CHICAGO (Interstat) — Jeff Hoffman earned the win and Louis Varland notched his 15th save as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field in front of 40,706. The game took 3 hours, 12 minutes.

The Cubs built an early lead on a three-run homer by Matt Shaw in the second inning and a two-run shot by Pete Crow-Armstrong in the sixth. Toronto trailed 5-0 before Daulton Varsho’s three-run homer in the seventh cut the deficit.

The Blue Jays erupted for five runs in the eighth. Alejandro Kirk singled home a run, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added an RBI single, and Kazuma Okamoto capped the rally with a three-run homer. Chicago answered with one run in the bottom half but could not complete the comeback.

Hoffman pitched a scoreless inning with one strikeout. Jacob Webb took the loss. Colin Rea threw 5 1/3 shutout innings for Chicago, striking out three. Varland worked two hitless innings with two strikeouts. Toronto improved to 38-39, while Chicago fell to 40-37.