Toronto Blue Jays at Arizona Diamondbacks

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

7-12, 1-6 Away

Final
3 - 6

Arizona Diamondbacks

12-8, 6-2 Home

Soroka earns 4th victory, Arenado homers as Diamondbacks defeat Blue Jays 6-3

Tim Tawa seals D-backs' win with RBI double

Corbin Carroll and José Fernandez had RBI singles in the fifth inning off Eric Lauer (1-3) for Arizona, playing its first game at home after a 6-3 East Coast trip.

Soroka (4-0), just two years removed from a 0-10 season with the Chicago White Sox, is tied with the the Angels’ José Soriano for the major league lead among starters. Milwaukee’s Aaron Ashby has won five games in relief.

The 28-year-old Soroka went seven innings, giving up five hits and two runs. He walked none and struck out five. Jonathan Loaisiga gave up a run in the eighth on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s two-out single, but struck out Jesús Sánchez to end the threat.

Arizona added a run in the eighth off former Diamondback Joe Mantiply when Tim Tawa doubled to score James McCann, who led off the inning with a single.

Paul Sewald pitched the ninth for his major league-leading seventh save.

Arenado’s homer, his third of the season, came in the fourth inning. He drove in another run in the seventh after Guerrero's error on Fernandez’s grounder allowed a run to score.

Myles Straw hit his first home run of the season for Toronto in the sixth. Straw entered the game in the third inning, replacing center fielder Daulton Varsho, who came out of the game with left knee discomfort.

Blue Jays opener Braydon Fisher gave up a two-out double to Geraldo Perdomo, but pitched around it, and Eric Lauer replaced him to start the second. Lauer went five innings, allowing five hits and three runs.

Up next Toronto RHP Max Scherzer (1-2, 9.58) opposes Arizona RHP Zac Gallen (1-1, 3.60) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Okamoto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Giménez flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Sosa popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Sewald relieved Loaisiga
	8th Inning	Carroll struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Marte grounded out to third.

Statistics

TOR		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	12
7	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
8	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	1
3	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
119	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	15
34	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
3.0	Runs Created	5.1
.242	Batting Average	.294
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.394	Slugging Percentage	.441
.182	Secondary Average	.206
.242	On Base Percentage	.333
.636	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.775
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.5
28.0	Batter Rating	39.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.50	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.63
.152	Isolated Power	.147
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.053
-.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.088
6.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
78.5	MLB Rating	88.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0