TORONTO (Interstat) — Jesús Luzardo pitched into the sixth inning, Alec Bohm and Kyle Schwarber each homered and the Philadelphia Phillies held off a late Toronto Blue Jays rally for a 7-4 victory Wednesday night at Rogers Centre.

The Phillies won for the fourth time in five games and improved to 37-31, taking two of three in the series after losing 3-2 on Tuesday. Toronto fell to 33-36.

Luzardo allowed four hits and one earned run over 5 2/3 innings, striking out eight and walking three. The left-hander improved to 5-4 on the season. Jhoan Duran pitched the ninth for his 17th save, working around two hits while striking out one.

Max Scherzer took the loss, his fourth against one win. The right-hander gave up seven runs, six earned, on seven hits and four walks over six innings. He struck out six.

Philadelphia jumped ahead in the first inning when Bryce Harper hit his 15th home run of the season, a solo shot to left field off Scherzer. Harper finished 2 for 4 with a double and a walk.

The Phillies broke the game open in the third. Kyle Schwarber led off with a single and Trea Turner followed with a single. After Harper grounded into a forceout that put runners at the corners, Brandon Marsh popped out. Bohm then crushed a three-run homer to left center, his eighth of the year, scoring Schwarber and Harper for a 4-0 lead.

Philadelphia added two more in the fourth. Justin Crawford singled to lead off, and Schwarber launched his 24th home run of the season to right center, making it 6-0.

Toronto got on the board in the sixth. Ernie Clement walked and Kazuma Okamoto walked before Yohendrick Piñango struck out. Brandon Valenzuela then singled to right field, scoring Clement. Right fielder Adolis García made a throwing error that allowed Okamoto to advance to third, but the inning ended when Andrés Giménez flied out to left.

The Phillies answered in the seventh. Harper walked, Marsh struck out and Bohm singled, sending Harper to third. Bryson Stott singled to center, scoring Harper to push the lead to 7-1. Stott went 2 for 4 with a walk and an RBI.

Toronto mounted a comeback in the bottom of the seventh. Myles Straw singled, Nathan Lukes walked and George Springer walked to load the bases. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. walked, forcing in Straw to make it 7-2. Ernie Clement then hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Lukes and cutting the lead to 7-3. Okamoto added another sacrifice fly to right, scoring Springer and pulling the Blue Jays within 7-4.

Philadelphia’s bullpen slammed the door from there. José Alvarado pitched a scoreless seventh, allowing one hit and striking out two. Chase Shugart gave up three earned runs on one hit and two walks in one-third of an inning in the seventh. Jonathan Bowlan recorded one out without allowing a hit. Duran worked the ninth, surrendering a single to Springer before inducing a double play from Guerrero and then getting Clement to single, but Okamoto struck out to end the game.

Toronto outhit Philadelphia 8-7 at one point, but the Phillies finished with 10 hits to the Blue Jays’ eight. Harper and Bohm each drove in runs, and Schwarber added two RBIs with his homer. Crawford had one hit in four at-bats.

The Blue Jays’ late rally fell short despite two sacrifice flies and a three-run seventh inning that brought the tying run to the on-deck circle. Toronto left eight runners on base.

The game lasted 3 hours, 12 minutes before a crowd of 35,733 at Rogers Centre.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Philadelphia Phillies 7, Toronto Blue Jays 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Philadelphia with a 50.10 percent probability to win. Philadelphia had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 11 went under the over-under line of 8.5.