TORONTO (AP) -- Jose Bautista and rookies Devon Travis and Dalton Pompey homered to back Mark Buehrle, Kevin Pillar made a leaping catch at the left-field wall to deny a home run and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Tampa Bay 12-7 Wednesday night to stop the Rays' four-game winning streak.Bautista hit a two-run homer in the first off Erasmo Ramirez (0-2), sparking the Blue Jays to what would be an 9-0 lead after four innings. Donaldson hit a two-run single in a three-run second after narrowly missing a grand slam down the left-field line. 
Pillar and Travis added RBI singles in the third, and Justin Smoak singled in two runs in the fourth - his first RBIs for the Blue Jays.Pillar climbed the left-field wall and jumped at full extension with his glove 6 inches above the top of the fence to deny Tim Beckham a home run in the seventh.Donaldson had three hits and three RBIs before a crowd of 15,086, the Blue Jays' smallest at the Rogers Centre since 14,086 against Cleveland last May 14, according to STATS.Buehrle (2-0) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings to gain his 201st win. Steven Souza Jr. hit a solo home run in the fifth, Mikie Mahtook had a two-run homer in the sixth for his first career hit,Ramirez (0-1) gave up nine runs - seven earned - eight hits and three walks, needing 91 pitches to get 10 outs. He has a 23.63 ERA.Toronto had been held to three runs in two losses open the four-game series, the Blue Jays' first at home this season.Souza hit a two-run single against Todd Redmond in a four-run ninth.
Pillar and Travis added RBI singles in the third, and Justin Smoak singled in two runs in the fourth - his first RBIs for the Blue Jays.Pillar climbed the left-field wall and jumped at full extension with his glove 6 inches above the top of the fence to deny Tim Beckham a home run in the seventh.Donaldson had three hits and three RBIs before a crowd of 15,086, the Blue Jays' smallest at the Rogers Centre since 14,086 against Cleveland last May 14, according to STATS.Buehrle (2-0) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings to gain his 201st win. Steven Souza Jr. hit a solo home run in the fifth, Mikie Mahtook had a two-run homer in the sixth for his first career hit,Ramirez (0-1) gave up nine runs - seven earned - eight hits and three walks, needing 91 pitches to get 10 outs. He has a 23.63 ERA.Toronto had been held to three runs in two losses open the four-game series, the Blue Jays' first at home this season.Souza hit a two-run single against Todd Redmond in a four-run ninth.
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