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  W: J. Hellickson (2-0)   L: H. Alvarez (0-1)

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Longoria hits 2-run HR, Rays rout Blue Jays 9-4

(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

TORONTO (AP) Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer and came within a triple of the cycle, Desmond Jennings added a solo shot and the Tampa Bay Rays ended a 10-game road trip by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 Thursday night.

Longoria went 3 for 4 with a season-high four RBIs and reached base four times as the Rays tagged Blue Jays right-hander Henderson Alvarez for a career-high six earned runs. Longoria singled home a run in the first, homered in the fifth, drew an intentional walk in the seventh and hit an RBI double in the ninth.

Alvarez (0-1) allowed six hits in 6 1-3 innings, walked two and struck out four.

Updated April 19, 2012