Pittsburgh Pirates at Toronto Blue Jays

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Pittsburgh Pirates

26-25, 13-12 Away

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Toronto Blue Jays

24-27, 14-11 Home

Blue Jays beat the Pirates 6-2 for their 3rd straight victory

After Springer scored Toronto’s first run in the third inning, Pinango drove in Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Daulton Varsho in the inning.

Gausman (4-3) settled in after giving up a run in the first inning. The right-hander allowed six hits, one walk and had eight strikeouts.

Pittsburgh starter Bubba Chandler (1-6) allowed three runs — only one earned — in five innings. The Pirates have lost five of seven to fall to 26-25.

Gausman was pulled with two outs in the seventh inning with two runners in scoring position. Reliever Mason Fluharty then needed one pitch to get Oneil Cruz to fly out.

Pittsburgh had two more runners in the eighth before Toronto manager John Schneider called on closer Louis Varland for a rare six-out save. The Pirates scored on a fielder’s choice, but left the potential tying run at third base when Jhostynxon Garcia grounded out. Varland has seven saves.

Toronto scored three times in the eighth. Jesus Sanchez had an RBI double, and Springer drove in two runs with a ground-rule double.

Toronto improved to 24-27.

Up next Paul Skenes (6-3, 2.63 ERA) was set to start for the Pirates on Saturday against LHP Patrick Corbin (1-1, 4.23).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Mangum grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Valdez struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Rodríguez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Straw in right field.
	8th Inning	Varsho struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Guerrero Jr. grounded out to third.

Statistics

PIT		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	6
11	Strikeouts	15
2	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	3
2	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	1
2	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	24
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
10	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
133	Pitches	170
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	9
36	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
2.1	Runs Created	3.9
.219	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.290
.094	Secondary Average	.452
.257	On Base Percentage	.316
.507	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.606
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
17.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.69	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.36
.031	Isolated Power	.129
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.47
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.179
-.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.290
4.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.0	MLB Rating	76.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0