mlb Game Recap
Toronto vs Texas Final: 6-5 - Recap
Texas dropped a 6-5 decision at Rogers Centre on Friday as Toronto legged out a win behind winning pitcher Louis Varland.
The Blue Jays were a -110 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 7.5.
Louis Varland earned the victory for the Blue Jays, throwing 0.1 innings of work, striking out 1, walking 0, and allowing 1 hits and 1 earned runs. That effort was supported by 4 RBIs from Alejandro Kirk in the win.
Texas's starting pitcher Jacob deGrom worked 5 innings, giving up 2 hits and 0 earned runs while striking out 5 in the loss. They got 1 hits from Rowdy Tellez in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored Toronto as they had 8 hits, while Texas only had 5.
The game was closed out by Jeff Hoffman who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 3 batters to earn the save.