Toronto Blue Jays at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Toronto Blue Jays

73-53, 31-32 Away

Final
2 - 5

Pittsburgh Pirates

53-73, 35-29 Home

Skenes shines as Pirates capitalize on Blue Jays' errors for 5-2 win

Benches clear between Jays and Pirates when Pham flips bat after a walk

Skenes bounced back from a rare shaky performance in his previous start to limit the American League-leading Blue Jays to two runs over six innings. The burly 23-year-old struck out eight against one walk as his ERA ticked up to 2.16.

Evan Sisk (1-1) picked up his first big league victory with a scoreless seventh. Dennis Santana worked the ninth for his eighth save as the Pirates won for just the second time in nine games.

Henry Davis doubled off Yariel Rodríguez (2-1) leading off the seventh, and scored on a wild pitch by Brendon Little to put Pittsburgh in front to stay. Spencer Horwitz, a former Toronto first baseman, had two hits for the Pirates.

The Blue Jays touched Skenes for two runs in the third inning on a fielder’s choice RBI by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and a run-scoring single by Bo Bichette.

Guerrero later exited in the fifth inning with left hamstring tightness, not long after going into a full split to field a throw from Bichette at short to end the bottom of the fourth.

Toronto committed three errors — including one in the eighth that led directly to a run — in addition to Little's wild pitch during an unusually chippy night. The benches cleared briefly in the seventh when Pittsburgh's Tommy Pham jawed with Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman after getting walked.

Key moment Toronto's George Springer led off the eighth with a single, but Pirates reliever Kyle Nicolas induced Addison Barger to hit into a double play to end the threat.

Key stat 9 — the number of times in 10 no-decisions by Skenes this year that he has allowed two runs or fewer.

Up next Toronto's Max Scherzer (3-2, 3.83 ERA) goes for his 220th career victory on Tuesday when the three-time Cy Young winner faces Pittsburgh's Mitch Keller (5-11, 4.13).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Schneider lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Clement to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Clement hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Varsho struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bichette grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Nicolas

Statistics

TOR		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	15
11	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	4
1	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	7
0	Caught Stealing	0
130	Pitches	158
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	8
34	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
1.2	Runs Created	3.6
.188	Batting Average	.214
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.219	Slugging Percentage	.286
.094	Secondary Average	.429
.235	On Base Percentage	.343
.454	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.629
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	2.1
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.7
17.0	Batter Rating	30.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.82	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.39
.031	Isolated Power	.071
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.167
-.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.214
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.6
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
67.5	MLB Rating	76.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0