Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Guardians

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Toronto Blue Jays

68-71, 31-36 Away

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Cleveland Guardians

70-68, 33-36 Home

Gavin Williams whiffs 13 in 7 innings and leads Guardians to 6-1 win over Blue Jays

Guardians go up 6-1 on Angel Martinez's 2-run HR

Patrick Bailey, rookie Angel Genao and Angel Martinez all hit two-run homers for the Guardians, who are 11-4 since Aug. 12. Cleveland came in with a slim lead for the third wild-card spot.

Williams (13-7) began September by dominating the Blue Jays, allowing one unearned run. The right-hander, who was coming off a shaky outing last week, didn’t give up a hit until the fourth.

Williams struck out the side in the seventh and fanned five of his last six. It was his 10th double-digit strikeout game this season.

Hunter Gaddis and Matt Festa pitched an inning apiece to finish the three-hitter.

Bailey put the Guardians up 2-1 in the fifth with his eighth homer. Martinez led off with a walk, and one out later, Bailey drove a 3-1 pitch from Spencer Arighetti (7-8) into the left-field bleachers.

Pinch-hitting for fellow rookie Travis Bazzana in the seventh, Genao made it 4-1 with a 426-foot blast over the wall in left. Martinez opened with a single before Genao connected for his second homer since debuting on Aug. 5.

Martinez hit his 14th homer in the eighth.

Toronto got some help in scoring its only run off Williams in the fifth.

Rookie Kazuma Okamoto singled and went to third when Guardians catcher Bailey threw wildly into center on a steal. Williams then uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Okamoto to come home.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Dylan Cease (9-5, 2.33 ERA) starts Wednesday against Guardians LHP Joey Cantillo (9-7, 3.70).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lukes popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Springer flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. singled to left.
	9th Inning	Kirk grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Festa relieved Gaddis
	9th Inning	Martínez in right field.

Statistics

TOR		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	10
14	Strikeouts	3
0	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
7	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
3	Total Bases	18
32	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
0	Extra Base Hits	4
-0.7	Runs Created	5.5
.100	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.100	Slugging Percentage	.581
.033	Secondary Average	.419
.156	On Base Percentage	.324
.256	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.904
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
-0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.2
5.0	Batter Rating	43.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.15
.000	Isolated Power	.323
0.07	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
-.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.161
1.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
56.3	MLB Rating	91.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0