Jun 8, 2016; Detroit, MI, USA; Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson (20) and right fielder Jose Bautista (19) celebrate after the game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Toronto won 7-2.Rick Osentoski
Josh Donaldson had three hits, including a three-run homer and a triple, and R.A. Dickey won consecutive starts for the first time since last summer, helping the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2 Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Justin Smoak hit a two-run homer and Kevin Pillar added a two-run triple as Toronto stopped Detroit's five-game winning streak.
Dickey (4-6) allowed two runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings. Combined with Friday's victory at Boston, he won back-to-back outings for the first time since Aug. 28 against Detroit and Sept. 2 versus Cleverland.
Jordan Zimmermann (8-3) gave up seven runs and eight hits in 4 2-3 innings — including two triples and two homers. He has allowed seven or more runs twice in his last four outings, and his ERA has risen to 3.30 from 1.10 on May 6.
Nick Castellanos hit his 11th homer for the Tigers.
Smoak and Castellanos had two-run homers in the first, and Donaldson's three-run homer put Toronto ahead for good in the third. Detroit put runners at the corners with one out when Ezequiel Carrera grounded into a 3-6-2 double play started by Jose Iglesias.
Zimmermann couldn't get out of the fifth, when Donaldson tripled and Pillar tripled.
Detroit got a runner to third with one out in the seventh, but Jesse Chavez came in to strike out James McCann and Andrew Romine. Detroit also stranded two runners in the eighth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Blue Jays: SS Troy Tulowitzki (quadriceps) is scheduled to report to extended spring training this weekend. Toronto manager John Gibbons expects him to be activated when eligible Monday.
Tigers: CF Cameron Maybin was out of the starting lineup for a second straight day with soreness in his left wrist. Maybin broke the wrist in spring training and has been bothered by occasional pain.
DAY OFF
Tigers DH Victor Martinez got the day off after going 0 for 3 with three strikeouts for the first time in his big league career. The move also allowed Brad Ausmus to shift Miguel Cabrera to DH. Andrew Romine played first base and Justin Upton got a rare home start in centerfield.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: RHP Marcus Stroman (5-2, 4.82 starts Thursday's opener of a four-game series against visiting Baltimore and RHP Tyler Wilson (2-5, 4.39).
Tigers: RHP Mike Pelfrey (1-5, 4.76) is to start Friday's series opener at the New York Yankees, who go with LHP CC Sabathia (3-4, 2.58).