Toronto became the fourth AL East team to reach 90 wins, making this the first division since three-division play started in 1994 with four 90-win teams. Toronto also had seven players hit 20 or more in 20.īichette hit a first-pitch homer off Konner Wade to begin the fifth, his 29th, and Jansen added a two-run drive later in the inning, his 11th. Springer is among seven Toronto players to hit 20 or more home runs this season, joining Guerrero, Hernández, Marcus Semien, Bichette, Randal Grichuk and Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
Hernández hit a solo shot off Means in the first, his 32nd, and Springer hit a three-run homer off Means in the second, his 20th. “They gave me the pitch I was looking for, what I was working on in BP, and I took advantage of that,” Guerrero said through a translator. With his 450-foot drive off John Means (6-9) in the first, Guerrero closed within one of Kansas City’s Salvador Perez for the major league lead. Santiago Espinal had three hits and an RBI as Toronto collected 14 hits, the 71st time this season they’ve had 10 or more. The rookie has a 1.69 ERA in winning his past four starts - his streak includes two wins over Tampa Bay, the AL’s best team. Manoah (9-2) retired the final 12 batters he faced and struck out 10. Nick Ciuffo walked to begin the third and Manoah hit Austin Hays to open the fourth, but neither runner advanced. Trey Mancini doubled to begin the second and scored on Ryan McKenna’s RBI groundout but that was all for the Orioles against Manoah. Guerrero flied out to end the eighth and was replaced at first base by Cavan Biggio in the ninth. “He said he rolled his ankle a little bit so he felt uncomfortable,” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. He was checked by trainers but remained in the game. Guerrero grimaced after stepping awkwardly while rounding first base on a double in the sixth inning. The Blue Jays lead the majors with a franchise-record 258 home runs, topping the 257 they hit in 2010.īaltimore has allowed a big league-leading 254 home runs. George Springer, Teoscar Hernández, Bo Bichette and Danny Jansen all went deep for Toronto. “Everything is kind of clicking, our bullpen, our starters, our offense.” “The level of confidence that we’re playing with right now is amazing,” Manoah said. The Blue Jays are 2-0 to start October after going 20-9 in September. Both teams need a win and a loss by either the Red Sox or Yankees on Sunday to force one of several tiebreaker scenarios Monday. Toronto remained tied with Seattle after the Mariners rallied to beat the Angels 6-4 later Saturday.
“We’re just focused on controlling what we can control.” “It’s October baseball and we’re trying to make a push,” Manoah said. The Blue Jays launched five homers while Alek Manoah allowed one hit over seven innings to help Toronto close within one game of wild card co-leaders Boston and the New York Yankees. hit his 47th home run and the Toronto Blue Jays pressed their AL wild-card chase to the final day of the regular season by thumping the Baltimore Orioles 10-1 Saturday.