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Kazuma Okamoto hit an RBI double to tie the game at 5-5, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won over fans with a seventh-inning RBI single after earlier controversy, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cincinnati Reds.
Toronto Blue Jays' Kazuma Okamoto hits an RBI double against the Cincinnati Reds, scoring Alejandro Kirk during first inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jon Blacker - The Canadian Pressgave up seven hits and two walks over five innings but limited the damage to just two runs. Relievers Luis Mey , Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes catches a fly ball off the bat of Cincinnati Reds' Oswaldo Cabrera during fourth inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jon BlackerReds: Cincinnati came flying out of the gate in the first three innings, taking full advantage of a poor showing from Soriano. Once Toronto pulled their starting pitcher, however, the Reds had a hard time getting contact. Blue Jays: Toronto loaded the bases twice in the second and third innings but failed to score any runners both times.
The Blue Jays had runners on all three bases again in the third but Okamoto banged his double off the wall in left-centre field to cash in two and tie the game 5-5. Guerrero apologized to fans before the game for controversial comments he made in a Spanish-language podcast on Wednesday. He drew a mixed response when he first came to bat and drew loud boos when he struck out twice.
He turned the Blue Jays faithful around in the seventh when the sold-out Rogers Centre crowd chanted his name before his RBI single. Okamoto now has 92 runs batted in in his rookie MLB season, the next most on the Blue Jays is light-hitting shortstop
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