TORONTO (Interstat) — Drew Anderson allowed two hits over five scoreless innings, Spencer Torkelson and Hao-Yu Lee hit home runs, and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre.

Anderson improved to 5-6 after walking three and striking out four. He rebounded from a Sept. 8 loss to Minnesota in which he allowed three earned runs over 5.1 innings. Brant Hurter followed with 1.2 hitless innings and one strikeout. Jacob Waguespack added two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out one. Toronto’s Michael Lorenzen fell to 3-13. Detroit improved to 72-79. Toronto dropped to 75-77. The game took 2 hours, 57 minutes and drew 43,554.

The Tigers finished with 10 hits and the Blue Jays had six. Detroit scored in five separate innings and broke the game open with a four-run burst. Torkelson went 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs. Hao-Yu Lee was 2 for 5 with a home run and one RBI. Max Clark went 2 for 5 with two RBIs. Riley Greene, Eduardo Valencia, John Peck and Ben Malgeri also contributed to a balanced attack.

Detroit put runners on in the first when Kevin McGonigle and Gleyber Torres drew walks, but Hao-Yu Lee grounded into a double play and Riley Greene struck out. Toronto went down in order in the first on a flyout by Brett Bateman, a groundout by George Springer and a flyout by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

The Tigers went quietly in the second. Eduardo Valencia grounded out, Max Clark struck out and Torkelson struck out on a foul tip. Toronto got a two-out single from Kazuma Okamoto in the bottom of the second, but Andres Gimenez flew out to center fielder Max Clark.

Detroit’s third ended with a flyout by Zach McKinstry, a strikeout by John Peck and a flyout by McGonigle. Toronto then loaded the bases in the bottom of the third. Josh Smith struck out and Ernie Clement walked. Brett Bateman struck out before George Springer walked and Guerrero walked. Alejandro Kirk grounded out to third baseman Hao-Yu Lee, who threw to first baseman Torkelson to end the inning.

After three scoreless innings, Detroit broke through in the fourth. Torres struck out and Lee grounded out before Riley Greene walked and Valencia walked. Clark doubled to left field to score Greene, and Torkelson followed with a three-run homer to left-center field, his 24th of the season, scoring Valencia and Clark for a 4-0 lead. McKinstry grounded out to end the inning. Anderson retired the side in order in the fourth, getting Nathan Lukes on a groundout, Okamoto on a strikeout and Gimenez on a flyout.

Detroit added a run in the fifth. Peck popped out, McGonigle walked and Torres flew out to right field in foul territory. Lee singled to right field, moving McGonigle to third. Greene then singled sharply to right field to score McGonigle. Valencia popped out to second baseman Clement. In the bottom half, Smith grounded out, Clement popped out, Bateman singled and Springer grounded out.

The Tigers made it 6-0 in the sixth. Clark grounded out, Torkelson walked and McKinstry grounded out to second, moving Torkelson to third. Peck singled to right field to score Torkelson, but he was thrown out at second on the relay from right fielder Lukes to shortstop Gimenez. Toronto’s sixth ended with groundouts by Guerrero and Kirk around a single by Lukes and a flyout by Okamoto.

Toronto’s bullpen kept the Tigers quiet for stretches. Brendan Cellucci struck out three over 1.2 hitless innings. Braydon Fisher allowed no hits over 1.1 innings with two walks and one strikeout. Spencer Arrighetti gave up one hit over two scoreless innings with two walks and two strikeouts. Brendon Little allowed one hit, one earned run and one walk over one inning.

Detroit pushed its lead to 8-0 with two runs in the eighth. Valencia reached on catcher interference by Kirk. Clark grounded into a force out, with Valencia out at second. Torkelson doubled to left field, moving Clark to third. McKinstry struck out swinging, and Peck walked. Brett Callahan flew out to center fielder Bateman.

Toronto got its only run in the bottom of the eighth. Bateman singled, Springer singled and Guerrero lined out sharply to center fielder Clark, moving Bateman to third. Kirk singled to center field to score Bateman. Myles Straw grounded into a double play, with second baseman Torres throwing to shortstop Peck and then to Torkelson at first.

Detroit added two more in the ninth. Torres lined out to shortstop Clement before Lee homered to left field, his ninth of the season. Ben Malgeri singled to shortstop, Valencia doubled to left field and Clark singled to center field to score Malgeri. Torkelson struck out and McKinstry lined out to shortstop Clement.

In the bottom of the ninth, Okamoto grounded out, Davis Schneider struck out and Charles McAdoo reached on a throwing error by Torkelson. Clement flew out to right fielder Callahan to end the game. Anderson earned the win, Hurter and Waguespack helped close the door, and Detroit secured its second straight win in the series after a 6-5 victory Monday. Detroit will face Toronto again Wednesday at Rogers Centre before opening a four-game series at Chicago against the White Sox on Thursday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Toronto Blue Jays 6, Detroit Tigers 5. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Toronto with a 55.9 percent probability to win. Toronto had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 11 went under the over/under line of 8.5.