Smoak's slam caps 5-run 9th, Jays' win

Justin Smoak hit a pinch-hit, two-out grand slam in the ninth inning to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-5 win over the host Miami Marlins on Friday night at Marlins Park.

Toronto snapped a four-game skid while extending Miami's losing streak to four.

Miami's Dan Straily gave up just four hits, one walk and one run in eight innings, but Kyle Barraclough quickly made a mess of things for Miami in the ninth. After Barraclough loaded the bases with one out, Drew Steckenrider (4-4) entered the game and struck out Aledmys Diaz before forcing in a run by walking Devon Travis.

Smoak, the subject of trade rumors, then pulled a 0-2, 95 mph fastball over the fence in right for his 22nd homer of the season.

Straily got a no-decision in his second straight strong start after having beaten the first-place Atlanta Braves with six scoreless innings last Friday.

Miami's offense was led by Brian Anderson, who started two rallies with doubles, and Starlin Castro, who went 3-for-4 with a walk, run scored and RBI.

Toronto's Aaron Sanchez, making just his second start since June 21, escaped with a no-decision. Sanchez, who had missed time due to a contusion on his right index finger, gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings.

Miami opened the scoring with three runs in the fourth. Anderson drove a long double to left-center, advanced to third on a groundout by J.T. Realmuto and scored on Derek Dietrich's single. After a single by Castro, JT Riddle lined an RBI single to left before Austin Dean capped the rally with a run-scoring groundout.

Anderson started another rally in the fifth with his other double and scored on a Realmuto single. After another single by Dietrich, Castro laced an RBI single to give Miami a 5-0 lead.

Toronto ended Straily's 12-inning scoreless streak with a run in the sixth. Pinch-hitter Curtis Granderson singled with one out, advanced to third on rookie Billy McKinney's double and scored on Lourdes Gurriel Jr.'s sacrifice fly.

By virtue of Toronto's five-run ninth inning, reliever Joe Biagini (3-7) earned the win. Ken Giles pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth for his 19th save.

(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)