Aaron Hill homered in his return to the lineup and the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Tampa Bay Rays for a 6-5 victory on Friday.

Brett Cecil (1-0), making his first start of the season, picked up the win in going 6 2/3 innings and allowing four runs on six hits with eight strikeouts.

Kevin Gregg picked up the save, striking out Ben Zobrist with a runner on second to end the game.

The Blue Jays scored four times in the first inning. Vernon Wells, Jose Bautista and Alex Gonzalez had run-scoring hits in the frame off Tampa Bay starter Matt Garza (3-1).

Hill, who hadn't played since April 8 because of a hamstring injury, homered to give the Blue Jays a 6-1 lead in the sixth inning before the Rays closed the gap to 6-2 on an RBI-double by Zobrist in the bottom half. Kapler then made it 6-4 with a two-run homer in the seventh.

The Rays cut it to 6-5 in the eighth following a run-scoring single by B.J. Upton.