Guerrero's 5 RBI power 11-0 win over Guardians
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in 5 as Toronto answered a 6-1 loss with an 11-0 shutout of Cleveland, part of a 4-1 run over its last 5 games.
Guerrero's 5 RBI power an 11-0 shutout of Cleveland
The Blue Jays split the front end of their road set with Cleveland before breaking it open. They lost 6-1 on September 1, then answered a day later with an 11-0 shutout of the Guardians, part of a stretch that has them 4-1 over their last 5 games.
Guardians1-6Guardians11-0Dylan Cease carried the September 2 win, going 6.0 innings with 4 hits, no earned runs, no walks and 4 strikeouts; the Blue Jays' own account noted the outing dropped his ERA to 2.25. Josh Smith went 1-for-2 with a homer and an RBI, and Guerrero drove in 5 on a 3-for-4 night that included a double and a home run.
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Toronto's rotation is still down two starters. Jameson Taillon, on the 15-day IL with a forearm issue, was set to throw a bullpen Tuesday and, if that went well, would be in line to start Friday in Kansas City, Mitch Bannon of The Athletic reported. Trey Yesavage, also on the 15-day IL with a knee issue, was scheduled for his first bullpen Friday, according to Hazel Mae of Sportsnet.
Neither move is confirmed yet, but Taillon's timeline lines up directly with the trip's second stop — the Blue Jays play in Kansas City Friday and Saturday after they finish in Cleveland, and a healthy return there would ease a rotation that has leaned on arms like Cease all September.
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The Blue Jays are in Cleveland this afternoon to close out the series, sending José Soriano (11-7, 3.45 ERA) to the mound against Tanner Bibee (5-14, 3.88 ERA). Soriano was sharp in his last start, working 7.0 innings against Seattle with 6 strikeouts and 2 walks; Bibee took the loss in his last outing against Kansas City despite allowing just 1 earned run over 6.0 innings.
Toronto is favored in the finale, and the market's read on the total points to a low-scoring afternoon — a shape that suits both a Blue Jays lineup that has scored 11 runs in its last outing and a Guardians staff that has kept Bibee's recent starts close. For the number to hold, Soriano needs to work deep again and Toronto's bullpen needs to protect whatever cushion the lineup builds before the road trip shifts to Kansas City.