TROY TULOWITZKI HIT HIS FOURTH CAREER GRAND SLAM, MARCUS STROMAN WON HIS FIFTH STRAIGHT DECISION TO HELP THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS ROUT THE CINCINNATI REDS 17-2 ON MONDAY NIGHT.
JUSTIN SMOAK HIT A THREE-RUN HOMER AND RUSSELL MARTIN ADDED A TWO-RUN SHOT FOR THE BLUE JAYS, WHO HAVE 43 HOME RUNS IN MAY.
SMOAK HAD FOUR RBIS WHILE MARTIN WENT 3-FOR-4 WITH THREE RBIS AND A WALK. TORONTO'S 23 HITS WERE A SEASON-BEST. THE BLUE JAYS HAD A FRANCHISE-HIGH 25 HITS AGAINST TEXAS ON AUG. 9, 1999.
EZEQUIEL CARRERA WENT 4-FOR-4 WITH A WALK AND DEVON TRAVIS HAD FOUR HITS, EXTENDING HIS HITTING STREAK TO 13, AS THE BLUE JAYS WON FOR THE SIXTH TIME IN SEVEN GAMES.
ADAM DUVALL HIT A SOLO HOME RUN FOR CINCINNATI, HIS THIRD HOMER IN TWO GAMES AND FIFTH IN THE PAST FIVE.