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Blue Jays beat Dodgers, thanks to solid Gausman start, just enough offence

April 28, 2024

TORONTO — Kevin Gausman looked like his usual self against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. The Toronto Blue Jays aren’t quite there yet at the plate, although they managed to eke out just enough offence to survive a couple late-game scares and end a five-game losing streak.

For good reason, there was plenty of exhaling all around for the Blue Jays after a 3-1 victory, averting a sweep at the hands of the National League West winners.

While they didn’t break the five-run threshold for a 20^th straight game, Gausman, Yimi Garcia, Tim Mayza and Jordan Romano made a three-spot in the second off opener Michael Grove work before a crowd of 39,053.

An infield single by Justin Turner started that rally, followed by a double from Davis Schneider, setting up run-scoring groundouts from Daulton Varsho and Isiah Kiner-Falefa before Alejandro Kirk’s solo shot.

The Dodgers held the Blue Jays there, which nearly paid off for them in the eighth, when Austin Barnes worked a 10-pitch walk and Mookie Betts followed with a double. Shohei Ohtani then popped out to second for the first and out and after an intentional walk to Freddie Freeman, Garcia rallied to strike out former Blue Jay Teoscar Hernandez.

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Manager John Schneider then turned to Mayza for Max Muncy, who fell behind 0-2, worked the count full and then turned on a third straight slider, sending it out 370 feet where Varsho made a leaping grab against the left-centre-field wall for the final out.

The drama didn’t end there, as Andy Pages opened the ninth with a 96 m.p.h. liner to the right-centre-field gap where a leaping George Springer tracked it down for the first out. Romano took it from there with consecutive strikeouts to secure his fourth save.

Gausman allowed five hits over his seven innings, the only damage coming on a Freeman homer in the sixth. He walked none and struck out five, fully in control of an outing from start to finish more so than at any point this season.

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