Blue Jays beat Marlins 8-1 as Sánchez hits first grand slam

Jesús Sánchez hit his first career grand slam to cap a six-run sixth inning, powering the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre. The win snapped Toronto’s two-game slide and ended Miami’s season-high four-game winning streak.

All three Blue Jays home runs came off Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara. Sánchez’s 394-foot liner down the right-field line was his sixth homer of the year and highlighted the decisive sixth inning. Ernie Clement opened the scoring with a solo homer in the second inning, his fifth of the season and second in consecutive games. Yohendrick Piñango began the sixth-inning rally with a leadoff solo shot, his second of the year.

Alcantara endured a difficult outing, surrendering a season-high eight runs and ten hits over 5 2/3 innings. The right-hander also hit four batters, including George Springer and Kazuma Okamoto. He was booed by the crowd of 42,814 after hitting Okamoto immediately following Sánchez’s grand slam. Alcantara’s winless streak now extends to six starts, and he holds an 0-3 record with a 6.07 ERA in four career starts against Toronto.

For the Blue Jays, starter Spencer Miles delivered a...