By KRISTIE ACKERT
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nathan Lukes was involved in home-run video reviews at the plate and right field as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight win.
Toronto (89-62), seeking its first AL East title since 2015, maintained a five-game lead over the second-place New York Yankees. Joey Loperfido homered and George Springer had three hits and two RBIs.
Tampa Bay (73-78) has lost nine of 11, dropping 9 1/2 games behind Houston for the last AL wild card with 11 games left. The Rays had two on with one out in the ninth before Jeff Hoffman struck out Josh Lowe and Jake Mangum for his 31st save in 38 chances.
The Rays drew 8,908, their 18th non-sellout at 10,046-capacity Steinbrenner Field.
Toronto built a 4-0 lead against Rya