![]() ![]() Toronto improved to 80-63 after starting the day tied with the Yankees for the second AL wild card behind Boston. The Blue Jays' club record for runs was set in a 24-10 victory over the Orioles on June 26, 1978, a game in which John Mayberry hit the Jays' only two homers and had seven RBIs after coming off the bench. Toronto racked up 19 hits total on Sunday. Danny Jansen had four hits, including three doubles, and four RBIs. Gurriel set the franchise record with his fourth grand slam of the season and also had a two-run homer in the fifth to drive in seven runs. "I didn't know we were going to score this many runs, but at the end of August, I said we were going to get hot because we have way too many hitters. "The last three days, I've been in the game for 35 years, and I've never seen anything like that," Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. The 27 runs in a four-inning span are the most in MLB history, surpassing the previous record of 25. More than half of the damage from the series came in just four innings - 11 runs in the seventh inning of Saturday's nightcap and 16 over the course of the first three innings of Sunday's game. He also became the first player in MLB history to have 7 RBIs, 5 runs and 3 walks in a game since RBI became a stat in 1920. slugged his 44th homer, tying him with Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani for the major league lead. and Teoscar Hernandez each hit a grand slam while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Here's the blow-by-blow: double double, run scores mound visit single Jordan Romano replaces Anthony Bass single strikeout strikeout double, three runs score intentional walk strikeout.BALTIMORE - The Toronto Blue Jays thrashed the Baltimore Orioles 22-7 on Sunday, completing a three-game series that saw them score 44 runs. The Jays pushed the lead to 9-5 in the seventh, but then the top of the eighth happened. Those still aren't great odds, but they're much better than what they were. Those runs took Seattle's chances of winning Game 2 from about 1 percent to about 10 percent. Along the way, they spoiled what had been a Gausman gem (three of the four runs with which he was charged scored after he'd left the game). With that, the M's turned an unworkable 8-1 deficit into a much more workable 8-5 score. Here's how the frame went: single single mound visit single mound visit strikeout pop out reliever Tim Mayza replaces Gausman wild pitch, run scores home run by Carlos Santana, three runs score strikeout. At that point, though, the M's – first methodically and then all at once – took Game 2 into "save situation" territory. Gausman didn't allow a hit until the fifth, and he entered the top of the sixth with six strikeouts against only one walk. The M's trailed 8-1, and Toronto starter Kevin Gausman was cruising. ![]() Seattle going into the sixth was at risk of getting boat-raced. The Mariners fought back in the sixth and the eighth In Toronto's four-run bottom of the fifth, Hernández added an RBI to his day when he got plunked with the bases loaded. His second homer of Game 2 gave him just the third multi-homer postseason game in Blue Jays franchise history. In the second inning, Hernández barreled up a Ray slider and sent it 401 feet to left: In Game 2, he provided an acute reminder of those power skills, as he homered twice off Seattle starter (and former Blue Jay) Robbie Ray. During the regular season he tallied 25 home runs and 35 doubles in 131 games, and for his career he's averaged 33 homers and 33 doubles per 162 games played. The Jays' outfielder Hernández has been a steady power source over the last few seasons. Given the crushing, season-ending loss the Jays endured, let's start with some positive about the vanquished. Now for some takeaways from the clincher in Toronto. In the day's first game, the Cleveland Guardians walked off the Tampa Bay Rays, eliminating the AL East team on an Oscar Gonzalez home run in the 15th inning. So far, so good for Seattle's first postseason appearance since 2001. The Mariners advance to face the AL West-rival Houston Astros, the top seed in the AL bracket, in the best-of-five Division Series. ![]()
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