Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox

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Toronto Blue Jays

24-29, 12-17 Away

Final
5 - 1

Chicago White Sox

15-40, 10-19 Home

George Springer homers as the Blue Jays beat the sliding White Sox 5-1

Chris Bassitt struck out seven in five scoreless innings as Toronto stopped a three-game slide. The 35-year-old right-hander allowed five hits and walked none against his first major league team.

Bassitt (5-6) has been dealing with neck spasms that put his start in jeopardy.

“I was kind of able to figure out where I needed to go mechanically, just throw my strikes,” he said. “I didn’t think I was going to go five innings, I’ll tell you that.”

Springer connected in the second inning after Daulton Varsho reached on a two-out walk against Nick Nastrini. It was Springer’s fourth homer of the season.

Bichette led off the fourth with his fourth homer, a 419-foot drive to center.

“They were swinging the bat real well,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “Through tough times, guys tend to get a little bit closer, good teams do at least, and I think they’re doing that.”

Nastrini (0-4) allowed three hits in five innings. He struck out five and walked four.

Last-place Chicago lost its sixth consecutive game. It dropped to 15-40 for the worst 55-game start in franchise history.

Gavin Sheets homered in the eighth against Erik Swanson for the only run for the White Sox, who went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base.

Chicago trailed 3-1 before Schneider hit a two-run shot off John Brebbia with two out in the ninth. Schneider’s drive to left drove in Springer, who led off with a single.

Andrew Benintendi had three of Chicago’s 10 hits. Sheets and Corey Julks each had two hits.

The White Sox loaded the bases in the first but failed to score. Paul DeJong flied to right for the final out.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: RHP Chad Green (right teres major strain) joined the team in Chicago on Monday following his rehab assignment with Triple-A Buffalo. John Schneider said he could be activated as early as Tuesday. ... RHP Bowden Francis (right forearm) will pitch Tuesday for Buffalo in what likely will be his final rehab appearance before he is activated from the injured list.

Toronto’s Kevin Gausman (3-3, 4.47 ERA) will face fellow right-hander Mike Clevinger (0-3, 6.75 ERA) on Tuesday. Gausman struck out 10 in six innings in a 9-1 win at Detroit on Thursday. Clevinger has lost each of his last two starts.

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Matchup Prediction

White Sox: 38.6%

Blue Jays: 61.4%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Sheets grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Ramos grounded into double play, third to second to first, Pham out at second, Lee to third.
	9th Inning	Ramos hit for Lopez
	9th Inning	Pham walked, Lee to second.
	9th Inning	Lee singled to center.
	9th Inning	Cabrera relieved Pop

Statistics

TOR		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
6	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	37
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	14
38	Plate Appearances	39
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
5.2	Runs Created	4.0
.188	Batting Average	.270
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.500	Slugging Percentage	.378
.531	Secondary Average	.135
.316	On Base Percentage	.308
.816	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.686
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
38.0	Batter Rating	19.0
10.7	At Bats Per Home Run	37.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.313	Isolated Power	.108
0.86	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.158	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.026
.344	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.135
10.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
84.5	MLB Rating	76.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0