CINCINNATI— The Blue Jays spotted their opponents a big lead early, but rallied to beat the Cincinnati Reds 13-9 at the Great American Ballpark, taking the rubber match of the three-game series. Here’s what you need to know:

Shane Bieber , who had allowed just three runs in his first two starts combined, gave up five on five hits in a bat-around second inning. The right-hander was nickel-and-dimed until Noelvi Marte’s two-out, two-run double to the gap in right-centre capped the scoring.

The Jays couldn’t solve starter Zack Littell early, but George Springer began the second trip through the order with his team-leading 27th home run of the season. Over the course of the next 10 batters, Daulton Varsho , Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger also went deep to send Littell to the s

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