Every win matters to the Toronto Blue Jays, who are unfortunate enough to play in American League Baseball’s strong East Division, and they helped their cause by beating the Miami Marlins 6-3 on Wednesday afternoon.
With a five-run climb in the second set, the case for the crowd’s favorite was quickly settled. Cavan Biggio drove a double for his team in heat one and crossed the plate on Kevin Kiermaier’s single. Then George Springer scored two runners in one shot into left field. Whit Merrifield rounded it all off with another single. Meanwhile, on move eight, Matt Chapman hit a solo home run while batting.
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While Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a rough day when he was held in check four times in as many appearances, it was different for pitcher Kevin Gausman (7-3), who gave up three runs in six innings while fanning six rivals to sockets in the process . It was the ninth time in 16 starts this season that the 32-year-old shooter was still in action early in the seventh inning.
“I think the keyword is try,” analyzed Gausman, whose comments were picked up by the Sportsnet network. I try to do that every time I’m on the hill. I’d like to play nine innings on all my bets, but that’s unrealistic. We only have four starters at the moment. It helps if one of the four of us goes in extra innings.”
Elsewhere, Jordan Romano signed his 22nd save of the season.
Manager John Schneider’s team left South Florida with two wins in three games, but despite staying well with the Marlins, they sit fourth in their division and are ten games behind the leaders, the Tampa Bay Rays. The Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees are second and third respectively. A testament to the ferocity of the group, the Boston Red Sox, despite a 39-35 record and six straight wins, were in trouble before taking on the Minnesota Twins.
The Jays will have an opportunity to climb the league table this weekend as they host Friday’s miserable Oakland Athletics. They have won just 19 times this season and suffered 56 losses.