Cleveland Guardians at Toronto Blue Jays

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Cleveland Guardians

44-24, 23-16 Away

Final
0 - 5

Toronto Blue Jays

34-36, 17-16 Home

Springer scores twice, six pitchers combine on 8-hitter as Blue Jays beat Guardians 5-0

Isiah Kiner-Falefa had two hits and rookie Addison Barger had his first big league RBI for the Blue Jays, who are 26-3 when scoring five runs or more.

Opener Trevor Richards allowed one hit over 2 1/3 innings, throwing 31 pitches. Tim Mayza and Zach Pop got one out each, and Bowden Francis (3-2) gave up four hits — all singles — over four innings. Génesis Cabrera worked the eighth and Nate Pearson finished Toronto’s fifth shutout.

“Everyone did their part,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “The runs definitely helped.”

Francis extended his scoreless streak to nine innings.

Cleveland was blanked for the fifth time.

“You’ve got to credit them, they pitched very, very well today and kept us off balance,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. “Just couldn’t get anything rolling.”

Carlos Carrasco (2-6) lost his fourth straight decision, allowing five runs and six hits in five innings. AL Central-leading Cleveland (44-24) had won four of its previous five.

“He really gamed up and stepped up to give us five innings, but definitely wasn’t the sharpest he’s been,” Vogt said.

Springer, Barger and Spencer Horwitz had RBI singles in a three-run second, Kiner-Falefa singled home Springer in the fourth and Daulton Varsho’ hit a run-scoring, double-play grounder in the fifth.

Barger went 1 for 3 with a walk in his first game since being recalled from Triple-A Buffalo Friday. He appeared in five games for Toronto earlier this season.

“He’s controlling the zone and putting the bat on the ball,” Schneider said.

Barger said he’s finding things easier in his second go-around at the big league level.

“I’m a little more comfortable, more calmed down this time,” Barger said. “Last time everything happened really fast.”

Cleveland’s Steven Kwan had three singles, extending his hitting streak to 10 games.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Guardians: Cleveland put 3B José Ramírez on paternity leave and recalled OF Johnathan Rodríguez from Triple-A Columbus. A five-time All-Star, Ramírez is batting .269 with a team-high 18 home runs. His 62 RBI began the day second in in RBI, one behind the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge. Ramírez may miss up to three days.

Blue Jays: SS Bo Bichette (right calf) was held out of the lineup and Kiner-Falefa started at shortstop.

RHP José Berríos (5-5, 2.93 ERA) is scheduled to start for Toronto in Sunday’s series finale and RHP Ben Lively (6-2, 2.59) for Cleveland.

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Matchup Prediction

Blue Jays: 57.7%

Guardians: 42.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Schneemann flied out to left.
	9th Inning	J. Naylor to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Brennan flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Manzardo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Manzardo hit for Freeman
	9th Inning	J. Naylor walked.

Statistics

CLE		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
16	Ground Balls	14
4	Strikeouts	2
0	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
8	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
143	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
8	Total Bases	8
34	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	1
1.3	Runs Created	3.2
.242	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.242	Slugging Percentage	.286
.030	Secondary Average	.179
.265	On Base Percentage	.382
.507	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.668
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
1.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.6
8.0	Batter Rating	27.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.37
.000	Isolated Power	.036
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	2.00
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
-.212	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.071
0.0	Runs Produced	9.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
68.0	MLB Rating	79.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0