Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

69-71, 32-36 Away

Final
11 - 0

Cleveland Guardians

70-69, 33-37 Home

Guerrero drives in 5 runs, Blue Jays rout Guardians 11-0 to tighten AL wild-card race

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. crushes a home run

The Guardians remain in the third American League wild-card position, but their lead over Toronto, Baltimore and Texas was sliced to 1 1/2 games.

Cease (10-5), one of the top Cy Young Award candidates, struck out four without a walk and did not allow a runner past second base. The right-hander hasn’t lost since July 20, going 4-0 with a 1.38 ERA in eight starts.

Guerrero homered in the second against Joey Cantillo (9-8), capping a five-run inning that made it 6-0. The six-time All-Star, who went 3 for 4, has hit all eight of his home runs on the road.

Rookie Brett Bateman scored three times on Guerrero’s three hits, and Josh Smith belted a solo homer in the eighth off Carlos Hernández as Toronto evened the series at one win apiece.

Cease had his 19-start streak with at least seven strikeouts end, one short of the MLB record for a season by Curt Schilling in 1997 and Randy Johnson in 2001. Paul Sewald, Brendon Little and Braydon Fisher wrapped up the six-hitter.

Cantillo allowed a career-high nine runs in 5 1/3 innings, but five were unearned on an error by shortstop Angel Genao. Catcher Austin Hedges gave up one run in 1 2/3 innings for the Guardians.

Toronto has won four of its last five and is 21-13 since July 27. The 11-run victory margin was its second largest this season.

Up next Blue Jays RHP José Soriano (11-7, 3.45 ERA) was set to face Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (5-14, 3.88 ERA) on Thursday in the series finale. Bibee and Baltimore’s Shane Baz lead the majors in losses.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Martínez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Fry to second on wild pitch by Fisher, DeLauter to third on wild pitch by Fisher.
	9th Inning	Lowe lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Fry reached on infield single to pitcher, DeLauter to second.
	9th Inning	Schneemann struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	DeLauter singled to right.

Statistics

TOR		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
16	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	9
9	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
42	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
152	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
24	Total Bases	7
44	Plate Appearances	33
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
8.6	Runs Created	0.3
.357	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.571	Slugging Percentage	.219
.286	Secondary Average	.031
.386	On Base Percentage	.212
.958	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.431
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
8.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.3
68.0	Batter Rating	8.0
21.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.45	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.33
.214	Isolated Power	.031
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.045	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.071	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.156
20.0	Runs Produced	0.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
110.0	MLB Rating	63.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0