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Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago Cubs

Final
Wrigley Field71°, Partly Cloudy40,706

Recap

Player of the gameColin ReaCHC5.1ip 3h 0er 3k

For six innings, the Blue Jays looked like they were carrying Friday's blowout loss right back onto the field with them. The bats were quiet. The bullpen was stretched thin. Another loss felt inevitable. Then Daulton Varsho changed the mood with one swing. And by the time Kazuma Okamoto connected an inning later, the entire ballpark felt different. Fueled by a five-run eighth inning and an offense that finally woke up after spending much of the afternoon asleep, the Blue Jays stormed back from a five-run deficit to defeat the Cubs, 8-6, on Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. "I love the way they battled," manager John Schneider said. "Yesterday's game sucked. We get run out of here pretty good, then you get down 5-0 after the homer from Pete \[Crow-Armstrong\

Team stats

9Hits9
2Home runs2
1Walks7
6Strikeouts7
0Stolen bases0
194Pitches thrown146
7Pitching strikeouts6

Box score

BattersABRHRBIHRBBSO
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1B4221000
Myles StrawLF3110010
George SpringerDH5110000
Nathan LukesRF3000000
Daulton VarshoCF4113102
Yohendrick PinangoPR-RF0100000
Andres GimenezSS2010001
Brandon ValenzuelaC4010002
Ernie ClementPH-SS2000000
Davis Schneider2B4000001
Alejandro KirkPH1011000
Kazuma Okamoto3B3213100
Totals35898216
PitchersIPHRERBBSOHR
Mason FluhartyP0.0211100
Jeff HoffmanP1.0000110
Lazaro EstradaP2.1122201
Patrick CorbinP3.2633341
Louis VarlandP2.0000020