Encarnacion homers as Blue Jays beat Mariners

TORONTO (AP) - Edwin Encarnacion hit his third home run in three games, Henderson Alvarez won for the first time since August and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 7-2 Sunday.

Jeff Mathis added a two-run homer as Toronto broke open a close game with a five-run eighth inning.

Chone Figgins and Miguel Olivo hit solo homers for the Mariners, who lost their second straight.

Encarnacion had a solo homer in Toronto's 9-5 defeat Friday and hit his fourth career grand slam in Saturday's 7-0 win. He went deep again in the finale, lacing a tiebreaking drive to left in the sixth off Jason Vargas. Encarnacion's homer was his team-leading seventh.