Rookie Beau Brieske pitched into the sixth inning and earned his first major league victory, Víctor Reyes came off the injured list and had three hits and the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Saturday.
Making his ninth start, the 24-year-old Brieske scattered seven hits and didn't issue a walk in 5 2/3 innings. Gregory Soto worked through a jam in the ninth inning and earned his 13th save.
Rated as Toronto's top prospect, catcher Gabriel Moreno made his big league debut. Moreno, who was called up from Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday, was 1 for 4. George Springer's RBI single with two out in the ninth ended Detroit's shutout bid. The Tigers took the lead in the first on Harold Castro's two-out, run-scoring single. Haase made it 2-0 in the fourth with his second career triple, scoring Javier Baez, who led off the inning with a walk.Blue Jays: C Zach Collins was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo to make room for Moreno. LHP Tim Mayza was reinstated from the 15-day IL and RHP Jeremy Beasley was optioned to Buffalo.
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