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Playoff Hopeful Blue Jays Avoid Series Sweep with 7-2 Win over AL West-Leading Texas
Toronto is also using a bullpen opener and giving Spencer Arrighetti the bulk of the innings as it tries to avoid a sweep.
- On Sunday, the Toronto Blue Jays rested starting catcher Alejandro Kirk, inserting Brandon Valenzuela at catcher against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Valenzuela batted eighth in the lineup.
- Toronto avoided a series sweep by defeating the AL West-leading Rangers 7-2, with leadoff hitter Brett Bateman scoring three times and keeping the team's slim playoff hopes alive in the American League Wild Card race.
- Before Sunday's matchup, the Blue Jays announced concerning injury news regarding right-handed starting pitcher Dylan Cease, who signed a seven-year, $210 million contract this past offseason and has posted a career-best 2.40 ERA this season.
- Spencer Miles served as the opener for a bullpen game, while Spencer Arrighetti earned the win after tossing two innings. Texas starter Jacob deGrom left early with mild groin tightness, the Rangers trailing 3-2.
- Up next, the Blue Jays open a three-game road series against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night. Toronto will conclude its 2026 season with a three-game home series against the Cincinnati Reds.
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Playoff hopeful Blue Jays avoid series sweep with 7-2 win over AL West-leading Texas
Toronto leadoff hitter Brett Bateman reached base and scored three times as the Blue Jays beat AL West-leading Texas 7-2 to avoid a series sweep
·Washington, United States
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Blue Jays avoid series sweep with win over Rangers
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jacob deGrom (48) is pulled by Texas Rangers manger Skip Schumaker, right, during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, in Arlington, Texas.
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Toronto's first bat, Brett Bateman, was packed and scored three times, two of them driven by Nathan Lukes, and the Tiles defeated Texas Rangers, leaders of the Western Division of the American League, 7-2 to avoid sweeping the series in a duel among playoffs seekers.
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