Blue Jays beat Marlins 2-0
Yusei Kikuchi allowed two hits and struck out six in six innings to help Toronto even the series after falling 11-0 in the opener Monday night. The Blue Jays ended a 19-inning scoreless streak in the eighth against Tanner Scott .
Miami's Luis Arraez went 1-for-4, dropping his major league-leading batting average to .398. The Marlins had won five in a row. Santiago Espinal had a pinch one-out double and Clement followed with a pinch RBI single. Clement advanced on centre-fielder Garrett Hampson's throw to the plate and raced home from second after Springer's broken bat single to left.
Yimi Garcia was the winner, pitching the seventh. Erik Swanson gave up Nick Fortes' one-out double and Joey Wendle's infield single in the eighth, and Tim Mayza relieved and retired pinch-hitter Jesus Sanchez on a 5-4-3 double play.Kikuchi retired the first nine before Arraez's leadoff single in the fourth. Arraez was quickly erased after Jorge Soler grounded into a double play.Marlins rookie Eury Perez limited Toronto to three hits and struck out nine in his eighth career start.
Marlins: RHP Johnny Cueto is scheduled to make a rehab start with triple-A Jacksonville on Thursday.Toronto RHP Kevin Gausman will start the series finale Wednesday against RHP Sandy Alcantara .
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