Gavin Williams, three homers power Guardians past Toronto Blue Jays

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Interstat) — Gavin Williams struck out 13 and allowed no earned runs over seven innings, and the Cleveland Guardians used three home runs to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 on Tuesday at Progressive Field.

Angel Martínez went 2 for 4, homered and drove in two for the Guardians, who improved to 70-68. Patrick Bailey and Angel Genao also homered for Cleveland, which collected eight hits. Toronto had three hits.

Williams (13-7) gave up two hits and struck out 13. Spencer Arrighetti (7-8) took the loss after allowing two earned runs on two hits over 3 2/3 innings. The Blue Jays dropped to 68-71.

Toronto took a 1-0 lead in the fifth, but Cleveland answered with two runs in the bottom half on Bailey’s homer. Genao added a two-run shot in the seventh and Martínez hit a two-run homer in the eighth.

Attendance was 18,099 and the game lasted 2:28.