TORONTO (Interstat) — Jesús Sánchez hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning to break a tie and lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

Sánchez’s blast, his fourth of the season, came off Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi and gave Toronto the lead for good. The win evened the three-game series at one victory apiece after the teams split the first two games, and sent the Blue Jays to a 12-15 record. Cleveland fell to 15-14.

Braydon Fisher picked up the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing one hit and striking out two. Fisher improved to 1-0. Louis Varland earned his third save of the season by working a perfect ninth inning, striking out one. Cecconi took the loss, dropping to 0-4 after allowing six hits and four earned runs over 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five.

Toronto struck first in the bottom of the first inning. Ernie Clement led off with a double, and Daulton Varsho walked. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. followed with a single to left field, scoring Clement and sending Varsho to third. Sánchez then lifted a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Varsho and tying the game 2-2.

Cleveland’s offense had been quiet through four innings against Toronto starter Patrick Corbin, but the Guardians broke through in the fifth. Juan Brito singled and Austin Hedges singled to put runners at first and third. Brayan Rocchio singled to center, scoring Brito and moving Hedges to second. After Steven Kwan grounded into a double play, Angel Martínez doubled to left, scoring Hedges and giving Cleveland a 2-2 tie. Corbin exited after 4 2/3 innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs with four strikeouts.

The score remained 2-2 until the bottom of the sixth. Guerrero led off with a double, and Sánchez followed with a home run to right field, giving Toronto a 4-2 advantage. Cecconi settled down after that but was lifted after recording two outs in the sixth. Colin Holderman relieved and pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out two. Tim Herrin also worked a scoreless inning for Cleveland.

Toronto’s bullpen shut down the Guardians from there. Fisher worked the fifth and sixth, Tyler Rogers pitched a 1-2-3 seventh, Jeff Hoffman did the same in the eighth, and Varland closed it in the ninth. Cleveland outhit Toronto 8-6, but the Blue Jays made their hits count.

Guerrero finished 3 for 4 with a double, a single and an RBI. Clement doubled and scored a run. Sánchez went 1 for 3 with the home run and three RBIs. For Cleveland, Martínez doubled and drove in a run, and Rocchio had two hits and an RBI.

The game drew a crowd of 41,136 and lasted 2 hours, 35 minutes.

The Blue Jays now head home to host the Boston Red Sox on Monday, while the Guardians travel to face the Tampa Bay Rays.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Cleveland Guardians 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Toronto with a 54.90 percent probability to win. Toronto had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 6 went under the over/under line of 8.5.