TORONTO (Interstat) — Kazuma Okamoto doubled in the tying run in the sixth inning and Luis Urias singled in two runs in the eighth as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 on Friday night at Rogers Centre.

Dylan Cease allowed one run and three hits over six innings with seven strikeouts. Jeff Hoffman pitched a scoreless seventh for the win and Louis Varland earned his 24th save. Peter Strzelecki took the loss.

St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the fifth when Jordan Walker’s single scored Nathan Church. Toronto answered in the sixth on Okamoto’s double that scored Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Urias then delivered the go-ahead runs in the eighth. Toronto outhit St. Louis 9-5.

The Cardinals fell to 54-56 despite Kyle Leahy allowing one earned run in six innings. The Blue Jays improved to 51-59. Toronto’s bullpen worked three scoreless innings. Attendance was 41,506 and the game lasted 2:36.