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Villanueva stays unbeaten as Blue Jays top Tigers

The Columbian
Published: July 26, 2012, 5:00pm

TORONTO (AP) — Carlos Villanueva won his fourth straight start, Travis Snider hit a two-run home run and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Friday night.

Jeff Mathis drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double and Omar Vizquel had two hits as Toronto won for the fifth time in seven games.

Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder hit back-to-back homers for Detroit in the first inning but the Tigers lost for the third time in four games.

Cabrera’s homer was his 25th, and raised his major league-leading RBI total to 83. For Fielder, the homer was his 16th.

Detroit has won nine of 14 since the All-Star break but is just 3-4 away from home in that time.

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