TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays beat Cleveland 5-3 on Tuesday night, snapping the Indians’ winning streak at six games.
Toronmto’s Edwin Encarnacion went 0 for 2 with a walk and a sacrifice fly, ending his career-high hitting streak at 26 games.
Yan Gomes hit two home runs and Michael Brantley also connected but it wasn’t enough for the Indians.
Dioner Navarro singled off Bryan Shaw (3-3) to begin the 10th and was replaced by pinch-runner Ezequiel Carrera. One out later, Ryan Goins drilled the game-winning two-run homer into the right field bullpen, his fifth.
Mark Lowe (1-2) got one out for the victory as AL East-leading Toronto won for the fourth time in five games and remained 1 1-2 games ahead of the New York Yankees, who beat Boston 3-1.