Toronto Blue Jays at Miami Marlins

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

75-54, 33-33 Away

Final
5 - 2

Miami Marlins

60-68, 29-34 Home

Bieber strikes out 9 over 6 innings in his return, Blue Jays beat Marlins 5-2

Daulton Varsho homered, doubled and drove in three runs, while Ty France had two hits and two RBI for the AL East-leading Blue Jays.

Bieber (1-0) allowed two hits and hit a batter in his 87-pitch outing. He retired 12 straight after allowing Javier Sanoja’s homer in the second inning.

It was Bieber’s first appearance since April 2, 2024, when he experienced elbow discomfort and subsequently underwent Tommy John surgery.

The Blue Jays acquired the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner from the Cleveland Guardians on July 31. Bieber had four rehab outings with the Guardians before the trade and three since joining the Blue Jays.

Varsho hit an RBI double and scored on Frances’ two-run single off Marlins starter Ryan Gusto (7-6) to put Toronto ahead 3-0 in the first.

The Blue Jays increased their lead to 5-1 on Varsho’s two-run homer in the sixth. Varsho’s 423-foot drive landed in the right-center field seats.

Miami got within 5-2 on Maximo Acosta’s solo homer against reliever Yariel Rodríguez in the eighth.

Brendon Little got the last two outs after Acosta’s homer and Jeff Hoffman pitched the ninth for his 28th save.

Gusto gave up five runs and seven hits in his home debut for the Marlins, who acquired the right-hander from Houston on July 31.

Key moment Alejandro Kirk hit a two-out single that extended the sixth before Varsho’s homer.

Key stat Bo Bichette doubled in the first to give him an AL-leading 158 hits.

Up next RHP José Berríos (9-5, 4.00 ERA) will start for the Blue Jays on Saturday against Marlins’ RHP Janson Junk (6-2, 4.04).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Sanoja grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Wagaman walked.
	9th Inning	Hernández grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Hicks grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Little
	9th Inning	Giménez grounded out to third.

Statistics

TOR		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
19	Ground Balls	11
2	Strikeouts	11
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	2
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
11	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	10
36	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
4.2	Runs Created	2.0
.281	Batting Average	.129
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.438	Slugging Percentage	.323
.281	Secondary Average	.258
.361	On Base Percentage	.206
.799	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.528
1.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
4.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.0
36.0	Batter Rating	18.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.81	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.15
.156	Isolated Power	.194
2.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.129
10.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
86.8	MLB Rating	68.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0