Cleveland Guardians at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Cleveland Guardians

15-14, 7-9 Away

Final
2 - 4

Toronto Blue Jays

12-15, 8-7 Home

Jesús Sánchez has 2-run homer to give Blue Jays a 4-2 win over Guardians

Blue Jays hold off Guardians for 4-2 victory in Toronto

Guerrero led off the sixth inning with a double and Sánchez followed with his 355-foot blast to right field. It was Sánchez's fourth homer of the season and second of the series, which the Blue Jays won two games to one.

It was Toronto’s second straight series victory after dropping its previous six.

Blue Jays left-hander Patrick Corbin allowed two runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out four.

Braydon Fisher (1-0) worked out of a bases-loaded jam to finish the fifth and completed 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Tyler Rogers handled the seventh. Jeff Hoffman, who was recently moved out of the closer role, pitched a scoreless eighth. Louis Varland earned his third save after working around a leadoff single in the ninth.

The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the first inning on Guerrero’s RBI single to left field. Toronto added another run on a sacrifice fly from Sánchez.

Cleveland tied it in the fifth after RBI from Brayan Rocchio and Angel Martínez, who had two hits in the game.

Guardians right-hander Slade Cecconi (0-4) allowed four runs and six hits with a walk and five strikeouts.

Blue Jays left fielder Yohendrick Piñango, making his major league debut, recorded his first career MLB hit with a single in the fourth inning.

Up next Cleveland: LHP Parker Messick (3-0, 1.76 ERA) is scheduled to start against Tampa Bay on Monday. LHP Steven Matz (3-1, 4.81) will start for the Rays.

Toronto: RHP Dylan Cease (1-0, 2.10 ERA) is scheduled to start against Boston on Monday. LHP Ranger Suárez (1-2, 4.00) will start for the Rex Sox.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Martínez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kwan struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rocchio grounded into fielder's choice to second, DeLauter out at second.
	9th Inning	DeLauter singled to left.
	9th Inning	Varland relieved Hoffman
	9th Inning	DeLauter hit for Hedges

Statistics

CLE		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	9
10	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	4
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	117
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	11
38	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
2.9	Runs Created	2.6
.242	Batting Average	.207
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.379
.152	Secondary Average	.207
.342	On Base Percentage	.226
.615	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.605
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
18.0	Batter Rating	29.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.16	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.77
.030	Isolated Power	.172
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.3	MLB Rating	76.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0