Barajas connected with one out in the seventh. Lind and Rolen hit consecutive shots in the eighth, the third time this season the Blue Jays have gone back-to-back.

Toronto’s defense helped Romero get out of a jam in the seventh, when the Rays loaded the bases with two singles and a walk. Romero escaped by getting Burrell to ground into a double play.

“That was the key to the game, the last two innings,” Romero said. “Bases loaded, one out, you’ve got a good hitter up in Burrell. I just made a good pitch that got in on him and we were able to get a double play.”

A walk and an error by shortstop Marco Scutaro gave the Rays runners at first and second with none out in the eighth. Scutaro redeemed himself by catching a line drive from pinch-hitter Willy Aybar, then flipping to second to get Jason Bartlett for the double play.

Romero walked B.J. Upton but the Rays came up empty when Carl Crawford flied out to the warning track in right.

“We had chances, we just didn’t get it done,” Burrell said. “We got close a couple of times.”

James Shields allowed five runs — four earned — and seven hits in 7 1-3 innings. He walked one and struck out eight.

“I felt great, I thought I batted today,” said a frustrated Shields, who dropped to 1-4 on the road.

Shields retired the first eight Toronto batters before Jose Bautista hit an infield single in the third. Scutaro followed with an RBI double down the left-field line, his first hit in 18 at-bats.

Rolen extended his hitting streak to a career-high 19 games with a single in the sixth and Overbay snapped an 0-for-16 skid with a single in the eighth.

NOTES: Toronto OF Vernon Wells, stuck in a 2-for-19 slump, was held out of the starting lineup and was booed when he came on as a defensive replacement in the ninth. With Wells out, Lind batted third for just the second time this season while Overbay hit fifth. ... The Blue Jays celebrated Canada Day with red caps and jerseys. Canadian-born Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins threw out the first pitch and a group of fans in right field hung maple leaf signs instead of Ks to mark strikeouts... This was the first of five straight day games for Toronto, who begin a four-game series at Yankee Stadium on Friday.