Corey Dickerson began a relay, but Tigers outfielder Victor Reyes was already rounding the bases.
Steven Matz’s latest strong outing was wasted by the Blue Jays, who scored just one run and lost their seventh game of the last 10.
palmed the ball and side-armed a throw to first, Matz located himself, caught the pass, and slapped a tag on Jonathan Schoop for the first out of the inning.
In his last eight starts, Matz has lowered his ERA almost a full point, allowing over two earned runs just once and completing six innings three times.
He’d never struck out more than four batters in a game in his short MLB career and had never allowed one or fewer runs.
Toronto’s lineup flashed a breakout with a five-run inning last night against Chicago, but facing a pitcher with an ERA over six tonight, they continued to scuffle.
Toronto had the opportunity to back up Matz early but finished one-for-eight with runners in scoring position.
It’s become a familiar tale, of late.