Conor Gillaspie hit his first grand slam and Jordan Danks added a two-run shot to cap a six-run first inning, and the Chicago White Sox held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Sunday.
Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer, his 27th this season and first since returning from the disabled list on Friday. The Blue Jays have lost five of six and 11 of 15 to fall 7 1/2 games behind Baltimore in the AL East and four behind Seattle in the AL wild card race.
Chicago right-hander Scott Carroll (5-7) went 5 2-3 innings and allowed five runs on eight hits and three walks
Gillaspie connected for this fifth homer and Danks hit his second off Toronto's Drew Hutchison (8-11), who lost for the fifth time in seven decisions. He pitched seven innings and limited the White Sox to one run after the first.
"It was just through the hands with two strikes and put it in play hard," Gillaspie said. "You know sometimes you get them up in the air, sometimes you miss them.
"It was definitely a good jump-start to the game."
Manager Robin Ventura wasn't surprised by Gillaspie deep drive to right-centre field.
"It's not like you wouldn't expect him to hit home runs, but he's just a line drive hitter," Ventura said. "When he hits it good, it's going to go."
Hutchison has given up six runs or more in four of his last seven starts.
"I had two outs, and I had two strikes," Hutchison said of the Gillaspie's at-bat. "I had a good chance to get through the inning with no runs and I gave up six, and put us in a big hole."
Danks added a third RBI on a sac fly in the sixth. Jake Petricka earned his ninth save in 12 chances after loading the bases in the ninth.
Toronto grabbed a 1-0 lead on the first when Jose Reyes scored on a play that was overturned by video review. He originally had been called out at the plate on a throw from first baseman Jose Abreu.
"It wasn't like we didn't have any shots," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "We just couldn't get that big hit."
Encarnacion's golfed his homer just into the left field bullpen in the fifth as Toronto cut it to 6-4. Pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro singled in a run in the sixth to make it 6-5.
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