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'That was the perfect scenario for me though with runners on base. 'I'm the kind of hitter that I don't really like to swing on 3-0,' Guerrero said via interpreter Hector Lebron. He said it all came down to Royals reliever Carlos Hernandez putting a fastball down the middle. Guerrero's two-run double was part of a four-run seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays hung to beat Kansas City 5-4 on Friday. But when he saw a fastball coming into the zone, he just couldn't resist. is content to keep the bat on his shoulder when he has a 3-0 count at the plate. 1, 2023, in Denver.TORONTO - Normally, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu (99) in the third inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. The A's will start LHP JP Sears (3-11, 4.60), who leads the majors with 15 hit batters, the most by any A's pitcher in the past 112 years. Ryu has 15 strikeouts in 15 innings over three career starts against Oakland.

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UP NEXTīlue Jays LHP Hyun Jin Ryu (3-1, 2.48) faces the A's for the first time this season in the series finale Wednesday afternoon. 3B Kevin Smith was called up from triple-A Las Vegas. Belt has been dealing with an illness and lower back tightness.Īthletics: OF Lawrence Butler was placed on the Bereavement List and is expected to be back Friday, according to the team. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) TRAINER'S ROOMīlue Jays: 1B Brandon Belt was not in the starting lineup for a fourth consecutive game. after the Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics in a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. Toronto Blue Jays' Santiago Espinal (5) celebrates with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. He allowed four hits in six scoreless innings and raised his season strikeout total to 117, ninth-most by an Oakland rookie. Waldichuk had one of his most efficient starts of the season but left without a decision for his sixth consecutive outing. Jordan Diaz drove in the team's only run with a two-out single off Bassitt in the seventh. Zack Gelof and Seth Brown each had two hits for the last-place A's. “Really, really proud of the way that they've kind of come together and kind of embraced an all-hands-on-deck approach.” “They're all going to be big games,” Schneider said. That's rewarding to a team many had written off not long ago. It's all coming together at the right time for the Blue Jays, winners in seven of the last 10 games. singled and has reached base in his last 21 games, the longest active streak in the majors. Kiermaier finished with three hits and two RBIs for Toronto. Oakland reliever Zach Neal, who retired one batter in relief after starter Ken Waldichuk pitched six scoreless innings, suffered his first loss since Sept.

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Cavan Biggio drew a bases-loaded walk, his second free pass of the inning, to force in a run and make it 5-0. George Springer followed with a two-run single and Whit Merrifield added a sacrifice fly. Kevin Kiermaier hit an RBI single to break a scoreless tie as part of a six-run seventh inning for Toronto. It was Bark at the Park Night so there were a few dogs in the crowd, too. “He's had some huge games for us, another one tonight.”īowden Francis recorded three consecutive strikeouts in the ninth for Toronto in front of another small crowd of 4,751 at the Oakland Coliseum. “He's been this guy for a while,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. The A's traded Bassitt to the Mets on Mabefore the right-hander signed with the Blue Jays as a free agent nine months later. So there's no real adrenalin when it comes to that.” “Obviously I have a lot of friends from the staff (in Oakland) but I didn't play with that many guys that are on this team anymore. “I would say it's more business as usual,” Bassott said. The 6-foot-5 right-hander allowed seven hits and didn't walk anyone while striking out seven.ĭespite his history with the A's, Bassitt said he didn't have any added motivation other than trying to keep Toronto in the playoff hunt. The Blue Jays did it behind plenty of offence and a superb outing from Bassitt (14-7), who was 30-24 over six seasons with the A's and was an All-Star in his final season with Oakland in 2021. If we win every series the rest of the way, we're going to be world champions.

“Just concentrate on ourselves and win every series. “We're showing a lot of maturity behind the scenes of not chasing a 3 1/2-game deficit within one game,” Bassitt said.

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Texas lost to Houston 14-1 earlier in the day. Toronto's fifth win in six games moved the Blue Jays past the Rangers in the crowded AL playoff race.

Former Athletics ace Chris Bassitt allowed one run in eight strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays took sole possession of the third American League wild-card playoff berth with a 7-1 win over Oakland on Tuesday night.

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