TORONTO -- Pinch-runner Kevin Pillar scored the winning run on a throwing error by pitcher Juan Carlos Oviedo and the Toronto Blue Jays won their ninth straight game and completed a sweep of Tampa Bay, beating the Rays 3-2 on Wednesday night.Dioner Navarro singled to begin the ninth and was replaced by Pillar. Oviedo fielded Anthony Gose's bunt along the first base line and threw wildly to first, with the ball rolling into foul territory down the right field line. Pillar was waved home by third base coach Luis Rivera and slid home safely under the tag of catcher Ali Solis. 
Aaron Loup (2-1) worked one inning for the win as Toronto won for the 14th time in 16 games.Oviedo (1-1) faced just two batters.The Blue Jays jumped on Rays right-hander Chris Archer with two runs in the first, loading the bases with two singles and a walk before Edwin Encarnacion singled to right. Archer escaped further damage by striking out Juan Francisco and Brett Lawrie.The Rays answered in the second when Matt Joyce doubled and Myers followed with a line drive home run into the bullpen in left field.Gose made a spectacular leaping catch at the wall in center field to take extra bases away from James Loney in the third, ending the inning and stranding Evan Longoria at first.Left fielder Melky Cabrera had a defensive gem of his own in the sixth, jumping into the wall to retire Longoria for the first out of the inning.The Blue Jays used two singles to put runners at the corners with two outs in the fourth, but Archer caught Jose Reyes looking to end the inning.Blue Jays right-hander Liam Hendriks was replaced by left-hander Rob Rasmussen to begin the seventh, which began with Joyce hitting a ground-rule double to left. Dustin McGowan came on and got two outs, then walked Rays catcher Jose Molina, but got out of the jam when Sean Rodriguez flied out.Hendriks allowed two runs and three hits in six innings, walked none and struck out five. Archer allowed two runs and six hits in six innings, walked two and struck out sevenReyes hit a one-out single off Joel Peralta in the seventh and, after Cabrera flied out, Jose Bautista walked. Jake McGee came on and struck out Adam Lind looking for the third out.Molina was hit on the mask by a foul tip in the eighth and was replaced by Solis the next inning.
Aaron Loup (2-1) worked one inning for the win as Toronto won for the 14th time in 16 games.Oviedo (1-1) faced just two batters.The Blue Jays jumped on Rays right-hander Chris Archer with two runs in the first, loading the bases with two singles and a walk before Edwin Encarnacion singled to right. Archer escaped further damage by striking out Juan Francisco and Brett Lawrie.The Rays answered in the second when Matt Joyce doubled and Myers followed with a line drive home run into the bullpen in left field.Gose made a spectacular leaping catch at the wall in center field to take extra bases away from James Loney in the third, ending the inning and stranding Evan Longoria at first.Left fielder Melky Cabrera had a defensive gem of his own in the sixth, jumping into the wall to retire Longoria for the first out of the inning.The Blue Jays used two singles to put runners at the corners with two outs in the fourth, but Archer caught Jose Reyes looking to end the inning.Blue Jays right-hander Liam Hendriks was replaced by left-hander Rob Rasmussen to begin the seventh, which began with Joyce hitting a ground-rule double to left. Dustin McGowan came on and got two outs, then walked Rays catcher Jose Molina, but got out of the jam when Sean Rodriguez flied out.Hendriks allowed two runs and three hits in six innings, walked none and struck out five. Archer allowed two runs and six hits in six innings, walked two and struck out sevenReyes hit a one-out single off Joel Peralta in the seventh and, after Cabrera flied out, Jose Bautista walked. Jake McGee came on and struck out Adam Lind looking for the third out.Molina was hit on the mask by a foul tip in the eighth and was replaced by Solis the next inning.
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