SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — Dylan Cease pitched eight dominant innings, allowing one hit and striking out 11 as the Toronto Blue Jays blanked the San Francisco Giants 10-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Oracle Park.

The game was a stark contrast to the previous night’s contest when the Giants routed the Blue Jays 10-1. Toronto, which had dropped three of its previous four games, bounced back with a complete performance that included an early offensive outburst and a shutout pitching effort.

Cease, who improved to 6-4 on the season, was nearly unhittable from the outset. He retired the first six batters he faced, striking out three of them. The only hit he allowed came in the bottom of the ninth inning when Heliot Ramos singled with one out, but by then the game was already well decided. Cease threw 97 pitches and did not issue a walk until the fifth inning, when he gave a free pass to Willy Adames. He responded by striking out Bryce Eldridge to end that inning.

Cease’s performance marked his second straight start with at least seven innings and no earned runs. On July 3 against Seattle, he went seven innings with three hits allowed, no earned runs and nine strikeouts in a win.

The Blue Jays gave Cease all the run support he needed in the first inning. Ernie Clement led off with a single, and Nathan Lukes followed with a single of his own. After Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded out, advancing both runners, George Springer walked to load the bases. Daulton Varsho then singled to center field, scoring Clement and keeping the bases loaded.

Kazuma Okamoto stepped to the plate and launched a grand slam to right field, his 21st home run of the season, scoring Lukes, Springer and Varsho. The five-run first inning put Toronto ahead 5-0 before the Giants could bat.

San Francisco starter Logan Webb struggled early and never found a rhythm. He lasted seven innings but allowed five earned runs on five hits with two strikeouts. Webb, who fell to 5-7 on the season, allowed the grand slam and walked two batters.

The Giants managed only one baserunner through the first four innings. Adames walked in the fifth, but was stranded. San Francisco had no answer for Cease’s fastball and breaking ball, as he mixed pitches effectively and kept hitters off balance.

Toronto added insurance runs in the eighth inning. Varsho led off with a single, and Okamoto singled to put runners at first and second. Alejandro Kirk walked to load the bases. Myles Straw then reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Varsho, with Okamoto advancing to third. Andres Gimenez singled to drive in Okamoto, making it 7-0.

The Blue Jays broke the game wide open in the ninth inning against reliever Spencer Bivens. Lukes walked, and Guerrero Jr. hit his fifth home run of the season, a line drive to center field that scored Lukes. Springer followed with his ninth home run, a solo shot to center field, giving Toronto a 10-0 lead.

Bivens allowed three runs on three hits in his one inning of work, striking out one.

Toronto’s offense collected 11 hits. Okamoto finished 2-for-5 with the grand slam and four RBIs. Varsho went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Lukes went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run. Guerrero Jr. drove in two runs, and Springer added an RBI. Gimenez had an RBI single.

The Giants managed just one hit, Heliot Ramos’s single in the ninth inning off Cease. Rogers relieved Cease in the ninth and retired the side without allowing a hit, striking out one.

The attendance was 34,023. The game lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Toronto raised its record to 44-49 with the win, while San Francisco dropped to 38-54. The Blue Jays won the three-game series two games to one, after losing the opener 10-1 then winning 9-3 on Tuesday.

The Blue Jays travel to San Diego next for a three-game series starting Friday. The Giants return home to host the Colorado Rockies for a four-game series beginning Thursday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of San Francisco 5, Toronto 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave Toronto a 52.70 percent probability to win. Toronto was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 10 went under the over/under line of 7.