Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays

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Detroit Tigers

30-16, 13-11 Away

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Toronto Blue Jays

22-23, 13-11 Home

Ernie Clement has game-winning hit in 9th inning as Blue Jays beat Tigers 2-1

Jeff Hoffman (4-2) worked one inning for the win as Toronto stopped Detroit’s winning streak at four.

Trailing 1-0, Toronto tied it in the eighth on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Alejandro Kirk.

Tigers right-hander Reese Olson walked one and struck out six in six innings.

Bo Bichette had a leadoff single against Olson in the first inning, but the Blue Jays didn’t get another hit off the Tigers right-hander.

Tyler Heineman drew a leadoff walk in the third, but was erased on a double play. Olson retired the final 11 batters he faced.

After Beau Brieske walked two batters in the seventh, Tyler Holton came on and got pinch hitter Myles Straw to ground into a double play on the first pitch.

Holton left with one out and a runner at second in the eighth. Pinch hitter Kirk greeted Will Vest with a game-tying single.

Spencer Torkelson opened the second inning with a 399-foot home run off left-hander Eric Lauer. The homer was Torkelson’s 12th. He hit 10 home runs in 2024.

Key moment Daulton Varsho hit a one-out double off Brenan Hanifee (2-1) in the ninth and advanced to third on a groundout. Pinch-hitter Anthony Santander was intentionally walked before Clement lined an RBI single to right.

Key stat The Tigers lost for the second time in their past 10 road games.

Up next Undefeated rookie RHP Jackson Jobe (3-0, 4.32 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Tigers in Sunday’s series finale. RHP José Berríos (1-1, 4.33) goes for the Blue Jays.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Clement singled to right, Varsho scored, Santander to third.
	9th Inning	Santander to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Santander intentionally walked.
	9th Inning	Santander hit for Hoffman
	9th Inning	Springer grounded out to second, Varsho to third.
	9th Inning	Varsho doubled to right.

Statistics

DET		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
4	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	27
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
2	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
99	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	5
31	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
1.2	Runs Created	1.0
.138	Batting Average	.148
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.310	Slugging Percentage	.185
.241	Secondary Average	.222
.194	On Base Percentage	.281
.504	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.466
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
1.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.0
15.0	Batter Rating	14.0
29.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.19	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.36
.172	Isolated Power	.037
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.065	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.152
.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.074
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
66.5	MLB Rating	66.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0