MLB

Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
61-63, 24-37 Away
Final
2 - 14
Toronto Blue Jays
73-51, 42-20 Home

Myles Straw stars as the AL-leading Blue Jays pound the slumping Rangers 14-2

Blue Jays topple Rangers 14-2

Daulton Varsho and Davis Schneider also went deep as the AL-leading Blue Jays improved to 42-20 at home. Varsho went 3 for 3 and scored three times, and Schneider had three hits and four RBI.

Straw hit a three-run homer off Patrick Corbin in Toronto’s six-run second inning. He also connected for his fourth homer in the third, a two-run shot off Jon Gray. He finished with four hits.

Varsho made it 10-1 with a first-pitch homer off Gray in the fifth, his 13th.

Schneider added a three-run shot off position player Rowdy Tellez in the seventh, his eighth.

Toronto’s Eric Lauer (8-2) allowed one run and four hits in five-plus innings, winning his fourth straight decision.

Jake Burger had three hits, including two RBI singles, but Texas lost for the eighth time in nine games.

Catcher Tyler Heineman pitched the ninth inning for Toronto.

Corbin (6-9) allowed a season-high seven runs in 2 1/3 innings, his shortest outing of 2025. Corbin is winless since July 10 and hasn’t finished the fifth inning in any of his past three starts.

Toronto’s George Springer went 1 for 4 as the designated hitter. Springer last played July 28, when he was hit in the helmet by a fastball from Baltimore’s Kade Strowd.

Rangers infielder Marcus Semien rested because of right wrist soreness.

Key moment Ernie Clement opened the scoring with an RBI double in the second, and Straw followed with his three-run blast.

Key stat The Blue Jays are 30-10 when they hit two or more homers.

Up next Blue Jays right-hander José Berríos (9-4, 3.74 ERA) is scheduled to start Sunday against Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (10-3, 1.71 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Jung grounded into fielder's choice to third, Burger out at second.
9th Inning Burger singled to center, Langford scored.
9th Inning Pederson grounded out to pitcher, Langford to second.
9th Inning Langford grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Carter out at second.
9th Inning Carter hit by pitch.
9th Inning Heineman relieved Domínguez

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
2 Hit By Pitch 1
10 Ground Balls 11
8 Strikeouts 5
2 Runs Batted In 14
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 18
1 Stolen Bases 0
4 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 14
0 Ground Into Double Play 2
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 39
0 Home Runs 4
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
23 Runners Left On Base 11
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 3
17 Fly Balls 23
0 Caught Stealing 0
153 Pitches 154
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
9 Total Bases 33
41 Plate Appearances 45
0.0 Projected Home Runs 648.0
2 Extra Base Hits 7
3.5 Runs Created 13.9
.200 Batting Average .462
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.257 Slugging Percentage .846
.200 Secondary Average .513
.317 On Base Percentage .533
.574 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.379
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.5
3.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 16.3
20.0 Batter Rating 92.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 9.8
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.73 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.42
.057 Isolated Power .385
0.50 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 1.00
.098 Walks Per Plate Appearance .111
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .051
4.0 Runs Produced 28.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.9
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.5
71.8 MLB Rating 133.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Rogers Centre

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 42,686 | Capacity:

2025 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston - 67 L2 0.537931 78
Seattle 1 68 W4 0.53103447 77
Texas 2 70 W4 0.52380955 77
Los Angeles 9.5 77 W2 0.47260273 69
Athletics 12 80 W1 0.45578232 67

2025 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Toronto - 61 W1 0.5763889 83
New York 3 64 L1 0.5555556 80
Boston 3.5 66 L1 0.5510204 81
Tampa Bay 11 72 W1 0.5 72
Baltimore 16 77 W1 0.4652778 67
Full Standings