Toronto Blue Jays’ Colby Rasmus rounds the bases on a home run off Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Livan Hernandez (61) in the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 10, 2012, in Atlanta.ATLANTA (AP) – After watching the Blue Jays score a combined five runs in two losses to the Braves, John Farrell fretted about his team’s inability to “bunch some hits together.”
The Blue Jays came through with an impressive solution in the final game of the series.
Brett Lawrie and Colby Rasmus each homered and drove in three runs and Toronto rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat Atlanta 12-4 on Sunday.
The Blue Jays set a season high with 18 hits as they ended a three-game losing streak. The offensive outburst, which started with a six-run fifth inning, came after Toronto was held to one hit in four scoreless innings by Braves rookie Julio Teheran.
“The way things started out, it wasn’t looking real promising,” Farrell said. “We were able to string a number of hits together. … We were able to string together not only the six runs but it continued on through the middle and latter part of the game.”