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FINAL Sunday, September 27, 2026
Cincinnati Reds 1
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Toronto Blue Jays 5
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Match Report

Max Scherzer strikes out 7 in 225th career win as Blue Jays beat Reds 5-1 in season finale

— Max Scherzer struck out seven over seven-plus innings for his 225th career win, Brandon Valenzuela and Charles McAdoo homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-1 in Sunday’s season finale.

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Top Performers

CIN

  • Elly De La Cruz H-AB 1-4 · AB 4 · R 0
  • Sal Stewart H-AB 0-4 · AB 4 · R 0
  • JJ Bleday H-AB 2-4 · AB 4 · R 0
  • Juan Brito H-AB 0-4 · AB 4 · R 0

TOR

  • Brett Bateman H-AB 2-4 · AB 4 · R 1
  • Kazuma Okamoto H-AB 0-2 · AB 2 · R 0
  • George Springer H-AB 1-2 · AB 2 · R 0
  • Charles McAdoo H-AB 1-3 · AB 3 · R 1

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning
  2. · 9th Inning Rodríguez flied out to center.
  3. · 9th Inning Pitch 9 : Ball In Play
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 7 : Ball 2
  6. · 9th Inning Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
  7. · 9th Inning Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
  8. · 9th Inning Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

Head to Head

TOR wins series 2-1

Injuries

Toronto Blue Jays

  • Anthony Santander 60-Day-IL
  • Cody Ponce 60-Day-IL
  • Patrick Corbin 60-Day-IL
  • Jonatan Clase 60-Day-IL
  • Yimi Garcia 60-Day-IL

Cincinnati Reds

  • Tony Santillan Out
  • Julian Garcia Out
  • Spencer Steer 60-Day-IL
  • Dane Myers Out
  • Blake Dunn 60-Day-IL

Lineups

TOR

  1. 4George SpringerDH
  2. 21Brett BatemanRF
  3. 7Kazuma Okamoto3B
  4. 26Charles McAdoo1B
  5. 36Davis SchneiderLF
  6. 59Brandon ValenzuelaC
  7. 3Myles StrawCF
  8. 0Andres GimenezSS
  9. 22Ernie Clement2B

Substitutes

  1. 20Sean KeysDH
  2. 9Josh Smith3B

CIN

  1. 38Carlos JorgeCF
  2. 44Elly De La CruzDH
  3. 27Sal Stewart1B
  4. 22JJ BledayLF
  5. 46Juan Brito3B
  6. 43Hector RodriguezRF
  7. 9Matt McLain2B
  8. 60Will BanfieldC
  9. 16Oswaldo CabreraSS

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