George Springer answered booing fans with a go-ahead, two-run homer and a RBI double, and the Toronto Blue Jays made three sparkling defensive plays to beat New York 3-0 Monday night.
Alek Manoah allowed one hit over six innings, Joey Gallo's opposite-field single with one out in the second, bettering his six shutout innings of two-hit ball in his major league debut in the Bronx last May 27.
Fans booed Springer before and during each at-bat, and he finished a triple short of the cycle in the leadoff spot. No. 9 batter Santiago Espinal had three singles for the Blue Jays. Manoah loosened up before the game with a football, then mixed 44 fastballs, 22 sliders, 18 sinkers and 15 changeups, getting five swings and misses on fastballs, four on sliders and three on changeups.
Espinal, shifted to the left side of second, ranged back to the right side of second to glove pinch-hitter Josh Donaldson's 106 mph grounder against Adam Cimber. Espinal flipped to Bichette, who made an acrobatic 360-degree turn at second and threw to first for an inning-ending double play.
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