Lindor’s homers lift Indians on road

TORONTO — Francisco Lindor had two solo homers and four RBIs, Shane Bieber pitched into the seventh inning to remain unbeaten in nine road starts and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Thursday night for their third straight win.

Montverde Academy alum Lindor connected on righthander Sam Gaviglio’s third pitch of the game for the seventh leadoff homer of his career, then went deep to right off Gaviglio again in the third for his eighth career multihomer game. Lindor has 33 home runs this season. He added a two-run single in the fifth and singled again in the ninth.

Toronto’s Rowdy Tellez doubled in the second and fourth innings after getting a pinch-hit double in his debut Wednesday, making him the first player in major-league history with extrabase hits in each of his first three plate appearances.

Jason Kipnis hit a three-run shot off Blue Jays reliever Mark Leiter Jr. in the ninth, his 15th.

Bieber (9-3) allowed four runs, three earned, and seven hits in 61⁄3 innings, improving to 5-0 away from home. Gaviglio (3-8) allowed five runs and six hits in 41⁄3 innings to lose for the fourth time in five starts.

Trailing 2-0 on Lindor’s two blasts, the Blue Jays rallied with four in the fourth. Tellez doubled home a run, then Tesocar Hernandez hit a two-run double and scored on a fielding error by first baseman Yonder Alonso. The Indians answered with three in the fifth. Brandon Guyer chased Gaviglio with an RBI double, and Lindor greeted reliever Jose Fernandez with a two-run single.

Indians outfielder Greg Allen gave his team a two-run cushion with an RBI double off righthander Justin Shafer.