J. A. Happ a hometown hero as Blue Jays thump Mets 12-1

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J.A. Happ reached three times and allowed only two baserunners over seven innings as the Toronto Blue Jays got their first road victory against the New York Mets, 12-1 on a rainy Wednesday in Queens. Happ (5-3) struck out 10 while pitching two-hit ball. The left-hander also singled twice and walked in his first multi-hit game since 2011, when he had two hits for Houston at Citi Field. Toronto was 0-12 against the Mets in New York, the longest such skid against one team in interleague baseball history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. New York’s Brandon Nimmo homered off Danny Barnes with two outs in the ninth and Wilmer Flores added a double before Barnes finished Toronto’s four-hitter.

THREE HOMERS

Justin Smoak, Teoscar Hernandez and Richard Urena each homered and drove in three runs as Toronto piled up 15 hits. The Blue Jays improved to 22-21 and haven’t fallen below .500 since being 1-2 on March 31. Toronto had averaged 2.8 runs over its past 11 games, batting .211 with a .630 OPS while going 3-8. Smoak sparked the breakout performance by smashing a homer to right off Zack Wheeler (2-3) in the first inning. Wheeler was otherwise sharp early on, striking out six prior to a brief rain delay during the bottom of the third inning. Wheeler fell apart after the delay. Hernandez put Toronto up 3-0 with a two-run shot in the fourth, and then Smoak ripped a two-run double during a three-run fifth inning — AP