TORONTO -- Adam Lind hit a three-run homer and left-hander Brett Cecil pitched six strong innings as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Tuesday.
Lind keyed a six-run fourth with his sixth homer of the season and the third since his recall from triple-A Las Vegas on June 25.
Cecil (2-1) allowed five hits and three runs in six-plus innings in his fourth start since being recalled from the minors June 15. He walked one and struck out three.
Royals right-hander Vin Mazzaro (3-3) allowed 13 hits and six runs in 5 1/3 innings to take the loss for the Royals (36-43).
Casey Janssen pitched the ninth to earn his 10th save of the season. The four-game series is 1-1.
The Royals took a 3-0 lead in the third when Jason Bourgeois tripled to bring in Jeff Francoeur and Salvador Perez. Alex Gordon hit a sacrifice fly to score Bourgeois.
The Blue Jays (41-40) sent 11 hitters to the plate in their big fourth inning that featured Lind's two-out homer that broke a 3-3 tie.
Brett Lawrie led off the inning with a single and Colby Rasmus reached on a bunt. Lawrie took third on Jose Bautista's fly out and scored on an infield single by Edwin Encarnacion.
Yunel Escobar loaded the bases with an infield single and Rajai Davis singled in two runs. Lind followed with a homer against the facing of the second deck in right.
Cecil left in favour of Jason Frasor in the seventh after a leadoff double by Mike Moustakas, who moved to third on a Francoeur ground out.
Moustakas tried to tag up and score on a moderate fly to right field by Perez, but was thrown out at home when Bautista made a high throw for Jeff Mathis to gather up and block off the plate.
Jays left-hander Darren Oliver took over in the eighth and was greeted by a Jarrod Dyson leadoff double. Dyson stole third with two out but Oliver struck out Eric Hosmer to end the inning.
