Kendrys Morales gave the Blue Jays a much-needed lift after Toronto started the regular season with consecutive losses. Morales hit his fourth career grand slam, Marcus Stroman pitched 6 1/3 effective innings and the Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Thursday night. "It was just a matter of time before the guys started heating up," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. Morales homered off Blake Snell (0-1) in the third. Stroman (1-0), the MVP of last month's World Baseball Classic, allowed one run and six hits in his 2017 debut.