Cody Ross blasts twin homers and doubles twice as Marlins nick Blue Jays 6-5

Ross homers, doubles twice, Marlins nick Jays 6-5

TORONTO — Cody Ross homered and doubled twice, leading rookie Sean West and the Florida Marlins over the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Saturday.

Jeremy Hermida also homered as the Marlins won their seventh straight game at Toronto. Florida is 16-4 all-time against the Blue Jays.

West (2-1) allowed four runs in 5 2-3 innings. In his previous start, he pitched eight shutout innings to beat San Francisco for his first major league victory.

Matt Lindstrom, the fourth Florida reliever, worked around a leadoff single in the ninth to earn his 12 save in 14 chances. He struck out Vernon Wells to strand a runner at second to end it.

A day after hitting his third grand slam of the season in a 7-3 win, Ross drove in two runs. He’s batting .343 over his last 27 games.

Hanley Ramirez hit an RBI double in the first and Hermida connected in the third for his eighth homer, a two-run shot off Casey Janssen (2-3).

Ross made it 5-0 with a two-run drive just inside the left-field foul screen in the fourth. Janssen allowed eight hits in a season-low 3 2-3 innings.

Alex Rios cut it to 5-2 with a two-run homer off West in the fourth. Ross made it 6-2 when he doubled and scored on Chris Coghlan’s double-play grounder in the sixth.

The Blue Jays chased West in the bottom half when Lyle Overbay hit a two-run homer to right-center, making it 6-4.

Toronto cut it to 6-5 with an unearned run in the seventh. After walks put runners at first and second with one out, Wells hit a potential double-play grounder to third. A throwing error by Wes Helms sent the ball into right field, allowing Marco Scutaro to score.

Rios singled to begin the eighth and stole second, putting the tying run in scoring position. One out later, Rios was thrown out trying to steal third by Marlins catcher John Baker.

Batting sixth for the second straight game, Rios went 4 for 4 and scored twice.

NOTES: Toronto ace Roy Halladay, who left Friday’s game after three innings, is day-to-day with a mild groin strain. The Blue Jays will shuffle their rotation to give the right-hander extra time off, meaning the earliest he’ll pitch again would be next Saturday at Washington. … Wells has not homered in 134 at-bats, the longest drought of his career. … The Blue Jays are 0-5 in interleague play. … The Marlins are 9-2 overall at Toronto.