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MLB: Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 5

TORONTO, May 20 (UPI) -- R.A. Dickey had a solid outing and Edwin Encarnacion had a tie-breaking, three-run double Monday in the Toronto Blue Jays' 7-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Dickey (4-5) allowed four hits and walked four in eight innings. Tampa Bay managed three runs -- two earned -- in the first three innings but didn't score off Dickey again. He struck out five

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Toronto reached Rays' starter Jake Odorizzi for three runs in the first two innings and, after Evan Longoria's two-run double of Dickey in the third tied the score, neither team managed a run until the seventh.

Josh Lueke (0-1) came in to pitch the seventh for Tampa Bay and walked Emilio Bonifacio. After a sacrifice, Munenori Kawasaki walked. Melky Cabrera lined out but Jose Bautista walked to load the bases.

Encarnacion then drove an 0-1 pitch into the left-field corner. The ball caromed off the wall and past left fielder Sam Fuld, allowing all three runners to score.

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Toronto added an RBI triple from Kawasaki for a 7-3 lead in the eighth and a two-run, ninth-inning home run by Tampa Bay's Yunel Escobar completed the scoring.

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