TORONTO (Interstat) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven dominant innings, Justin Foscue hit a two-run home run and the Texas Rangers held off a furious late rally to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Friday night at Rogers Centre.

The Rangers improved to 40-42, while the Blue Jays fell to 39-43. Texas won for the second straight night in the series, following a 6-5 victory Thursday.

Eovaldi (8-7) allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings, striking out nine and walking one. He left with a 5-0 lead after the top of the seventh. Jacob Latz retired the final four batters to earn his 15th save. Patrick Corbin (2-4) took the loss, surrendering five runs on six hits over three innings.

Texas jumped on Corbin immediately in the first inning. Wyatt Langford led off with a single to right. Josh Jung was hit by a pitch, and Brandon Nimmo doubled to right-center, scoring Langford and moving Jung to third. After Jake Burger struck out, Justin Foscue singled to left, driving in Jung, and Ezequiel Duran singled to right, plating Nimmo to make it 3-0. The inning ended when Alejandro Osuna grounded out.

The Rangers added two more in the third. Burger walked, and Foscue followed with his fifth home run of the season, a towering fly ball to left field that extended the lead to 5-0. Corbin got out of the inning on a groundout and a flyout.

From there, Eovaldi cruised. He retired 10 of 11 batters during one stretch, allowing only a single to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the fourth. The Blue Jays managed just two hits through seven innings.

Toronto mounted a dramatic comeback in the eighth against the Texas bullpen. Andrés Giménez led off with a single to shortstop. George Springer walked, and after Myles Straw flied out, Guerrero Jr. lined a single to center that scored Giménez and Springer, cutting the lead to 5-2. Kazuma Okamoto then launched his 19th home run of the season to left-center, a two-run shot that tied the game at 5-4. The rally continued as Daulton Varsho struck out, but Ernie Clement singled. Latz entered and struck out pinch-hitter Alejandro Kirk to end the inning.

In the ninth, Latz worked around a one-out walk to Brandon Valenzuela. Giménez popped out to third, Springer flied out to left, and Straw popped out to first to close the game.

The win was the Rangers’ fifth in their last six games. Toronto has lost three of four.

Foscue finished 2 for 4 with two runs batted in and two runs scored. Langford had three hits, including a double, and scored once. Nimmo doubled, drove in a run and scored. Duran had two hits and an RBI. The Rangers had nine hits.

For Toronto, Clement went 2 for 4, and Giménez also had two hits. Okamoto drove in two runs with his homer. Guerrero Jr. had two hits and two runs batted in. The Blue Jays also had nine hits.

Attendance was 41,689. The game lasted 2 hours, 57 minutes.

The Rangers continue their series Saturday at 3 p.m. before heading to Cleveland on Monday. Toronto hosts the New York Mets on Monday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Toronto Blue Jays 5, Texas Rangers 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Toronto with a 57.40 percent probability to win. Texas had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5 runs. The total of nine runs went under the over-under line of 8.5.