and Marcus Semien with extra-loud cheers when they were announced in the batting order, and they booed Josh Harrison when he stepped in as Oakland’s first hitter.
Gurriel stayed hot, Toronto’s lineup carried over the late-game breakout, and the Blue Jays clung on for a chance to sweep the biggest series of their season thus far.
Toronto’s starter finished with 6.2 innings pitched, allowing three earned runs, leaving to a standing ovation, and building off a one-run outing against the Detroit Tigers a week prior.
drove in four runs, and Toronto received a hit from every member of the starting lineup.
Teoscar Hernández gently dug his right cleat into the batter’s box in the bottom of the inning, then thrashed at a heater above the zone.
Contributions down the roster, a late-game offensive flurry, enough pitching, and even matching eighth inning bases-loaded Gurriel Jr.