Blue Jays 4, Rangers 1: Rookie Marcus Stroman tossed seven scoreless innings and Dan Johnson drove in a pair of runs as host Toronto downed Texas to even its three-game series.

Stroman (5-2) returned to form after a rough outing in his last time out, holding the Rangers to four singles while striking out five to improve to 4-1 with a 1.82 ERA in six career home starts. Melky Cabrera had three hits and scored while Aaron Loup worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth inning for his third save for the Blue Jays, who have won seven of their last nine meetings with the Rangers.

Elvis Andrus singled to left in the eighth to score Rougned Odor and break up the shutout bid as major league-worst Texas (39-58) fell for the ninth time in 10 games and have lost 23 of its last 27 overall. Colby Lewis (6-7) needed 106 pitches to make it through five frames and lost for the second time in as many turns after giving up two runs on eight hits and three walks.

Lewis, who gave up a club-record and career-high 13 runs over a season-low 2 1/3 innings in his last start, worked around trouble in each of his first three frames before allowing a single to Colby Rasmus to begin the fourth. Rasmus advanced to third moments later on a wild pitch and came across for the game’s first run when Johnson doubled off the wall in right-center.

Anthony Gose moved Johnson to third on a bunt single two batters later and Munenori Kawasaki made it 2-0 with a two-out infield single. Toronto padded its lead in the seventh off reliever Ryan Feierabend as Dioner Navarro singled home Cabrera and Johnson plated Jose Bautista with a sacrifice fly.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Texas RF Alex Rios was removed from the game one pitch into his first at-bat after he sprained his right ankle on a swing. Rios limped to the dugout following a short conversation with manager Ron Washington and the team trainer and was replaced by Dan Robertson, who finished 2-for-4. … The Blue Jays went 4-for-12 on Saturday after batting .171 with runners in scoring position over their previous 11 games and were 0-for-14 in such situations in their last two contests. … Lewis has a career 6.94 ERA versus Toronto; his 7.34 ERA entering the game against the Blue Jays was his highest against any American League foe.