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Pillar’s 3-run HR lifts Blue Jays over Dodgers
- Updated: May 6, 2016
TORONTO — Kevin Pillar hit a three-run homer in the eighth and Jose Bautista added a two-run shot of his own, as the Blue Jays picked up their fourth consecutive win with a 5-2 victory over the Dodgers on Friday night at Rogers Centre.
Toronto and Los Angeles were tied at two going into the bottom of the eighth inning, when the Blue Jays put together a one-out rally. Edwin Encarnacion doubled, Justin Smoak was intentionally walked, and then Pillar went deep on a 1-2 pitch from Dodgers reliever Joe Blanton.
The Blue Jays improved to 7-9 all-time against the Dodgers while Los Angeles dropped its second straight. Meetings between these two clubs are rare, but the last time they played each other, the Dodgers swept a three-game series at Rogers Centre in 2013.
Neither starting pitcher factored into the decision. Dodgers right-hander Kenta Maeda allowed two runs over six innings, with the only damage coming in his final inning on a two-run homer by Bautista. Toronto righty Marcus Stroman held the Dodgers scoreless until the seventh, when he allowed a pair of runs on three consecutive hits before he was pulled from the game at the end of the frame.
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