MLB: Toronto 13, Minnesota 2

The Blue Jays totaled six homers, two of them from Edwin Encarnacion, while pounding out 13 hits. Travis Snider and Jose Molina also homered and Toronto boosted its season total to 253 -- the best in the majors this season and the fourth-most in baseball history, trailing the 1997 Seattle Mariners (264), 2005 Texas Rangers (260) and 1996 Baltimore Orioles (257).

Encarnacion hit a two-run homer in the second to start the outburst of long balls and he had a solo shot in the third. Bautista hit his grand slam in the seventh to give Toronto a 9-2 lead and he tacked on a solo affair in the ninth.

Bautista's five RBI gave him 124 for the season, putting him within reach of the largest total in the majors this year. Detroit's Miguel Cabrera leads with 126, but is through for the season due to an ankle injury.

Minnesota is one game behind both the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay in the race for the best record in the American League.

Toronto sent seven pitchers to the mound and the fourth of them, Casey Janssen, got the win. Janssen (5-2) did not allow a runner while retiring the last batter in the fifth and all three in the sixth.

Starter Francisco Liriano (14-10) suffered the loss, giving up five runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings.

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