Okamoto's Homer Leads Jays to 2-1 Win in Rubber Match with Marlins
Kazuma Okamoto’s solo shot broke a 1-1 tie as Toronto won for the eighth time in 12 games.
- Kazuma Okamoto smacked his team-leading 11th homer in the sixth inning Wednesday to lift the Toronto Blue Jays past the Miami Marlins 2-1 before 42,372 fans at Rogers Centre.
- Miami's Otto Lopez drove in the Marlins with an RBI single in the first for a 1-0 lead, but starter Eury Perez exited after suffering a right hamstring spasm while stretching in the dugout after four shutout innings.
- Okamoto's blast came in his first at-bat after being hit by a 97 mph pitch from Perez, who appeared to stare into Toronto's dugout before manager John Schneider yelled at the pitcher; Kevin Gausman allowed one run on six hits in five innings as Jeff Hoffman earned the win.
- The Blue Jays improved to their eighth win in 12 games as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. returned from an elbow injury to record two singles, while Tyler Rogers picked up his second save.
- Toronto opens a four-game series in Baltimore on Thursday with LHP Patrick Corbin taking the mound, while Miami travels to New York on Friday where RHP Max Meyer faces Mets right-hander Freddy Peralta .
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TORONTO (AP) — Kazuma Okamoto hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 on
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Kazuma Okamoto’s 6th inning homer lifts Jays over Marlins
Kazuma Okamoto hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning Wednesday afternoon and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Miami Marlins 2-1. The Marlins outhit the Blue Jays 11-5 in the rubber match of a three-game series but stranded eight in going 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position. They also had four runners
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Okamoto’s homer leads Jays to 2-1 win in rubber match with Marlins
TORONTO - Kazuma Okamoto smacked his team-leading 11th homer in the sixth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 2-1 come-from-behind win in the rubber match of their three-game
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Okamoto's homer leads Jays to 2-1 win in rubber match with Marlins
TORONTO - Kazuma Okamoto smacked his team-leading 11th homer in the sixth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 2-1 come-from-behind win in the rubber match of their three-game series against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday.
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