TORONTO – Daulton Varsho got here to bat with the bases loaded thrice Sunday.
Although he solely related as soon as, it was all of the Toronto Blue Jays wanted.
Varsho’s grand slam within the fifth inning powered Toronto past the Cleveland Guardians 7-6. It was Varsho’s second grand slam of the season and introduced his dwelling run complete as much as a team-best 11.
“One of the things where sometimes you get it done, sometimes you don’t, and when you do get it done it feels really good,” mentioned Varsho, who additionally leads the Blue Jays with 35 runs batted in.
Ernie Clement had a two-run homer within the second as Toronto (35-36) took two of three video games from the American League Central-leading Guardians. Addison Barger added an RBI single within the fifth.
“We can hit the long ball but we’ve also got to play some small ball at times,” mentioned Varsho, a day after the Blue Jays scratched out runs with a collection of well timed base hits in a 5-0 win. “I think that’s what helped us win a lot of ball games.”
Jose Berrios (6-5) allowed 4 runs on eight hits over six innings with one strikeout. It was his first win in 5 begins. His final victory was a 9-3 determination over the White Sox in Chicago on May 20.
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“I need to keep going out there and compete and do my thing and I did it,” mentioned Berrios. “They scored four runs on me but I still made good pitches to hold the game right there and give our team a chance to win.”
Relievers Chad Green, Brendon Little and Yimi Garcia got here on after him, with Garcia surrendering two runs and leaving the sport with what Toronto supervisor John Schneider known as a sore proper elbow. Nate Pearson received the ultimate out of the sport for his second save of the season.
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Daniel Schneemann and Brayan Rocchio every had a two-run homer for Cleveland (44-25). Steven Kwan had an RBI single and Tyler Freeman drove in one other run.
Ben Lively (6-3) gave up 4 runs on six hits and three walks however struck out 4 over 4 innings. Nick Sandlin, Scott Barlow, Cade Smith, Sam Hentges, Pedro Avila, Hunter Gaddis got here out of the Guardians’ bullpen.
The first inning received off to a promising begin for the Blue Jays as they loaded the bases with no outs. Spencer Horwitz led off with a single, Davis Schneider drew a stroll and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. received a base hit.
Lively retired Varsho, George Springer, and Alejandro Kirk in fast succession to maintain the sport scoreless. Ultimately, Toronto would depart 9 gamers on base within the sport, six in scoring place.
“That happens,” mentioned supervisor John Schneider. “Sometimes you get the knock, sometimes you don’t. But love the way that we came back after the first inning.”
Clement opened the scoring within the subsequent inning along with his third dwelling run of the season. Barger had led off the inning with a single and in addition crossed dwelling on the road drive, giving Toronto a 2-0 lead.
Kwan hit a bases-loaded single, with no outs, within the fifth. That pushed Daniel Schneemann throughout dwelling plate for the Guardians. Freeman floor right into a double play within the subsequent at bat, however Rocchio scored on the play to tie the sport 2-2.
Horwitz and Schneider drew back-to-back walks to guide off the underside of the inning and Guerrero banged a single off the centre-field wall to once more load the bases.
Unlike the primary inning, Varsho made no mistake.
He smashed a 92 m.p.h. four-seam fastball from Sandlin 398 ft to right-centre discipline. After the bases had been cleared, Springer and Kirk each walked and Barger singled to offer Springer sufficient time to sprint dwelling for a 7-2 Toronto lead.
Schneemann chipped away at that lead for Cleveland within the sixth. His looping dwelling run landed within the Blue Jays bullpen, to money in Will Brennan. The first dwelling run of Schneemann’s MLB profession minimize Toronto’s result in 7-4.
Rocchio pulled the Guardians to inside a run within the ninth. His second homer of the season additionally scored Schneemann.
NO BICHETTE — Toronto’s all-star shortstop Bo Bichette didn’t play for a second consecutive day. John Schneider mentioned Saturday that Bichette was resting a sore proper calf.
“Hopefully it’s not too much longer,” mentioned Schneider. “Looking forward to when he’s back in there, but he was definitely feeling better today.”
ON DECK — Yusei Kikuchi (4-5) will get the beginning as Toronto continues its homestand Monday evening in opposition to the visiting Boston Red Sox.
Nick Pivetta (3-4) is scheduled for Boston.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed June 16, 2024.
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