Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

38-39, 17-21 Away

Final
8 - 6

Chicago Cubs

40-37, 23-17 Home

Okamoto hits a 3-run homer as the Blue Jays rally past the Cubs 8-6

Blue Jays erase 5-run deficit in 8-6 win

Daulton Varsho returned from the 10-day injured list and added a three-run shot as Toronto won for the fourth time in five games.

Matt Shaw and Pete Crow-Armstrong homered for the Cubs, who wasted a 5-0 lead in the late innings and missed a chance to win their third straight.

Chicago's Jacob Webb (1-2) came on with two on in the eighth and gave up consecutive RBI singles to Alejandro Kirk and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to tie the game at 5-all.

Okamoto then sent his 16th homer of the season deep into the left-field bleachers to give the Blue Jays the lead for good. Jeff Hoffman (5-4) threw one inning of relief and Louis Varland got the final six outs for his 15th save.

Shaw hit his fourth homer of the season in the second after Patrick Corbin surrendered singles to Alex Bregman and Ian Happ to start the inning. Corbin threw 101 pitches in the first 2 2/3 innings and gave up six hits and three walks while striking out four.

Crow-Armstrong had a two-run shot off Lazaro Estrada in the sixth to give the Cubs a 5-0 lead. Varsho tightened the score an inning later with his home run off Trent Thornton.

Colin Rea was perfect through the first four innings for the Cubs and allowed three hits and struck out three in the first 5 2/3 innings.

Guerrero was back in the Toronto lineup a day after leaving Friday’s game after an awkward swing.

Up next The three-game series concludes Sunday when Toronto RHP Dylan Cease (4-3, 2.71 ERA) faces LHP Shota Imanaga (4-6, 4.26).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ramirez grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Ramirez hit for Amaya
	9th Inning	Shaw struck out looking. Chicago Cubs challenged call on the field was upheld
	9th Inning	Happ to second on wild pitch by Varland.
	9th Inning	Happ safe at first on throwing error by pitcher Varland.
	9th Inning	Bregman popped out to second.

Statistics

TOR		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	9
6	Strikeouts	7
8	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	194
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	16
37	Plate Appearances	44
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
4.2	Runs Created	6.0
.257	Batting Average	.250
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.444
.200	Secondary Average	.389
.297	On Base Percentage	.386
.726	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.831
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.6
47.0	Batter Rating	41.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	18.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.41
.171	Isolated Power	.194
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.159
-.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.139
16.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
91.5	MLB Rating	89.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0