Chicago Cubs at Toronto Blue Jays

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Chicago Cubs

67-51, 31-29 Away

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Toronto Blue Jays

70-50, 39-19 Home

Clement and Varsho homer as the Blue Jays reach 70 wins with a 5-1 victory over the Cubs

Blue Jays down Cubs to reach 70-win mark

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits as the AL East-leading Blue Jays (70-50) improved to 23-11 against NL opponents.

The Cubs have dropped five of seven. In those five losses, they scored a total of six runs.

Toronto right-hander José Berríos (9-4) allowed two hits, both singles, in 5 1/3 scoreless innings. He walked four and struck out three.

Pitching in front of a season-high crowd of 43,003, Berríos won his fourth straight decision. He is 7-1 with a 3.62 ERA in his past 10 starts.

Starting for the first time since Sept. 25, 2024, at Philadelphia, Cubs right-hander Javier Assad (0-1) allowed four runs and eight hits in four innings.

The Cubs reinstated Assad off the 60-day injured list. He had been sidelined by an oblique injury.

Alejandro Kirk’s RBI single was one of three Blue Jays hits in the first inning.

Clement hit a three-run drive off Assad in the fourth. Varsho extended Toronto’s advantage with a leadoff blast against Ben Brown in the eighth. It was Varsho's 12th homer.

Chicago’s Michael Busch hit an RBI single off Tommy Nance in the seventh. Brendon Little came on and struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong to strand runners at second and third.

Blue Jays infielder Andrés Giménez went 1 for 3 with a walk in his return from a sprained left ankle. Giménez last played July 4.

Key moment Varsho singled to begin the fourth and Ty France was hit by a pitch before Clement’s first-pitch drive to left.

Key stat The Blue Jays are 31-31 on the road and 39-19 at home.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (8-8, 3.85 ERA) is scheduled to start Wednesday against Cubs RHP Cade Horton (6-3, 3.18 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Suzuki struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Busch flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Castro struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Varland
	8th Inning	Lukes lined out to center.
	8th Inning	Giménez lined out to center.

Statistics

CHC		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	14
9	Strikeouts	2
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
154	Pitches	125
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
4	Total Bases	20
38	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	4
1.7	Runs Created	7.0
.129	Batting Average	.353
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.129	Slugging Percentage	.588
.258	Secondary Average	.294
.289	On Base Percentage	.405
.419	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.994
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.8
9.0	Batter Rating	42.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.38
.000	Isolated Power	.235
0.78	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.184	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
.129	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.059
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
62.0	MLB Rating	95.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0