TORONTO (Interstat) — Kevin Gausman allowed one earned run over 5 2/3 innings and George Springer drove in two runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Saturday at Rogers Centre.

Toronto took a 1-0 lead in the third on Springer’s RBI single, added a run in the fourth on Luis Urias’ sacrifice fly and scored three in the seventh. St. Louis scored in the sixth on Masyn Winn’s RBI double. Springer had two hits and drove in two, and Alejandro Kirk also had two RBIs for Toronto. Gausman (5-10) struck out four and scattered nine hits over 5 2/3 innings. Quinn Mathews (0-1) allowed two earned runs in five innings for the Cardinals. Peter Strzelecki pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief for St. Louis. St. Louis outhit Toronto 11-9. Attendance was 41,819 and the game lasted 2:43. The Blue Jays improved to 52-59, while the Cardinals dropped to 54-57.