TORONTO (AP) -- Trailing 6-0, the weary Cleveland Indians had reasons to quit. They ignored them all and finally showed signs of life at the plate.

Travis Fryman hit an RBI single in the 12th inning as the Indians overcame a six-run deficit to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-8 Sunday.

"We could have folded the tent," Richie Sexson said. "It was a day game on Sunday. We already lost two and everybody was tired, and their pitcher looked like he was going to be effective, but we battled back."

The Indians tied the game with two runs in the ninth inning off closer Billy Koch before winning it in the 12th. Eric Gunderson (0-1) walked Jim Thome to open the inning and Sexson followed with a single.

Fryman broke the tie with a single to right-center and Einar Diaz added an RBI groundout to make it 10-8.

David Justice went 3-for-5 with five RBI, including a three-run homer in the seventh and an RBI double off Koch in the ninth.

"This was big for us," Justice said. "We haven't been playing great baseball. It seems like everything that could go wrong did, so it's good to get these last two games."

The Indians, who are near the bottom of the AL in nearly every major offensive category, have scored 28 runs in the last three games.

Paul Shuey (2-1) pitched 2 1/3 innings for the win. Steve Karsay pitched the 12th for his sixth save.

"We got down early but we never game up. That's why teams like us are going to start winning and get on a roll," Karsay said.

Jose Cruz Jr. hit his 13th homer and Raul Mondesi hit his seventh for Toronto.

Cruz, who hit 14 homers last season shuttling back and forth from the minors, tied Oakland's Jason Giambi for the major league lead.

Cruz made a spectacular catch in the eighth inning to stifle a Cleveland rally. Down 8-6, the Indians had a runner at second when Fryman hit a ball into the gap in right center that looked like it would drop for a double. But Cruz made a sprawling catch to end the inning.

Koch blew his second save of the season in the ninth by allowing RBI doubles to Justice and Manny Ramirez.

"I just threw bad pitches," Koch said. "I threw the ball right down the middle."

Down 6-0 after Mondesi's second-inning homer, the Indians closed to 8-6 in the seventh on Justice's three-run homer off reliever Pedro Borbon.

"Justice hit that homer and it gave us a spark," interim manager Grady Little said.

Toronto starter Frank Castillo pitched three perfect innings before Cleveland cut the Blue Jays' lead to 6-3 in the fourth on Justice's RBI double, and Sexson's two-run single.

The Blue Jays jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first on Carlos Delgado's RBI single, Brad Fullmer's run-scoring single and Marty Cordova's RBI single.

Cleveland starter Bobby Witt gave up six runs and eight hits in 1 2/3 innings.

Delgado's RBI double, and Fullmer's run-scoring single made it 8-6 in the fourth.

Castillo allowed five runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked four.

Game notes
Bartolo Colon, on the 15-day DL with a pulled left oblique muscle, made a rehab start Sunday for Triple A Buffalo. Colon allowed one run and six hits in five innings. Fifty of his 67 pitches were strikes. Colon will likely be activated soon. "He's feeling good," Little said. .... Justice tied his career high in RBIs. ... The Blue Jays have 46 homers in 18 games at SkyDome this season. ... C Sandy Alomar, on the 15-day DL with a strained right hamstring, will rejoin the Indians on Monday. Alomar caught nine innings Saturday in a rehab start in Winter Haven. ... Toronto's Roy Halladay, who is 2-4 with a 11.53 ERA, has been taken out of the starting rotation. Manager Jim Fregosi hopes Halladay will work out his problems in the bullpen. LHP Lance Painter will start in his place Wednesday. Painter made four starts with St. Louis last season.