Toronto Blue Jays at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Toronto Blue Jays

74-54, 32-33 Away

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Pittsburgh Pirates

54-74, 36-30 Home

Oviedo earns 1st major league win since 2023 as Pirates beat Blue Jays 2-1 to take the series

Pirates handle business at home with 2-1 win over Blue Jays

In his second start since having Tommy John surgery in late 2023, Oviedo (1-0) struck out six, allowed two hits, one run and had a walk in five innings. His last win came with six scoreless innings in an 8-6 victory against the Cubs on Sept. 21, 2023.

Dennis Santana struck out one in a perfect ninth for his ninth save.

Toronto, first in the AL East, dropped two of three to Pittsburgh, last in the NL Central.

George Springer quickly put the Blue Jays ahead, driving the 10th pitch of his leadoff at bat to the left-field bleachers for his 21st homer.

Tommy Pham then plated a pair with a double in the bottom half. Bryan Reynolds hit a two-out double, Spencer Horwitz walked and Pham brought them in with a liner just inside the left-field line.

Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt (11-7) was tagged for two runs and six hits, tying a season-high with 10 strikeouts and walking two in 5 2/3 innings.

Key moment Bo Bichette led off the fourth with a double. Oviedo kept him at second by striking out Alejandro Kirk, getting Daulton Varsho to fly out and sending Nathan Lukes down swinging after hitting Ty France with a pitch.

Key stat The Pirates are 23-27 in a major league high 50 games decided by a single run.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Shane Bieber (0-0, 0.00 ERA) makes his season debut Friday, opening a three-game series at Miami. The 2020 AL Cy Young winner was traded by Cleveland to Toronto on July 31 and has not pitched in the majors since undergoing Tommy John surgery in April 2024.

The Pirates open a three-game home set against the Colorado Rockies on Friday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Varsho flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Kirk flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Bichette struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Mattson
	8th Inning	Davis grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Triolo out at second.
	8th Inning	Triolo walked.

Statistics

TOR		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
7	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	12
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
117	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
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	10
32	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
0.6	Runs Created	3.5
.103	Batting Average	.267
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.241	Slugging Percentage	.333
.172	Secondary Average	.200
.188	On Base Percentage	.371
.429	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.705
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
0.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
12.0	Batter Rating	20.0
29.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.66	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.40
.138	Isolated Power	.067
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
.069	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.067
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
63.3	MLB Rating	73.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0