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Jesus Sanchez hit his first career grand slam to key a six-run sixth inning Tuesday night as the host Toronto Blue Jays defeated his former team, the Miami Marlins, 8-1.<\/p>\n
Ernie Clement and Yohendrick Pinango also homered for the Blue Jays, who have split the first two of a three-game series with the Marlins.<\/p>\n
Toronto\u2019s George Springer had three hits and an RBI and was hit by a pitch.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays had lost their two previous games before snapping the Marlins\u2019 four-game winning streak on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Clement led off the second inning with his second homer in as many games on a first-pitch fastball from Sandy Alcantara (3-4), extending his hitting streak to nine games.<\/p>\n
Toronto doubled the lead in the third. Daulton Varsho singled with one out and stopped at third on a double off the left field wall by Sanchez. Kazuma Okamoto followed with an RBI single that was deflected into left field by third baseman Javier Sanoja.<\/p>\n
Miami scored once in the fifth against Spencer Miles (2-0), who entered the game after opener Braydon Fisher threw one shutout inning.<\/p>\n
Jakob Marsee singled to left, took third on a stolen base and a throwing error and scored on Heriberto Hernandez\u2019s infield hit to shortstop.<\/p>\n
Alcantara worked around two hit batters in the bottom of the inning.<\/p>\n
Miles allowed one run, three hits and one walk while striking out three in 4 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Pinango led off the sixth with a line-drive home run to center. Brandon Valenzuela singled with two outs, and Lenyn Sosa was hit by a pitch. Springer lined an RBI single off shortstop Otto Lopez\u2019s glove.<\/p>\n
Varsho walked to load the bases, and Sanchez smoked a first-pitch fastball to right for his grand slam. Before departing, Alcantara hit Okamoto with a pitch, a career-high fourth hit batter of the game, none by fastballs.<\/p>\n
Alcantara allowed eight runs on 10 hits and one walk with four strikeouts in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Toronto\u2019s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. missed his second straight game after being hit by a pitch on the right elbow on Sunday.<\/p>\n