St. Louis Cardinals at Toronto Blue Jays

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St. Louis Cardinals

54-56, 26-24 Away

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Toronto Blue Jays

51-59, 27-30 Home

Luis Urías hits tiebreaking single in 8th inning as Blue Jays beat slumping Cardinals 3-1

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

Cardinals reliever Peter Strzelecki (0-1) exited after one-out walks to George Springer and Daulton Varsho. Gordon Graceffo came on and walked Ernie Clement to load the bases for Urías, who grounded a two-run single through the left side.

Jeff Hoffman (6-7) worked one inning for the win and Louis Varland finished for his 24th save in 24 opportunities as Toronto extended its winning streak over St. Louis to seven games.

The Blue Jays have won five of their past eight games after losing the previous four.

St. Louis lost for the fifth time in six games. The Cardinals went 10-18 in July.

Cardinals outfielder Jordan Walker opened the scoring with a two-out RBI single off Dylan Cease in the fifth.

The Blue Jays tied it in the sixth when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Kazuma Okamoto started the inning with back-to-back doubles.

Cease allowed one run and three hits in six innings. He walked three and struck out seven.

Cardinals right-hander Kyle Leahy permitted one run and six hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out three.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out in the seventh but Strzelecki got Guerrero to ground into a double play.

Brandon Valenzuela had three of Toronto’s nine hits.

Up next Cardinals LHP Quinn Matthews is expected to make his major league debut Saturday against Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (4-10, 4.51 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fermín grounded into fielder's choice to third, Winn out at second.
	9th Inning	Church flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Winn singled to right.
	9th Inning	Nootbaar grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Varland relieved Hoffman
	9th Inning	Urías at second base.

Statistics

STL		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	14
11	Strikeouts	4
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	11
35	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
1.2	Runs Created	3.8
.156	Batting Average	.300
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.188	Slugging Percentage	.367
.156	Secondary Average	.200
.229	On Base Percentage	.400
.416	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.767
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.3
12.0	Batter Rating	25.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.031	Isolated Power	.067
0.27	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.100
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
63.5	MLB Rating	80.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0