ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -AP- Steven Souza Jr.'s second home run of the game, a go-ahead, three-run drive in the eighth inning, lifted the Tampa Bay Rays over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 Wednesday.Souza pulled Tampa Bay to 3-2 in the sixth with a solo homer off J.A. Happ. Tampa Bay has homered in a team-record 18 consecutive games dating to Sept. 20.Evan Longoria and Desmond Jennings singled off Gavin Floyd (0-1) in the eighth, and Arnold Leon relieved with one out. Souza homered to center for his fourth hit of the game, tying his career high. 
Erasmo Ramirez (1-0) allowed one hit over the final two innings as the Rays split the four-game series after losing the first two.Josh Donaldson hit a three-run homer in the third off Matt Moore. The reigning AL MVP left after a seventh-inning at-bat with what appeared to be a leg injury when he was unable to run out a grounder.Troy Tulowitzki nearly made it 6-0 later in the third, but his drive with two on was caught by center fielder Kevin Kiermaier near the wall at the deepest part of the ballpark.Forsythe had given Tampa Bay a 3-2 lead with a two-run homer in the eighth.Moore gave up three runs, five hits and two walks in five innings with six strikeout. Happ allowed two runs and seven hits in six-plus innings.
Erasmo Ramirez (1-0) allowed one hit over the final two innings as the Rays split the four-game series after losing the first two.Josh Donaldson hit a three-run homer in the third off Matt Moore. The reigning AL MVP left after a seventh-inning at-bat with what appeared to be a leg injury when he was unable to run out a grounder.Troy Tulowitzki nearly made it 6-0 later in the third, but his drive with two on was caught by center fielder Kevin Kiermaier near the wall at the deepest part of the ballpark.Forsythe had given Tampa Bay a 3-2 lead with a two-run homer in the eighth.Moore gave up three runs, five hits and two walks in five innings with six strikeout. Happ allowed two runs and seven hits in six-plus innings.
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