TORONTO -- Justin Smoak single-handedly stole a game away from the Rangers as he hit a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth and added a two-run shot in the 10th inning of Toronto's 3-1 victory on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre.
Texas held a 1-0 lead until Smoak's solo shot off Rangers closer Shawn Tolleson. An inning later, Smoak was back at it again, this time with a two-run shot to left off Phil Klein.
The Blue Jays picked up their first extra-inning win of the season, while Texas dropped to 0-5 in games decided in the final at-bat. It was the first walk-off homer of Smoak's career and the fourth time he had a multi-homer game.

"It's always a relief," Smoak said. "Finally over the last week or so, I've been getting some more consistent ABs and I've only felt better and better every time. It's a matter of getting those ABs and having some success whenever you get a chance."
Smoak is the first player to hit a game-tying homer in the ninth and a walk-off homer in extra innings since Tyler Flowers did it for the White Sox on Sept. 8, 2014, against Oakland. He also is the first player in Blue Jays franchise history to accomplish the feat.
"He's trying to go down and away and just didn't execute the pitch where he wanted to," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said about the Blue Jays first baseman's walk-off shot. "Smoak put another good swing on it."
Smoak is the first player to hit a game-tying homer in the ninth and a walk-off homer in extra innings since Tyler Flowers did it for the White Sox on Sept. 8, 2014, against Oakland. He also is the first player in Blue Jays franchise history to accomplish the feat.
Neither starting pitcher factored into the decision. Blue Jays right-hander Marco Estrada tossed six strong innings and the only mistake he made came on the second pitch of the game when Rougned Odor hit a leadoff home run.

Rangers starter Martin Perez scattered four hits over five innings and was in line for the win until Toronto's late rally.

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Starting early: Odor opened the scoring with his first career leadoff home run on the second pitch of the game from Estrada. According to Statcast™, the ball traveled an estimated 337 feet from home plate, at a velocity of 90 mph. Odor is hitting .393 (11-for-28) in 11 career games at Rogers Centre.
Ice cold: Toronto hadn't enjoyed a lot of scoring opportunities before Smoak's two home runs. Despite the come-from-behind win, the Blue Jays' struggles with runners in scoring position continued. In the fifth inning, the Blue Jays had runners on second and third for Donaldson, but the reigning American League MVP struck out looking on the ninth pitch of the at-bat. Toronto is batting .136 (6-for-44) with runners in scoring position over its last eight games.

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Odor's shot marked the fifth time in Estrada's career he has allowed a leadoff home run.
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Rangers manager Jeff Banister won his challenge in the top of the ninth inning. With Prince Fielder on second, Ian Desmond hit a ball to right field which fell into the glove of an outstretched Jose Bautista. The play was initially ruled an out, but replays showed Bautista trapped the ball off the turf, putting Rangers on first and third.

WHAT'S NEXT
Rangers: Right-hander Colby Lewis (2-0, 3.19 ERA) will take the mound in the third of four against the Blue Jays on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre at 6:07 p.m. CT. Lewis went a season-high seven innings allowing two runs in a 4-2 win over the Angels on Friday.
Blue Jays: Right-hander Aaron Sanchez (2-1, 2.59) gets the call when the Blue Jays continue their four-game series against the Rangers at 7:07 p.m. ET on Wednesday. This will be Sanchez's first career regular-season start against Texas, but he faced them out of the bullpen during the 2015 American League Division Series. Sanchez has surrendered one earned run or less in all but one of his five starts this year.
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