TORONTO (Interstat) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven innings of five-hit shutout ball, striking out nine, as the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Friday night at Rogers Centre before 41,689 fans in 2 hours 57 minutes.

Texas jumped ahead with three runs in the first inning. Brandon Nimmo doubled to score Wyatt Langford and Josh Jung, then Justin Foscue singled home Nimmo. Ezequiel Duran added an RBI single. In the third, Foscue hit a two-run homer, his fifth, to make it 5-0.

Toronto rallied with four runs in the eighth. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled in two runs, and Kazuma Okamoto followed with a two-run homer, his 19th. Jacob Latz recorded the final three outs for his 15th save.

Eovaldi improved to 8-7 for Texas (40-42). Patrick Corbin took the loss, falling to 2-4 after allowing five earned runs in 4 1/3 innings for Toronto (39-43). Foscue finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs, and Langford had three hits. Guerrero and Okamoto each had two hits for the Blue Jays. Texas won its second straight game in the series.