Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

72-79, 33-43 Away

Final
10 - 1

Toronto Blue Jays

75-77, 39-38 Home

Spencer Torkelson hits 3-run homer as Tigers thump Blue Jays 10-1 to win 6th straight

Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

The Blue Jays have lost six of nine. Toronto fell two games behind Cleveland in the race for the final American League wild card after the Guardians Chicago White Sox 7-6.

The Tigers are 4 1/2 games behind Cleveland, with three teams in between.

Anderson (5-6) allowed two hits, both singles. He struck out four and walked three for his first win since beating Kansas City in relief on July 23.

Torkelson went 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBI. He stole a base and scored three runs.

Torkelson’s 24th homer was a 379-foot drive off Michael Lorenzen (3-13) in the fourth. Lorenzen permitted five runs and four hits in two innings.

Max Clark had two hits and two RBI, and Kevin McGonigle drew three of Detroit’s eight walks.

Tigers infielder Hao-Yu Lee hit a solo homer, his ninth, off Joe Mantiply in the ninth.

Torkelson doubled off Spencer Arrighetti in the eighth and scored from second base when Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk made an errant pickoff throw to third. Clark scored ahead of Torkelson.

Braydon Fisher opened for Toronto and got four outs, pitching around a pair of walks in the first. Brendan Cellucci followed by striking out three over 1 2/3 innings in his major league debut.

Lorenzen got two quick outs in the fourth before walking Riley Greene and Eduardo Valencia. Clark hit an RBI double before Torkelson homered into the left-field bullpen.

Up next RHP Max Scherzer (2-8, 6.38 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays on Wednesday against Tigers RHP Keider Montero (9-8, 3.55).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Clement flied out to right.
	9th Inning	McAdoo safe at first on throwing error by first baseman Torkelson.
	9th Inning	McAdoo hit for Smith
	9th Inning	Schneider struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Okamoto grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	McKinstry at second base.

Statistics

DET		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	14
8	Strikeouts	6
8	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	1
8	Walks	3
1	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
190	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
19	Total Bases	6
44	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	0
8.0	Runs Created	1.2
.286	Batting Average	.182
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.543	Slugging Percentage	.182
.514	Secondary Average	.121
.419	On Base Percentage	.250
.961	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.432
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
8.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
59.0	Batter Rating	11.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.32	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.08
.257	Isolated Power	.000
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.182	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.229	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.061
18.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
100.0	MLB Rating	65.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0