike Freeman made his major league debut after 3,149 plate appearances in the minors. The 28-year-old utility player, who was in his seventh minor league season before his contract was selected by the Diamondbacks from Triple-A Reno, was in the lineup in right field. He struck out three times and walked.TRAINING ROOMDodgers: Roberts said the team will wait a few days to see how LHP Clayton Kershaw (mild disc herniation) responds to his Saturday activity before determining the next step for the Dodger ace. He threw 60 pitches to live batters in Los Angeles. ... CF Joc Peterson singled twice and walked twice in his second consecutive rehab game for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday. He was to make one more rehab start and rejoin the Dodgers in Washington on Tuesday.Diamondbacks: OF David Peralta (lower back strain) was to make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Mobile at Chattanooga on Sunday. ... INF Chris Owings (plantar fasciitis in left foot) was 3 for 4 for Reno in his first rehab game Saturday. He tripled and scored a run.UP NEXTDodgers: Los Angeles has Monday off before opening a three-game series at Washington. LHP Scott Kazmir (7-3, 4.52 ERA) will start for the Dodgers against a pitcher yet to be named.Diamondbacks: Arizona has Monday off then plays a two-game interleague home series against Toronto. RHP Zack Godley (2-0, 5.28 ERA) will be recalled from Reno to make the start for Arizona on Tuesday night. RHP Aaron Sanchez (9-1, 2.97) starts for the Blue Jays. ' ' '