Matt Stairs homered and scored twice for the struggling Blue Jays' offense in Toronto's 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

Lyle Overbay and former Twin Shannon Stewart each had two hits, including RBI-doubles, for the Jays, who scored at least five runs in a game for just the second time in the last 10 games.

Carlos Gomez and Jason Kubel hit solo homers for Minnesota, but reliever Dennys Reyes was charged with his first earned run of the season after a so-so start from Kevin Slowey (0-3), and the Twins lost at home for just the second time in 13 games.

After scoring 27 runs in taking three of four from the Red Sox over the weekend, the Twins took a big step back against Jesse Litsch (5-1) and the Jays.

Litsch threw just 70 pitches while giving up two runs and four hits in 5 2-3 innings, and the Twins could only scrape together one more run against relievers Jesse Carlson, Jason Frasor, Armando Benitez, Scott Downs and B.J. Ryan, who picked up his sixth save in as many tries.

The Blue Jays have been as miserable offensively in May as the Twins were in April. Toronto snapped a 31 1-3-inning scoreless streak with three runs in the 10th to beat Cleveland in the second game of a doubleheader on Monday night.

The last-place Jays scored just four runs in the four-game series against the Indians and became the first team in nearly 20 years not to score a run in the first nine innings of both games of a doubleheader.

Using a patient approach against Slowey, who needed 107 pitches to get through his 5 2-3 innings, the Blue Jays got run-scoring doubles from Overbay and Stewart in the fourth to take a 2-1 lead.

Scott Rolen then worked Slowey over in a 15-pitch at-bat in the sixth that ended with a groundout to shortstop, softening the righthander up for Stairs, who sent the second pitch of his at-bat soaring into the upper deck in right field for a 3-1 lead.

Toronto tacked on two more off relievers Matt Guerrier and Reyes, but the night could have been much bigger if the offense truly clicked. The Jays left eight runners on base, including six in scoring position.

They managed just one run in the eighth after having the bases loaded with nobody out and Rolen struck out with the bases loaded to end the seventh and Alex Rios whiffed three times as well.