WASHINGTON (Interstat) — Trey Yesavage pitched 6 2/3 strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays scored three runs in the eighth inning to beat the Washington Nationals 5-2 Wednesday afternoon at Nationals Park.

Yesavage (5-5) allowed one earned run on three hits with four strikeouts to earn the win. Louis Varland earned his 23rd save with two scoreless innings. Orlando Ribalta (0-2) took the loss after giving up three hits and one earned run in one inning.

Toronto trailed 1-0 after Jacob Young’s RBI double in the fourth. The Blue Jays tied it in the sixth on Ernie Clement’s double, then took the lead in the seventh on Daulton Varsho’s run-scoring single.

Kazuma Okamoto’s two-run double in the eighth chased home Davis Schneider and Myles Straw for a 4-1 lead. George Springer added an RBI single before Washington answered with a run in the bottom half.

Okamoto finished 3 for 5 with two RBIs. Varsho added two hits. Washington managed six hits, with Young going 1 for 2 with an RBI.

The Blue Jays improved to 50-59. The Nationals fell to 55-54. Attendance was 20,044. Time of game was 2:59.