MLB: Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 3 (13 inn.)

TORONTO, May 8 (UPI) -- Dioner Navarro hit a grand slam homer in the 13th inning Thursday, boosting the Tampa Bay Rays to an 8-3 win over Toronto.

The Blue Jays lost for only the second time in eight games after rallying to tie the contest with a three-run ninth.

Shawn Camp (0-1), the seventh Toronto pitcher, took the mound in the 13th and promptly gave up singles to Jason Bartlett and Akinori Iwamura. Carl Crawford then launched a sacrifice fly that brought in Bartlett with the go-ahead run, after which B.J. Upton singled and Carlos Pena was walked intentionally to load the bases.

Navarro blasted a 3-2 pitch from Camp to right for his first home run of the year.

That made a winner out of J.P. Howell (1-0), who worked the last three innings.

Toronto tied the game in the ninth off Troy Percival on a two-run homer by Vernon Wells, a double by Lyle Overbay and an RBI single by Aaron Hill.

A two-run homer by Gabe Cross in the fifth and Carlos Pena's eighth home run of the season in the seventh gave Tampa Bay a 3-0 lead.

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