Chicago Cubs at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

68-52, 32-30 Away

Final
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Toronto Blue Jays

71-51, 40-20 Home

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homers as Max Scherzer and the Blue Jays beat the Cubs 2-1

Guerrero’s big hit off Matthew Boyd lifted AL East-leading Toronto to the series victory. It was the 20th homer of the season for the All-Star slugger.

Scherzer (3-2) pitched seven-plus innings while improving to 6-2 in 12 career starts against the Cubs. He permitted one run and five hits.

Jeff Hoffman handled the ninth for his 27th save in 32 chances. Toronto improved to 40-20 at home.

Boyd (11-6) allowed two hits in seven innings. He struck out five and walked one.

Boyd walked Davis Schneider to begin the seventh. Ernie Clement followed with a sacrifice bunt before Guerrero lined an 0-2 pitch 402 feet to left-center.

The Cubs had just one hit off Scherzer before Michael Busch went deep with one out in the sixth for his 24th homer.

Promoted from Triple-A Iowa before the game, Cubs prospect Owen Caissie made his major league debut about 30 miles east of his birthplace in Burlington, Ontario. He went 0 for 4 with a strikeout.

Key moment Scherzer exited after Matt Shaw’s leadoff double in the eighth. Brendon Little came on and walked pinch-hitter Seiya Suzuki before both runners advanced on a wild pitch. Little departed after striking out Ian Happ and Kyle Tucker. Seranthony Domínguez fanned Carson Kelly to end the threat.

Key stat The Blue Jays are a major league-best 24-12 in interleague play.

Up next Cubs: RHP Colin Rea (9-5, 4.09 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday against Pirates RHP Braxton Ashcraft (3-2, 3.19 ERA).

Blue Jays: RHP Chris Bassitt (11-6, 4.18 ERA) is expected to start Friday against Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (10-5, 2.86 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Swanson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hoerner stole second.
	9th Inning	Castro struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hoerner singled to center.
	9th Inning	Caissie struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Domínguez

Statistics

CHC		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	11
9	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	2
6	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	24
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	3
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
112	Pitches	94
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	6
35	Plate Appearances	27
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
2.9	Runs Created	0.3
.182	Batting Average	.125
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.250
.273	Secondary Average	.167
.229	On Base Percentage	.160
.592	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.410
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.3
20.0	Batter Rating	14.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	24.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.20	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.48
.182	Isolated Power	.125
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.037
.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.042
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
70.8	MLB Rating	66.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0