ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Justin Turner homered and drove in four runs as the Toronto Blue Jays gained a spit of a four-game series by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 on Sunday,
After winning the opener 8-1 on Thursday, the Blue Jays were outscored 13-3 in losing the next two games. Toronto is 20-35 in road games against Tampa Bay since the start of the 2018 season.
''Everyone kind of doing their part a little bit whether it was working on a walk or getting a big hit, so that's kind of that's kind of what we're shooting for,'' Blue Jays manager John Schneider said.
Randy Arozarena homered for the Rays. He also went deep in Saturday's 5-1 win.
Tampa Bay pitchers walked eight.
''It just wasn't our day on the mound,'' Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
Toronto ace Kevin Gausman, on a pitch count after not making his spring training debut until March 25 because of shoulder fatigue, allowed one run, two hits and struck out six in 4 ⅓ innings. The right-hander threw 48 of 69 pitches for strikes.
''The first big league game I've been in where I had a pitch count, so it's a little weird to kind of know that but I thought we did a good job of getting where we got with the pitches that we had,'' Gausman said.