ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Tim Beckham hit a tiebreaking double during a three-run eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays won their fourth straight game by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday night.James Loney got the Rays even at 2 with a pinch-hit RBI double before Beckham's hit off Miguel Castro gave Tampa Bay a 4-2 advantage.Ernesto Frieri (1-1) struck out all three batters he faced for the win. Brad Boxberger pitched the ninth for his fifth save.Brett Cecil (1-2) faced one batter, giving up a two-out single to David DeJesus. 
Toronto rookie Daniel Norris allowed one run and five hits in seven innings on his 22nd birthday. The lefty struck out seven and walked three.Russell Martin opened the seventh with an opposite-field homer to right off Steve Geltz that put the Blue Jays up 2-1.Martin and outfielders Michael Saunders and Dalton Pompey were in the Toronto lineup, marking the first time in major league history that three Canadian position players started in the same game.Blue Jays rookie Devon Travis went 2 for 4, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. He doubled in the first and scored on Josh Donaldson's single.Tampa Bay tied it at 1 later in the first when Evan Longoria got the first of his four hits, a pop-fly double down the right-field line.The four hits by Longoria tied his career high.Erasmo Ramirez, who entered with a 21.32 ERA in three games, gave up one run and four hits over four innings for Tampa Bay.
Toronto rookie Daniel Norris allowed one run and five hits in seven innings on his 22nd birthday. The lefty struck out seven and walked three.Russell Martin opened the seventh with an opposite-field homer to right off Steve Geltz that put the Blue Jays up 2-1.Martin and outfielders Michael Saunders and Dalton Pompey were in the Toronto lineup, marking the first time in major league history that three Canadian position players started in the same game.Blue Jays rookie Devon Travis went 2 for 4, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. He doubled in the first and scored on Josh Donaldson's single.Tampa Bay tied it at 1 later in the first when Evan Longoria got the first of his four hits, a pop-fly double down the right-field line.The four hits by Longoria tied his career high.Erasmo Ramirez, who entered with a 21.32 ERA in three games, gave up one run and four hits over four innings for Tampa Bay.
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