Toronto Blue Jays at Cincinnati Reds

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Toronto Blue Jays

81-59, 36-35 Away

Final
13 - 9

Cincinnati Reds

70-70, 38-33 Home

Blue Jays tie season-high with five homers in 13-9 win over Reds

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cincinnati Reds: Game Highlights

Daulton Varsho and Alejandro Kirk hit consecutive homers in the fourth inning, and Addison Barger and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went back to back in the fifth. The Blue Jays tied a season-high with five home runs.

AL-East leading Toronto went deep 11 times and scored 29 runs in the three-game series, setting up a big weekend matchup with the second-place Yankees beginning Friday.

Cincinnati remained five games behind of the New York Mets for the third NL wild-card spot. The Reds and Mets begin a three-game series on Friday.

The Reds scored five times in the second inning against Blue Jays starter Shane Bieber. Jose Trevino had a two-run single, Matt McLain an RBI single, and Noelvi Marte added a two-run double.

Bieber (2-1) did not allow another run or a hit over his final four innings and the Blue Jays took advantage of Zack Littell's tendency to allow home runs.

Springer's third homer in two games got the Blue Jays on the scoreboard in the third inning and Barger's two-run shot in fifth tied the score 5-5. Guerrero then put Toronto ahead against reliever Nick Martinez (10-11).

Littell allowed five runs and seven hits — four homers — in 4 1/3 innings. He has given up a major-league leading 34 home runs in 28 starts this season for the Rays and Reds.

Key moment The Blue Jays were trailing 5-0 with two outs and nobody on in the third when George Springer homered to start the comeback. It was Springer's 27th of the season.

Key stat The Blue Jays hit back to back homers twice in a game for the seventh time in franchise history, first since June 10, 2015, vs. Miami.

Up next Reds LHP Andrew Abbott (8-5, 2.65) will start Friday's series opener against the Mets.

Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (8-10, 3.75) will start Friday's series opener against the Yankees.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hays flied out to right.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Marte struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Little
	9th Inning	Straw in left field.
	9th Inning	Lukes in right field.

Statistics

TOR		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
11	Strikeouts	11
13	Runs Batted In	9
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
18	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
13	Runs	9
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
3	Sacrifice Flies	0
41	At Bats	37
5	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	4
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
184	Pitches	165
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
36	Total Bases	14
50	Plate Appearances	40
810.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
8	Extra Base Hits	4
14.9	Runs Created	4.3
.439	Batting Average	.270
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.878	Slugging Percentage	.378
.585	Secondary Average	.189
.469	On Base Percentage	.325
1.347	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.703
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
14.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.2
92.0	Batter Rating	54.0
8.2	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.13
.439	Isolated Power	.108
0.45	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.27
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.075
.146	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.081
26.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.9	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.4
133.0	MLB Rating	92.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0