Tigers win fifth in a row with wild 6-5 win over Blue Jays
Detroit overcame a 5-4 deficit with two late runs and improved to 5 straight wins, while Toronto stayed one game back in the wild-card race.
- On Monday, the Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5, extending their winning streak to five games. Zach McKinstry scored the winning run in the ninth inning following a fielding error by pitcher Louis Varland.
- Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jose Soriano maintained a perfect game through five innings before Detroit's offense rallied. Kazuma Okamoto hit his 33rd home run in the seventh, establishing a single-season record for Japanese right-handed hitters.
- Brett Callahan tied the game 5-5 with an eighth-inning RBI single, setting up the ninth. McKinstry then scored on a missed catch by Varland after Hao-Yu Lee grounded to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at first base.
- Detroit sits 12 games from playoff contention with just 12 games remaining. Toronto remains one game behind the Cleveland Guardians for the final wild-card berth after Cleveland lost to the Chicago White Sox.
- Right-Hander Drew Anderson will start for the Tigers on Tuesday as the three-game series continues at the Rogers Centre. Toronto's starter for the scheduled bullpen game has yet to be announced.
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Zach McKinstry scores go-ahead run on error to help Tigers outlast Blue Jays 6-5
Zach McKinstry scored the winning run on a missed-catch error in the ninth inning after Brett Callahan hit a tying RBI single in the eighth, as the Detroit Tigers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Monday night.
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thesportsleader.comNinth-inning error sends streaking Tigers to victory over Blue Jays
Zach McKinstry scored the go-ahead run from second base on a ninth-inning error as the visiting Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Monday.Spencer Torkelson led off the ninth with a walk and was forced at second when McKinstry bunted into a fielder's choice. McKinstry stole second and scored when Toronto closer Louis Varland (5-6) could not handle Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s long throw and was charged with an error on Hao-Yu Lee's g…
Blue Jays miss chance to build momentum with tough loss to Tigers
TORONTO — The last few innings of Monday’s game featured a week’s worth of highs and lows. A no-hit bid from Jose Soriano. A sudden four-run rally from the Detroit Tigers. A three-run homer from Kazuma Okamoto. And then, in case that wasn’t enough, an uncharacteristically tough outing from Louis Varland, who allowed an RBI single in the eighth before making a crucial error in the ninth. The result was a 6-5 Tigers win that cost the Toronto Blue …
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