Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays

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Detroit Tigers

49-50, 25-26 Away

Final
7 - 3

Toronto Blue Jays

45-54, 21-26 Home

Jake Rogers hits third career grand slam as Tigers beat Blue Jays 7-3 for 10th win in 12 games

Andy Ibáñez had two hits and two RBI for the Tigers. Rogers hit his seventh home run off Trevor Richards, who entered after the Tigers knocked Yusei Kikuchi (4-9) out of the game during their big inning.

“We’re having fun right now and need to keep it up,” Rogers said.

Toronto slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 3 for 4 with a two-run homer, his 16th, but the slumping Blue Jays lost for the fourth time in five and matched a season worst by falling 10 games below .500.

Guerrero homered for the third straight game for the second time this season. He also did it June 27-29.

Tigers right-hander Reese Olson left after two innings because of a sore right shoulder. He threw 30 pitches, 16 strikes.

Olson used double-play grounders to strand runners in each of his two scoreless innings. He allowed two hits, both singles, and walked one.

“He came off the mound after the second inning kind of shaking his arm and said he didn’t feel very good,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “Once he said his arm was bugging him we immediately pulled him and had to scurry to get someone up and going.”

Right-hander Alex Faedo (5-1) replaced Olson in the third and pitched two innings.

“Alex came in and did a great job,” Hinch said.

Olson was not made available to reporters following the game. He’ll return to Detroit to visit the Tigers team doctor, Hinch said.

“It was tough losing him and I hope he’s all right,” catcher Rogers said.

Righty Kenta Maeda allowed three runs in two innings. Left-hander Tyler Horton pitched the seventh and eighth, and right-hander Shelby Miller finished.

Detroit clinched the season series against Toronto for the first time since 2018 with a 5-4 win Friday. The Tigers have won five of six meetings with the Blue Jays in 2024.

Kikuchi (4-9) allowed four runs and five hits in five-plus innings, extending his streak of winless outings to seven. Kikuchi has not won since June 11 at Milwaukee.

“He had good stuff again, then kind of lost his command at the end,” manager John Schneider said.

Detroit’s Javier Báez returned to the lineup after leaving last Saturday’s win over the Dodgers and sitting out the final game before the All-Star break.

Báez finished 1 for 4 with two strikeouts. He singled and scored in the sixth.

Ibáñez doubled home the game’s first run with two outs in the fifth.

Kikuchi left after the first three batters reached in the sixth. Richards came on and gave up a 391-foot home run to Rogers.

Ibáñez added an RBI single off Richards and later scored on a wild pitch by left-hander Brendon Little.

TRAINER’S ROOM

The Blue Jays put SS Bo Bichette on the 10-day IL because of a strained right calf and recalled Addison Barger from Triple-A Buffalo. Schneider said Bichette has a “moderate” strain and is expected to miss “multiple weeks.” The two-time All-Star left Friday’s game after six innings. He pulled up running from home plate to first base.

RHP Kevin Gausman (7-8, 4.50 ERA) is scheduled to start as the Blue Jays seek to avoid a sweep in Sunday’s series finale. RHP Keider Montero (1-2, 5.47) goes for the Tigers.

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Matchup Prediction

Blue Jays: 51.4%

Tigers: 48.6%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	D. Jansen flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Turner flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Holton
	9th Inning	Keith as designated hitter.
	9th Inning	Canha struck out swinging.

Statistics

DET		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	7
6	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	1
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	1
151	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	10
40	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
4.5	Runs Created	1.4
.250	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.361	Slugging Percentage	.333
.194	Secondary Average	.167
.325	On Base Percentage	.250
.686	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.583
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.4
40.0	Batter Rating	23.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.59
.111	Isolated Power	.133
0.27	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
-.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
13.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
85.5	MLB Rating	73.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0