Toronto got switch-hitting catcher Dioner Navarro in a tra

TORONTO -- Backed by a big offensive outburst, Francisco Liriano earned his first win with the Blue Jays and helped the team into the AL East lead.Russell Martin and Justin Smoak each homered and drove in five runs as Toronto hammered Minnesota 15-8 Friday night, handing the Twins their eighth straight loss.Josh Donaldson, who drove in three runs, and Darwin Barney, who had three hits, also each homered.The offense came to life and it was a big night, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.Liriano pitched five innings to win for the first time in four starts since Toronto got him a trade with Pittsburgh on Aug. 1. The Blue Jays took a one-game division lead over Boston.Trevor Plouffe hit a solo homer for the last-place Twins. Minnesota has been tagged for at least eight runs in four straight games.Liriano gave up four runs and two hits. He is 7-12 overall, and 3-1 in five career starts against Minnesota, his team from 2005 to 2012.Three of the four batters who walked against Liriano came around to score.I was a little bit wild today, Liriano said through a translator. Thank God that the offense hit the ball well today.Smoak connected off Pat Dean (1-4) in the second inning and Donaldson followed three batters later with his 30th.Smoak also hit RBI singles in the third and seventh.He stepped up tonight, Gibbons said. A lot of the guys did.Barney homered off Andrew Albers to begin a four-run sixth for the Blue Jays. Martin capped the inning with a three-run double off Pat Light.Toronto batted around a second time in the seventh. Martin had the big blow again, a two-run homer off Ryan ORourke. Seven of Martins 15 home runs have come in his past 11 games.When those guys get hot, theyre tough, Albers said. You saw it all year last year. They can put up 12 or 15 against anybody.Starting in place of Hector Santiago (bruised left thumb), Dean allowed six runs and eight hits in three innings.Hes got to learn to continue to trust that he has to change speeds a little bit more, manager Paul Molitor said. A lot of things coming in there around the same speed.Before the game, Toronto got switch-hitting catcher Dioner Navarro in a trade with the Chicago White Sox, reacquiring a member of their 2015 AL East championship team.General manager Ross Atkins said Navarro was excited about the opportunity to return.I could see the smile through the phone, Atkins said. This should be a boost of energy for him, coming into a contender.COMING THROUGH WHEN IT COUNTSSmoaks homer snapped an 0-for-29 slump with runners in scoring position. His last hit with a runner in scoring position was June 18.DO IT AGAINDonaldson reached the 30-homer mark in consecutive seasons for the first time.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: 1B Joe Mauer (quadriceps) missed his third straight game. Hes expected to return Saturday. ... RHP Alex Wimmers was selected from Triple-A Rochester and made his major league debut with a scoreless eighth.Blue Jays: 2B Devon Travis (right ring finger) took swings Friday but sat for the fourth straight game. Manager John Gibbons said Travis would return Saturday. ... OF Kevin Pillar was scratched with flu-like symptoms. ... OF Michael Saunders (hamstring) missed his second straight game.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Ervin Santana (6-10, 3.39) struck out a season-high 10 batters in his previous start but took the loss against Kansas City.Blue Jays: RHP Marcus Stroman (9-5, 4.47) is 1-1 with a 2.10 ERA in four August starts, allowing six runs in 25 2/3 innings. 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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Chicago White Sox general manager Rick Hahn is a popular executive at the winter meetings as he continues to discuss his plans to rebuild the team by selling off its best parts -- including ace Chris Sale.But Hahn wont budge from his asking price, at least not publicly.When you have negotiations with other clubs about potential trade fits, you have to have that line you arent going to go below; otherwise youre compromising too much in terms of value, Hahn said Monday afternoon.In other words, whatever the White Sox were asking for back in July in exchange for their top players hasnt changed despite a sense of urgency to get the rebuild going. Names of players might be different but the overall talent haul theyre looking for is the same. Despite the desire to overhaul the roster quickly, Hahn isnt putting a timeline on any moves.I dont view that as necessary, he said. What were looking to do is put ourselves in the position for extended success. We do that by acquiring as much impact talent as we can over an extended period. ... Its not something thats necessarily going to happen overnight.Which means Sale might still be a member of the White Sox come Thursday when the meetings end. And perhaps he plays the first half for the team before they revisit a trade.Several teams that have interest in Sale were surveyed by ESPNs Jayson Stark, and the consensus was theyd be surprised if a Sale deal gets done at these meetings.Hahn stressed not one player has to be the domino to enact their plan.ddddddddddddou dont want to be caught in between, but were not [going] to force seven things to get done, or else its not worth doing one, Hahn said. Its a process.That process will go on for a while as the Sox continue to evaluate the return they might receive. Hahn said the front office was energized by the strategy, though it may be painful trading good players such as a dominant lefty starter. And he refuted reports that claimed the Sox may have doubts about Sales long-term health.Youve seen what this guy has done over the years, Hahn said to reporters. We realize this is an elite-level talent. A rare commodity in this league.So the meetings will continue until the Sox like what they hear or until they lower their asking price. Neither seemed imminent, but that can change at any moment.These players fit on all 30 teams, Hahn said. Weve had a number of conversations on a number of different fronts. All you have to do is type White Sox into Twitter and you can see all sorts of interesting ideas being floated about, some of which are more accurate than others. Were approaching this with a wide-open frame of mind.You want to do a deal everyone benefits from. I dont think there is any added benefit feeling like we did really well and the other club comes out looking bad. ' ' '