TORONTO (Interstat) — Rhett Lowder pitched six scoreless innings, and the Cincinnati Reds rode early offense to a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre. Lowder permitted three hits, walked two and struck out two, throwing 79 pitches, 50 for strikes. He earned the win. Trey Yesavage took the loss. JJ Bleday gave Cincinnati a lead with a leadoff home run in the second inning. Eugenio Suárez added a two-out RBI double in the third, and Héctor Rodríguez tripled off the left-field wall in the fifth to drive in two more. Cincinnati collected six hits, while Toronto finished with five. Andrés Giménez grounded out to score Toronto’s lone run in the seventh. John Klein worked four scoreless relief innings for Toronto, allowing two hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Cincinnati improved to 75-89. Toronto dropped to 78-86. Attendance at Rogers Centre was 42,482, and the game lasted 2 hours, 22 minutes.