TORONTO (Interstat) — The Chicago White Sox erupted for five runs in the second inning and added four more in the seventh to rout the Toronto Blue Jays 12-4 on Friday night at Rogers Centre.

Attendance was 41,895, and the game lasted 3 hours, 12 minutes.

Chicago’s Tyler Schweitzer earned his first win of the season, allowing four runs on seven hits over seven innings. He struck out five and walked three. Toronto’s Spencer Miles took the loss, dropping to 3-2 after surrendering five runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.

The White Sox improved to 51-45, while the Blue Jays fell to 45-52.

Chicago broke the game open early. After a quiet first inning, the White Sox loaded the bases in the second on a single by Colson Montgomery and a ground-ball single by Andrew Benintendi. Kyle Teel doubled to left-center, scoring Montgomery and sending Benintendi to third. Braden Montgomery then reached on a fielder’s choice that saw Benintendi score and Teel thrown out at third. Tristan Peters grounded out, moving Braden Montgomery to third, and Chase Meidroth singled to center to drive him home. Sam Antonacci capped the inning with a two-run homer to right field, his seventh of the season, making it 5-0.

Toronto got a run back in the third. Ernie Clement was hit by a pitch, moved to third on a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. single, and scored on a George Springer fielder’s choice groundout. The Blue Jays added another in the fourth when Luis Urías led off with a solo homer to left, his second, cutting the deficit to 5-2.

Chicago answered in the fifth. Meidroth singled and Antonacci singled, putting runners at first and second. Munetaka Murakami walked to load the bases. Miguel Vargas struck out, but Colson Montgomery cleared the bases with a double to left, scoring all three runners and giving the White Sox an 8-2 lead.

Toronto responded again in the bottom of the fifth. Springer hit a solo homer to left, his 10th, making it 8-3. An inning later, Brandon Valenzuela hit a solo shot to right, his eighth, pulling the Blue Jays to 8-4.

The White Sox put the game away in the seventh. Vargas led off with a single, and Colson Montgomery walked. Randal Grichuk reached on a fielder’s choice with a throwing error by third baseman Kazuma Okamoto, loading the bases. After Kyle Teel struck out, Braden Montgomery lined a triple to right field, clearing the bases and stretching the lead to 11-4. Tristan Peters followed with a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Braden Montgomery to make it 12-4.

Toronto mustered only one hit over the final three innings. Clement singled in the ninth, and Sean Keys walked, but the Blue Jays stranded both runners.

Key performances included Springer’s homer and two RBIs, Urías’ solo homer, Valenzuela’s solo homer, and Clement’s two-hit night for Toronto. For Chicago, Antonacci homered and drove in two, Colson Montgomery doubled and drove in three, and Braden Montgomery tripled and had three RBIs.

CJ Van Eyk pitched two scoreless innings of relief for Toronto, allowing one hit and striking out one. Adam Macko gave up two earned runs in one inning, striking out two.

The White Sox had won three of their previous four games, including a 9-1 victory over on Sunday. The Blue Jays had lost three straight entering the contest.

Chicago will face Toronto again Saturday in the second game of the three-game series. The White Sox then travel to Texas for a three-game set, while the Blue Jays host Tampa Bay.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Chicago White Sox 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5. Interstat’s ELO system had given Toronto a 59.10 percent probability to win. Toronto had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 16 runs went under the over-under line of 8.5.