Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

61-62, 24-36 Away

Final
5 - 6

Toronto Blue Jays

72-51, 41-20 Home

Alejandro Kirk carries the Blue Jays past the Rangers, 6-5

Alejandro Kirk leads Blue Jays' rally past Rangers

Kirk singled with the bases loaded in the eighth to help the Blue Jays (72-51) overcome a three-run deficit. Before the catcher's at-bat, reliever Phil Matton (2-5) walked Daulton Varsho with the bases loaded.

Texas' Marcus Semien hit a two-run homer in the seventh.

Louis Varland (4-3) got the win in relief, and Jeff Hoffman finished for his 28th save.

Texas star Jacob deGrom pitched five shutout innings, allowing only two hits with no walks and five strikeouts.

Kyle Higashioka hit a three-run homer for Texas in the second inning.

Key moment Kirk’s bases-loaded single in the eighth.

Key stat The Rangers have lost three in a row to fall to 61-62.

Up next Toronto LHP Eric Lauer (7-2, 2.82 ERA) was set to face LHP Patrick Corbin (6-8, 4.00) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Smith struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Higashioka struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jung struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Varland
	9th Inning	Straw in right field.
	9th Inning	Schneider in left field.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
6	Ground Balls	11
11	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
153	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	12
37	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
4.2	Runs Created	4.2
.167	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.400	Slugging Percentage	.375
.467	Secondary Average	.219
.324	On Base Percentage	.314
.724	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.689
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
34.0	Batter Rating	38.0
15.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.31
.233	Isolated Power	.125
0.55	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.162	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.300	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
10.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
79.0	MLB Rating	84.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0