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Blue Jays pour it on late to win third straight in Detroit
(Photo credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images) Bo Bichette broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-run single in the eighth inning and the streaking Toronto Blue Jays downed the host Detroit Tigers 6-1 on Saturday. Nathan Lukes supplied a two-run homer and George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added solo homers for Toronto, which has won four straight and eight of nine since the All-Star break. Braydon Fisher (4-0) notched the win in relief. The Tigers have dropped six straight and 12 of their last 13. The game featured a pitchers' duel between starters Kevin Gausman and Tarik Skubal. Gausman limited the Tigers to one hit and one walk with 10 strikeouts in six innings. Skubal allowed five hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in six innings. Toronto's Alejandro Kirk, who doubled to right with two out in the second, served as the game's first baserunner. Jake Rogers was the Tigers' first baserunner after hitting a single with two outs in the third. Toronto had runners in scoring position the next inning as Guerrero Jr. singled with one out and Bichette followed with a double. Catcher Rogers picked off Guerrero to get the second out. A huge defensive play by Detroit center fielder Matt Vierling in the sixth kept the game scoreless. The Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out as Springer singled and Guerrero and Bichette drew walks. Tyler Heineman then smacked a seemingly go-ahead hit to center. The ball dropped in front of Vierling, but he scooped it and gunned it home in time for Rogers to tag out Springer. Addison Barger then struck out to leave the bases loaded. In the top of the eighth, Joey Loperfido led off with a pinch-hit single against Will Vest (5-2). Springer followed with another single and both runners advanced on a wild pitch. After a groundout, Bichette smacked a single to knock in both runners. Toronto padded its lead in the ninth against Chase Lee. After Ernie Clement hit a leadoff single, Lukes smashed a homer to right. With two out, Springer and Guerrero blasted consecutive solo shots to make it 6-0. Riley Greene's RBI groundout in the ninth prevented the shutout.
Canada News.Net
25-07-2025
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Tigers continue slide in blowout loss to Blue Jays
(Photo credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images) Ernie Clement drove in four runs, including a three-run homer during a five-run, sixth-inning outburst, and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays blasted the slumping Detroit Tigers,11-4, on Thursday night. Nathan Lukes had a double and two-run homer in the opener of a four-game series between the division leaders. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. supplied three hits, two runs scored and two RBIs. Addison Barger also drove in two runs, while Joey Loperfido added a solo homer. Eric Lauer (6-2) limited the Tigers to one run and five hits with six strikeouts in eight innings as Toronto won for the sixth time in seven games since the All-Star break. Jahmai Jones and Spencer Torkelson homered for the Tigers, who have lost 10 of their last 11 games. Detroit starter Reese Olson (4-4) was charged with five runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. Jones, the second batter in Detroit's order, gave the Tigers an early lead with his homer. He smacked a Lauer fastball over the left-center field wall. Lauer settled in from that point. Olson was cruising along as well, allowing just three baserunners in the first five innings, none of whom got past first base. Everything changed in the sixth. George Springer drew a one-out walk and Guerrero lashed an Olson changeup to left for a double, scoring Springer. Following a groundout, Barger was given an intentional walk. That strategy backfired, as Clement jumped on a hanging slider and drove it over the left-center field wall. Loperfido made it 5-1 four pitches later when he yanked a changeup over the right field onslaught continued in the seventh against Dietrich Enns. Lukes led off with a double and scored on Guerrero's one-out single. After Bo Bichette reached on an infield hit, Barger ripped a triple to right to bring in two runs. Barger then scored on a Clement sacrifice fly to make it 9-1. Lukes blasted his homer in the eighth off Geoff Hartlieb, who was elevated from Triple-A Toledo earlier in the day.
