grapplegraphics.com The Major League Baseball (MLB) Toronto Blue Jays have been swept in the first game of a three-game home series against the Chicago Cubs.
Toronto fell 2-6 at home to the 2023 Major League Baseball World Series champion Cubs at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday.
After splitting a four-game road series with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto returned home and was swept by the Cubs.
At 65-53, Toronto remained in third place in the American League East, but narrowed its lead to three games over the Boston Red Sox (61-55) and New York Yankees (60-56), who also won on the day.
온라인바카라 Toronto starter Jose Berrios was hit by two home runs in the first inning and gave up three runs before being charged with six runs (four earned) on nine hits (two homers) in 4 1/3 innings. Berrios, who had been within striking distance of double-digit wins in six straight seasons, excluding 2020, which was a shortened season due to the coronavirus pandemic, suffered his eighth loss of the season (nine wins).
The Toronto bats, which were held to five hits, also failed to attack the Cubs’ mound, scoring just one run on Alejandro Kirk’s RBI single in the fourth inning and Brandon Belt’s solo shot in the eighth. Top hitters Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer were a combined 0-for-4.
With the sweep of Toronto, the Cubs moved to 60 wins (56 losses) and into the third wild-card spot in the National League, boosting their postseason hopes.
Starter Javier Asad improved to 2-2 on the season with seven innings of four-hit ball, one walk and two strikeouts.
Ryu’s former teammate Cody Bellinger went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored, while Japanese slugger Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBIs and a run scored.
Meanwhile, Toronto, which is in danger of losing its third straight series, will start Chris Bassett in Game 3 on the 13th. Hyun-jin Ryu will start the final game of the series on the 14th.