Marcus Stroman threw 7 shutout innings in a 12-1 rout over the Detroit Tigers
Game Highlights:
- The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the top of the 1st as Eric Sogard scored on a wild pitch by Jordan Zimmerman
- The Blue Jays added a run in the top of the 2nd as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored on a fielder's choice hit by Danny Jansen
- The Blue Jays added a run in the top of the 4th as Teoscar Hernandez singled scoring Guerrero Jr.
- A batter later, Eric Sogard singled home Cavan Biggio and Billy McKinney
- A batter later, Freddy Galvis singled scoring Hernandez
- Jordan Zimmerman pitching line: 3.2IP 7H 6R (all earned) 4BB 5K 96 pitches (59 for strikes)
- The Blue Jays added a run in the top of the 6th as Hernandez smashed a solo bomb to left
- Three batters later, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. singled home Galvis
- Two batters later, Guerrero Jr. singled home Gurriel Jr.
- A batter later, Jansen singled scoring Justin Smoak
- The Blue Jays added a run in the top of the 7th as Sogard scored on a ground out by Smoak
- Marcus Stroman pitching line: 7IP 6H 0R 0BB 5K 101 pitches (63 for strikes)
- The Tigers got one back in the bottom of the 8th as JaCoby Jones scored on a ground out by Gordon Beckham
- Final Score: Blue Jays 12 Tigers 1
- Marcus Stroman was excellent today, tossing 7 shutout innings, walking none and striking out 5. He had all his pitches moving and kept the Tigers hitters off-balance with his customary style of altering the time of his delivery. He definitely helped the Blue Jays cause in getting a strong haul back in the inevitable trade that's sure to come in under two weeks.
- The Blue Jays offence exploded for twelve runs on fifteen hits. The team batted around twice, in the 4th and 6th innings when they scored a combined 9 runs on 10 hits, 4 walks and a wild pitch
- Every Blue Jays starter got on base at least once. Justin Smoak and Brandon Drury were the only ones without a hit
- Eric Sogard (3-6, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI), Freddy Galvis (3-5, 1 run scored, 1 RBI), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (3-5, 3 runs scored, 1RBI) Danny Jansen (3RBI), and Teoscar Hernandez (2-4, 2 runs scored, 2RBI) all had strong days at the plate.
- Up next, the Blue Jays try to win one series after dropping 5 of the first 7 games of this road trip. Rookie Trent Thornton will be looking to bounce back after a rough outing Monday against Boston. The Tigers will counter with ex-Blue Jays lefty Daniel Norris.