Toronto Blue Jays at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Toronto Blue Jays

68-49, 30-30 Away

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Los Angeles Dodgers

67-49, 37-23 Home

Kershaw beats Scherzer in Cooperstown matchup as Betts' homer powers Dodgers past Blue Jays

Bianka Bryant throws out first pitch between Blue Jays-Dodgers

In a rare duel between the latest members to join the 3,000-strikeout club, Kershaw and Scherzer both threw six effective innings.

The 37-year-old Kershaw (6-2) allowed one run and seven hits, striking out four. The 41-year-old Scherzer (2-2) gave up two runs and six hits. He struck out five and walked three.

Both longtime aces have won three Cy Young Awards and are likely headed to the Hall of Fame.

Betts gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead with a two-run homer off Scherzer in the fifth. With two outs, Shohei Ohtani hit a ground-rule double. Betts followed with a 389-foot shot to left field for his first homer since July 5.

Los Angeles tacked on three runs in the seventh. Betts knocked in the first one with a grounder, and Ohtani scored when reliever Louis Varland issued a bases-loaded walk to Will Smith. Teoscar Hernández added a sacrifice fly that plated Betts.

Ohtani finished with three hits and scored twice.

Daulton Varsho had three hits for the Blue Jays, who took a 1-0 lead on Addison Barger's two-strike RBI single off Kershaw in the second.

Toronto's three-game winning streak was snapped in the matchup of division leaders.

Key moment Betts grounded into a fielder's choice to shortstop in the seventh. Bo Bichette threw home and Alex Freeland slid on his side and onto his back with his right hand reaching for the plate. Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk applied the tag to the back of Freeland's legs as they came up in the air. The Blue Jays lost their replay challenge and the Dodgers took a 3-1 lead.

Key stat Kershaw and Scherzer went toe-to-toe for six innings in front of a sellout crowd of 53,825.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Chris Bassitt (11-5, 4.12 ERA) starts Saturday against Dodgers LHP Blake Snell (1-1, 3.21).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Varsho flied out to center.
	9th Inning	France to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	France singled to right.
	9th Inning	Barger grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Kirk grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Treinen relieved Casparius

Statistics

TOR		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	7
7	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	11
35	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
3.1	Runs Created	4.6
.294	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.353	Slugging Percentage	.367
.088	Secondary Average	.333
.314	On Base Percentage	.351
.667	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.718
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.1
18.0	Batter Rating	32.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.54	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.70
.059	Isolated Power	.133
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.86
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.162
-.206	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.100
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
75.5	MLB Rating	81.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0