Toronto Blue Jays at Cincinnati Reds

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Toronto Blue Jays

79-59, 34-35 Away

Final
4 - 5

Cincinnati Reds

70-68, 38-31 Home

Marte hits walk-off single after Reds lose tying run on lodged ball, Cincinnati tops Blue Jays 5-4

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cincinnati Reds: Game Highlights

Toronto's AL East lead was cut to 2 1/2 games over the idle New York Yankees. Cincinnati remained four games back of the New York Mets for the last NL wild card.

Cincinnati led 2-1 before back-to-back homers in the ninth by Bo Bichette, who hit a two-run drive off Emilio Pagán for his fourth hit, and Daulton Varsho.

Ke’Bryan Hayes singled off Tommy Nance leading off the bottom half and Matt McLain singled with one out. Brendon Little (4-2) relieved and TJ Friedl doubled into the right-field corner as Hayes and McLain crossed the plate.

After a video review, umpires ruled that because the ball lodged in a gap in the fence, each runner could advance two bases, causing McLain to be sent back to third.

Marte then singled to left as McLain went home and Friedl slid in head first ahead of Myles Straw's throw, which was slightly up the third-base line.

Yosver Zulueta (1-0) got the last two outs in the ninth for his first major league win.

Sal Stewart, a 21-year-old first baseman, was brought up from Triple-A by the Reds for his major league debut as rosters expanded and went 1 for 3. He singled in the second off Chris Bassitt and scored on Ke'Bryan Hayes' two-run double.

Hunter Greene allowed three hits through six innings before Bichette doubled in the seventh and scored on Alejandro Kirk's single. Greene reached 100 mph with 21 pitches.

Key moment Bichette's four-hit game was his sixth, tying for second-most with the Blue Jays behind Vernon Wells' 10.

Key stat Bassitt walked Friedl starting the game, ending a streak of four consecutive games in which Toronto pitchers hadn't walked a batter. It was the Blue Jays' longest streak without issuing a walk since June 14-17 last year.

Up next Blue Jays RHP José Berríos (9-5, 3.95) and Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (8-7, 3.22) start Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Marte singled to left, McLain scored and Friedl scored.
	9th Inning	Friedl hit a ground rule double, Hayes scored, McLain to third.
	9th Inning	Little relieved Nance
	9th Inning	McLain singled to right, Hayes to second.
	9th Inning	Andujar popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Andujar hit for Trevino

Statistics

TOR		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
19	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	161
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	16
35	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
4.5	Runs Created	5.5
.242	Batting Average	.306
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.485	Slugging Percentage	.444
.333	Secondary Average	.194
.286	On Base Percentage	.342
.771	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.787
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.9
35.0	Batter Rating	39.5
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.24
.242	Isolated Power	.139
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.053
.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.111
8.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
83.8	MLB Rating	88.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0