Toronto Blue Jays at Cincinnati Reds

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Toronto Blue Jays

80-59, 35-35 Away

Final
12 - 9

Cincinnati Reds

70-69, 38-32 Home

Springer goes deep twice as Blue Jays hold off Reds, 12-9

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cincinnati Reds: Game Highlights

The Blue Jays have 23 blown saves this season including Monday's 5-4 loss in the series opener, but Jeff Hoffman allowed one hit in the ninth for his 30th save.

Louis Varland (4-3) allowed one hit in 1 2/3 innings of relief.

Reds' scheduled starter Nick Lodolo was scratched due to illness, so Scott Barlow (6-3) was called upon to make his first career start. Things didn't go well for the 32-year-old right-hander.

Springer led off with his 25th homer of the season. Barlow then walked three straight batters to load the bases and Alejandro Kirk's bases-clearing double made the score 4-0.

Brent Suter replaced Barlow in the second inning and didn't fare any better. Bichette's three-run homer, his 18th of the season, made the score 8-1.

Springer's second home run, a two-run shot off Suter, made the score 10-6 in the fourth. It was his 29th multihomer game, second this season.

Daulton Varsho's solo homer, his second in as many nights, came off Connor Phillips in the seventh to make the score 11-8.

TJ Friedl’s solo homer off Seranthony Domínguez in the eighth made the score 11-9.

Key moment After a throwing error by Blue Jays’ third baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa prevented the final out in the third, Austin Hays’ three-run homer into the second deck of the left field bleachers cut the Reds’ deficit to 8-6.

Key stat Springer now has 62 career leadoff homers, including a franchise-best 23 for the Blue Jays. He ranks second in major league history behind Rickey Henderson who had 81 leadoff homers.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Shane Bieber (1-1, 2.38 ERA) and Reds RHP Zack Littell (9-8, 3.63) will start the series finale on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Benson popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Stewart to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Benson hit for Trevino
	9th Inning	Hayes struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Stewart reached on infield single to third.
	9th Inning	Lux grounded out to second.

Statistics

TOR		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	17
10	Strikeouts	9
11	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	15
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	9
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	42
4	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	5
18	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	191
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
26	Total Bases	26
43	Plate Appearances	44
648.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
6	Extra Base Hits	7
10.0	Runs Created	9.0
.324	Batting Average	.357
.333	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.703	Slugging Percentage	.619
.541	Secondary Average	.310
.419	On Base Percentage	.386
1.121	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.005
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
10.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.7
75.0	Batter Rating	65.0
9.3	At Bats Per Home Run	21.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.60	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.34
.378	Isolated Power	.262
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.116	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.045
.216	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.048
23.0	Runs Produced	17.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
113.0	MLB Rating	108.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0