Blue Jays’ offence comes through in a pinch to beat Marlins

Mike Wilner: Blue Jays’ offence comes through in a pinch to beat Marlins

’ 2-0 win over the Marlins in Miami on Tuesday:The Blue Jays haven’t had a ton of success with pinch-hitting this season. Batters coming off the bench had gone just 7-for-35 going into Tuesday’s game, but the bench bats got the job done in the eighth inning.Santiago Espinal

pinch-hit for Spencer Horwitz and lashed Scott’s first pitch into the left-field corner for a double. Ernie Clement was next, batting for Kevin Kiermaier, and looped an 0-and-2 slider into short centre for a single to score Espinal with the game’s first run.Streeeeeetch The Marlins had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth, with runners on the corners and two out. Jesus Sanchez hit a Tim Mayza sinker on the ground to third, Matt Chapman picked it up, fired to Clement at second for one out and Clement yanked his relay throw wide of first. ButTerrific, Yusei?. After three straight games where their starting pitcher hadn’t made it into the fifth inning, Kikuchi retired 14 of the first 15 batters he faced, striking out six.

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