TORONTO (Interstat) — Dylan Cease struck out eight over five and two-thirds innings and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Houston Astros 4-2 on Monday at Rogers Centre before 42,273 fans.

Houston struck first in the opening inning when Isaac Paredes singled home Jeremy Peña. Toronto tied it in the fourth on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s sacrifice fly, but the Astros regained the lead in the sixth on Jose Altuve’s run-scoring single. The Blue Jays answered in the seventh as Myles Straw’s sacrifice fly plated Daulton Varsho, then Alejandro Kirk added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Cease allowed three hits and two earned runs while walking none. Braydon Fisher (3-2) earned the win with 1 1/3 hitless innings, and Louis Varland notched his 16th save with a perfect ninth. Enyel De Los Santos (0-2) took the loss for Houston, giving up two hits and one earned run in 1 1/3 innings. Toronto outhit the Astros 11-5.

The Blue Jays improved to 39-39, while the Astros fell to 37-43. The game lasted 2 hours, 56 minutes.