Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Guardians
Final
Recap
The Blue Jays just took care of business in Cleveland and are now just a half-game out of the final American League Wild Card spot. Thursday afternoon’s 6-3 win not only closes the gap in the Wild Card race, it also gives the Blue Jays a crucial tiebreaker over the Guardians in their head-to-head matchup (4-2) this season. “We had a tough first game here, then I loved the way we bounced back,” manager John Schneider said. “They’re a good team and it’s always scrappy, it’s always tough all the way down to the end. I think it sets us up to try to do it again \[this weekend against the Royals\
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteCLE -108 · 50% to win
UpsetRun LineTOR -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 7.5 · 9 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 13 books
Team stats
9Hits8
0Home runs0
9Walks5
10Strikeouts6
1Stolen bases0
173Pitches thrown200
6Pitching strikeouts10
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres GimenezSS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Myles StrawPR-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Smith3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Brett BatemanCF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ernie Clement2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan LukesRF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesus SanchezLF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon ValenzuelaC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sean KeysDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler RogersP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis VarlandP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Mason FluhartyP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose SorianoP | 4.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Spencer MilesP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
