TORONTO – He may have allowed a trio of home runs, but Anibal Sanchez still made a good first impression with his new Tigers teammates.

Edwin Encarnacion, Colby Rasmus and Yunel Escobar all connected off Sanchez in his Detroit debut, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-1 victory Saturday.

“He knows what he’s doing, he’s got some weapons,” Tigers Manager Jim Leyland said. “He got a couple of balls up and paid the price for that but he’s a good-looking pitcher. I like him a lot.”

The Tigers have lost three straight and 4 of 5 after a five-game winning streak that briefly lifted them into first place in the AL Central. Outfielder Brennan Boesch said the Tigers are too “battle-tested” to worry about slipping back to second place.

“No one in here is going to be shaken by a couple of games that don’t go our way,” Boesch said.

Sanchez, acquired from Miami earlier in the week along with infielder Omar Infante, gave up five runs and eight hits in six-plus innings. The three homers he allowed were a season high.

WHITE SOX 5, RANGERS 2: Paul Konerko and Adam Dunn each hit a two-run homer for Chicago at Arlington, Texas.

TWINS 12, INDIANS 5: Samuel Deduno pitched seven strong innings for his second major league win and Josh Willingham hit his 27th homer of the season at Minneapolis.

MARINERS 4, ROYALS 3: Kevin Millwood pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Jesus Montero hit a two-run homer and Seattle beat visiting Kansas City.

ATHLETICS 6, ORIOLES 1: Yoenis Cespedes and Chris Carter each hit a two-run homer to lead visiting Oakland to its ninth win in 10 games.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

DIAMONDBACKS 6, METS 3: Miguel Montero homered, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs to help Arizona overcome Ike Davis’ three home runs for visiting New York.

DODGERS 10, GIANTS 0: Matt Kemp homered among his four hits and drove in four runs, Chad Billingsley took a two-hitter into the eighth inning and Los Angeles won at San Francisco to pull within a game of the NL West-leading Giants.

PIRATES 4, ASTROS 3: Rod Barajas hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning as visiting Pittsburgh rallied to send Houston to its club-record 12th straight loss.

NATIONALS 4, BREWERS 1: Washington got home runs from Corey Brown, Tyler Moore and Ryan Zimmerman in a win at Milwaukee.

CUBS 3, CARDINALS 2: Pinch-hitter Reed Johnson drove in the go-ahead run with a bunt single in the seventh inning, and Chicago ended a four-game winning streak for visiting St. Louis.

BRAVES 2, PHILLIES 1: Mike Minor struck out nine and combined with Craig Kimbrel on a four-hitter at Atlanta.

MARLINS 4, PADRES 2: Jose Reyes hit a two-run homer and Nathan Eovaldi won his Miami debut, beating visiting San Diego.

REDS 9, ROCKIES 7: Ryan Ludwick hit two home runs to lead visiting Cincinnati to its season-high ninth straight win.