The 35-year-old played hero by taking Griffin Jax deep in the eighth inning to put the Blue Jays in front 4-3, before the teams traded runs in the ninth. Springer is up to 10 homers on the season, with half of them coming in the last nine games -- a stretch in which he's batting .

George Kirby struck out a career-high 14 during seven innings of two-hit ball, and the Seattle Mariners snapped their five-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels