Might 18, 2025 03:22 AM IST
Ernie Clement has game-winning hit in ninth inning as Blue Jays beat Tigers 2-1
TORONTO — Ernie Clement hit a game-winning single with two outs within the backside of the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Saturday.
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Jeff Hoffman labored one inning for the win as Toronto stopped Detroit’s profitable streak at 4.
Trailing 1-0, Toronto tied it within the eighth on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Alejandro Kirk.
Tigers right-hander Reese Olson walked one and struck out six in six innings.
Bo Bichette had a leadoff single towards Olson within the first inning, however the Blue Jays didn’t get one other hit off the Tigers right-hander.
Tyler Heineman drew a leadoff stroll within the third, however was erased on a double play. Olson retired the ultimate 11 batters he confronted.
After Beau Brieske walked two batters within the seventh, Tyler Holton got here on and bought pinch hitter Myles Straw to floor right into a double play on the primary pitch.
Holton left with one out and a runner at second within the eighth. Pinch hitter Kirk greeted Will Vest with a game-tying single.
Spencer Torkelson opened the second inning with a 399-foot residence run off left-hander Eric Lauer. The homer was Torkelson’s twelfth. He hit 10 residence runs in 2024.
Daulton Varsho hit a one-out double off Brenan Hanifee within the ninth and superior to 3rd on a groundout. Pinch-hitter Anthony Santander was deliberately walked earlier than Clement lined an RBI single to proper.
The Tigers misplaced for the second time of their previous 10 street video games.
Undefeated rookie RHP Jackson Jobe is scheduled to start out for the Tigers in Sunday’s collection finale. RHP José Berríos goes for the Blue Jays.
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