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 Anthony Gose went 2-for-2 with an RBI and three runs scored and
Jose Reyes added two hits and scored twice for the Blue Jays, who
have won four straight and nine of 11. Hutchison (10-11) gave up one
run and four hits in his fourth straight quality start as Toronto
pulled within 3 1/2 games of Detroit for the second American League
wild card.
Luis Valbuena had a pair of doubles and Jorge Soler hit his fourth
home run in 12 big-league games for the Cubs, who have been
outscored 48-10 during a six-game losing streak. Kyle Hendricks
(6-2) allowed four runs and six hits over 5 2/3 innings, snapping a
streak of seven straight Chicago wins in his starts.
 The Blue Jays took the lead in the third when Kevin Pillar led off
with a double, moved up on a groundout and scored on Gose's
sacrifice fly. They tacked on a run on Soler's error in the sixth
and added two more with two outs in the inning on Adam Lind's RBI
single and Valencia's run-scoring double.
Seven straight Toronto batters reached base in the five-run seventh
inning with Edwin Encarnacion and Navarro delivering two-run singles
and Valencia adding a run-scoring single. Ontario native Dalton
Pompey had an RBI groundout in his first major-league plate
appearance in the eighth and Steve Tolleson capped the scoring with
an RBI infield single later in the inning.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Soler's homer was the first given up by a Blue Jays
starter in 67 innings dating to Brett Gardner's shot off J.A. Happ
on Aug. 31. … The homer by Soler was the Cubs' first during their
losing streak after hitting 31 in their previous 19 games. … Blue
Jays RF Jose Bautista went 0-for-2 with two walks, ending his
13-game hitting streak.
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