<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Steven Matz won his fourth consecutive start, Marcus Semien hit a three-run homer, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Friday night.</p>
<p>Matz (4-0), acquired from the New York Mets in January, gave up three runs and five hits over five innings. The lefty went 0-5 with a 9.68 ERA with New York last year.</p>
<p>Toronto also got a solo homer from Randal Grichuk. Rafael Dolis, the fourth reliever, worked the ninth for his first save.</p>
<p>Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer for the Rays. Tyler Glasnow (2-1), who entered with an ERA of 0.73, allowed five runs, five hits and struck out 10 in six innings.</p>
<p>The Blue Jays started what manager Charlie Montoyo called a “kind of weird” three-game series at Tampa Bay, which is a short distance away from Toronto’s spring training ballpark, TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, where it is playing home games through at least May due to COVID-19 restrictions in Canada.</p>
<p>Cavan Biggio and Bo Bichette struck out before the Blue Jays erupted for a four-run first inning. Rowdy Tellez hit an RBI double and Semien connected on a drive to center.</p>
<p>Glasnow also fanned Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who reached on a wild pitch, and Danny Jansen in the first to become the third Tampa Bay pitcher to strike out four in the same inning.</p>
<p>Arozarena’s homer got the Rays within 4-3 in the fifth.</p>
<p>Grichuk’s sixth-inning shot was the lone hit Glasnow gave up over his final five innings.</p>
<p>Arozarena, the left fielder, made a diving catch in straightaway center after center fielder Kevin Kiermaier lost Tellez’s high fly in the fifth.</p>
<p>Gurriel threw out Yandy Díaz, who tried to score from second on Austin Meadows’ single in the first. The left fielder also made a leaping catch at the wall on Mike Brosseau’s fourth-inning drive.</p>
<p>The Blue Jays infield had three errors, including a pair by Bichette at short, while Matz was on the hill. Bichette has six errors this season.</p>
<p> BIRTHDAY CALL-UP</p>
<p>RHP Louis Head joined the Rays on his 31st birthday from the team’s alternate site. A pro since 2012, he had never gotten higher than Triple-A.</p>
<p>“I think getting the call up was so overwhelming, I was kind of speechless to be honest.” Head said.</p>
<p>Unsure about his baseball future after last year, Head sold solar panels door to door in Arizona.</p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Blue Jays: OF George Springer (right quadriceps strain) was scheduled to play in an alternate site intrasquad game Friday night. … OF Teoscar Hernández (COVID-19) resumed baseball activities. … Montoyo said the team is close to the 85% vaccination level, which would ease MLB protocols. … RHP Tanner Roark was placed on the Family Medical Emergency List.</p>
<p>Rays: Closer Diego Castillo was placed on the COVID-19 injured list due to side effects from a vaccination.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Blue Jays LHP Robbie Ray (0-1) will face an opener or LHP Ryan Yarbrough (0-1) on Saturday night.</p>
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