Toronto Blue Jays at Pittsburgh Pirates

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

74-53, 32-32 Away

Final
7 - 3

Pittsburgh Pirates

53-74, 35-30 Home

Scherzer, Springer lead Blue Jays to 7-3 win over Pirates

Scherzer (4-2) allowed one run and four hits with four strikeouts and three walks. The 18-year veteran has pitched at least six innings in five consecutive starts.

The Blue Jays (74-53) built a 5-0 lead against Mitch Keller in the first two innings.

Springer hit a 423-foot shot to center field for his 20th homer of the season in the second inning. The Blue Jays scored three runs in the first when Alejandro Kirk had an RBI single and Nathan Lukes followed with a two-run single.

Kirk added a two-run home run, his 10th, off Colin Holderman in the seventh inning to make 7-1. The All-Star catcher finished with three hits and three RBI.

Keller (5-12) was tagged for five runs in 3 1/3 innings after giving up six runs in four innings in a loss at National League-leading Milwaukee in his previous start last Wednesday.

The Pirates lost for the eighth time in 10 games as they fell deeper into the NL Central basement.

Blue Jays All-Star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sat out because of tightness in his left hamstring. An MRI performed earlier Tuesday revealed no damage.

Key stat The Blue Jays are 25-13 in interleague games, tops in the major leagues.

Key moment The Pirates loaded the bases with none out in the second inning against Scherzer but managed only one run on a groundout by Isiah Kiner-Falefa.

Up next The rubber game of the three-game series is set for Wednesday with Chris Bassitt (11-6, 4.22 ERA) pitching for the Blue Jays. Johan Oviedo (0-0, 18.00) is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis to start for the Pirates.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Simon flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Triolo struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Nance
	9th Inning	Straw in left field.
	9th Inning	Lukes in right field.

Statistics

TOR		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	8
7	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	8
3	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
36	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
172	Pitches	150
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	10
41	Plate Appearances	37
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
6.6	Runs Created	2.9
.278	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.472	Slugging Percentage	.303
.389	Secondary Average	.152
.366	On Base Percentage	.297
.838	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.600
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
49.0	Batter Rating	24.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.20	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.05
.194	Isolated Power	.061
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.091
14.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
93.3	MLB Rating	75.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0