ST. PETERSBURG -- Chris Archer was good on Sunday afternoon. Marcus Stroman was better, leading the Blue Jays to a 5-3 Opening Day win over the Rays, with a sellout crowd of 31,042 watching at Tropicana Field.
Stroman held the Rays to three runs on six hits in eight-plus innings to pick up the win. Prior to the ninth, the only blemish to his line came via Evan Longoria's RBI single in the third. Perched on the brink of a complete game, Stroman got chased in the ninth after Corey Dickerson homered to lead off the inning and Desmond Jennings followed with a single.