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Sean Keys Hits 1st Career Home Run as Blue Jays Beat Slumping Mets 9-3 in Canada Day Matinee
Rookie Sean Keys and Myles Straw each hit three-run homers as Toronto won its series finale and improved to 24-9 when scoring five or more runs.
On Canada Day, rookie Sean Keys hit his first MLB career home run, a three-run shot, and Myles Straw added another three-run homer as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Mets 9-3.
Toronto deployed a bullpen game with Braydon Fisher opening, while Mets starter Freddy Peralta allowed five earned runs over four innings in his third straight winless start.
Keys' 349-foot blast in the third inning capped a four-run frame that included a two-out RBI double from Ernie Clement, who extended the inning before the 23-year-old's breakthrough moment.
The victory secured a series win for the Blue Jays , while the Mets dropped their fifth consecutive series and have lost eight of their last ten games.
Both teams have an off-day on Thursday before returning Friday, when Toronto begins a series against the Seattle Mariners and New York travels to Atlanta to face the Braves.