Faria responded well to the top of the Blue Jays lineup in the first inning, retiring the side despite allowing a hard hit liner by Josh Donaldson, who he had been pitching up with fastballs until it almost burned him. Corey Dickerson hit a one-out single and was pushed over to second on a FC, but made an interesting decision to challenge the veteran arm of Russell Martin and steal third. This did not work out well, and Dickerson was thrown out by a mile for the final out of the inning.
The Blue Jays and the Rays traded remarkably similar innings in the second.