Toronto has now won seven of eight on the road trip and nine of their past 11 to stay within two games of Tampa and pass Seattle.
It took another quality start from Ross Stripling and the sixth home run of a now eight-game old road trip for a still-hot Bo Bichette and even then it required a clutch ninth-inning single from catcher Danny Jansen to plate Ramel Tapia with the winning run as the Jays squeaked out a 4-3 win.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
“You really can’t say enough about what he has done,” manager John Schneider said. “Stepping into the rotation, he really has been awesome.” Jansen’s ninth-inning heroics followed three unanswered runs by the Rangers to tie the game, the final one coming in the bottom of the eighth as Yimi Garcia gave up a lead-off double to No. 9 hitter Bubba Thompson. Thompson would score from third on Corey Seager’s double off Tim Mayza.
Toronto had an early 3-0 lead thanks to some shaky defence in the first that gifted the Jays a run and then Bichette’s two-run homer in the third, his 23rd of the year to score Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ahead of him who was on with a two-out double.
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