Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays

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Detroit Tigers

72-80, 33-44 Away

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Toronto Blue Jays

76-77, 40-38 Home

Max Scherzer gets win as Blue Jays beat Tigers 5-1 to avoid sweep, end Detroit's winning streak at 6

Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

The Blue Jays are 45-15 when they score five or more runs.

Brett Bateman had two hits and scored a run as Toronto avoided a three-game sweep and ensured it would not lose ground in the AL wild-card race. The Blue Jays (76-77) are 1 1/2 games behind the White Sox for the final postseason spot.

Chicago dropped into the wild-card position after losing 6-3 at Cleveland as the Guardians replaced the White Sox atop the AL Central.

Scherzer (3-8) allowed three hits, walked three and struck out three.

Blue Jays closer Louis Varland came on with runners at first and second in the ninth and wrapped it up for his 34th save in 36 chances.

Detroit’s Riley Greene hit an RBI single in the first inning but the Blue Jays answered with two in the fourth, chasing Tigers starter Keider Montero. Ernie Clement hit a sacrifice fly and Straw added an RBI single.

Montero (9-9) allowed two runs and six hits in four innings.

George Springer singled home a run in the fifth, and the Blue Jays took advantage of errors on three consecutive plays to score two more in the sixth.

Up next Tigers: LHP Framber Valdez (10-10, 4.01 ERA) is scheduled to start at Chicago on Thursday against White Sox RHP Erick Fedde (8-9, 3.97).

Blue Jays: RHP Dylan Cease (11-5, 2.38) is expected to start at Texas on Friday. The Rangers had not named a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McGonigle struck out looking. Toronto Blue Jays challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Peck lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Callahan struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Varland relieved Miles
	9th Inning	Torkelson walked, Clark to second.
	9th Inning	Clark reached on infield single to first.

Statistics

DET		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	15
6	Strikeouts	4
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	1
133	Pitches	141
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	1
8	Total Bases	10
37	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
2.3	Runs Created	2.5
.212	Batting Average	.290
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.242	Slugging Percentage	.323
.121	Secondary Average	.097
.297	On Base Percentage	.343
.540	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.665
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
13.0	Batter Rating	29.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.59	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.92
.030	Isolated Power	.032
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.194
2.0	Runs Produced	9.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
68.8	MLB Rating	81.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0