Blue Jays 7, Astros 3: Brandon Morrow struck out nine over six innings and Brett Lawrie belted a two-run homer as Toronto downed visiting Houston for the second straight game.

Maicer Izturis went 2-for-3 with an RBI single and scored twice for the Blue Jays, who went 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position after going 0-for-6 in Tuesday’s series-opening victory. Morrow (1-1) yielded three runs on five hits, Neil Wagner tossed a pair of perfect frames in relief while Steve Delabar and Esmil Rogers finished off Houston in the ninth inning.

Lucas Harrell (0-2) surrendered five runs (four earned) and seven hits, needing 107 pitches to get through 4 1/3 innings. Alex Presley hit a two-run homer for the Astros, who have dropped three straight.

The Blue Jays wasted little time getting to Harrell, jumping out to a two-run lead in the first as Jose Bautista plated a run with a double and scored two batters later on a single from Adam Lind. Melky Cabrera singled and stole second to open the fifth before coming around on Izturis’ grounder up the middle past Harrell.

After Lind was intentionally walked three batters later, Toronto extended its advantage to 5-0 when third baseman Matt Dominguez overthrew second baseman Jose Altuve, allowing two runs to score. Houston made things interesting thanks to Presley’s second homer of the season and an RBI groundout by Chris Carter in the sixth, but Lawrie put the game out of reach when he lifted Josh Zeid’s 2-1 curveball over the fence in left-center.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cabrera saw his four-game homer streak snapped, but has notched at least one hit in each game after his single in the fifth. … Astros CF Dexter Fowler (stomach virus), who returned to the starting lineup for the first time in six games, went 1-for-3 and scored a run. … Toronto C Dioner Navarro recorded his first steal since 2009 when he took second base in the seventh off Zeid. Lawrie homered three pitches later.