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AM800-Sports-Baseball-MLB-Toronto-Blue Jays-Russell-Martin-1.2925580 TORONTO, ON - JULY 24: Russell Martin #55 of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a solo home run in the first inning during MLB game action against the Oakland Athletics at Rogers Centre on July 24, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) (Russell Martin of the Blue Jays hits a solo home run in the first inning against the Oakland Athletics at Rogers Centre on July 24, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) slug.)

The Blue Jays drop Oakland in a battle of basement dwellers

Francisco Liriano shook off two straight rough starts to earn his first win since the all-star break and Russell Martin homered as the Blue Jays snapped a three-game slide with a 4-2 win over the lowly Oakland Athletics.

Liriano (6-5) allowed two runs on two hits while walking two and striking out five over five innings to help raise Toronto's disappointing record to 45-54.

Bouncing back from two short outings in a row, Liriano threw 86 pitches, 51 for strikes.

Ryan Goins, Ezequiel Carrera and Justin Smoak also drove in runs for the Blue Jays and Roberto Osuna struck out the side in the ninth for his 25th save of the season.