George Springer slammed two of Toronto’s five home runs to trigger a 10-3 rout for the Blue Jays against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday.
Alejandro Kirk, Spencer Horwitz and Leo Jimenez also homered to give the home team their first five-longball game since they turned the trick a year ago in Cincinnati.
The Blue Jays (59-67) feasted on 26-year-old starter Carson Spiers (4-5), who was making his 12th career start for the Reds (61-65). He gave up five homers and nine earned runs on 13 hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Toronto starter Jose Berrios (12-9) was the victor. He tossed 96 pitches and struck out seven in seven innings of work, giving up two runs on six hits with two walks.
Springer smacked a two-run homer to left in the second inning and added his 16th with a solo shot in the fifth.
Kirk …