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04/28 15:17 CDT Gausman pitches 7 innings for first win as Blue Jays cool off
Dodgers with 3-1 win
Gausman pitches 7 innings for first win as Blue Jays cool off Dodgers with 3-1
win
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Kevin Gausman pitched seven solid innings for his first
victory of the season, and the Toronto Blue Jays stopped the Los Angeles
Dodgers' six-game win streak with a 3-1 victory on Sunday.
Alejandro Kirk went 3 for 3 for Toronto, hitting his first homer of the season
in the second. He was mired in an 0-for-11 slide coming into the day.
The Blue Jays had lost a season-high five straight games.
Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani hit a deep drive to center field in his first
at-bat against Gausman, but Toronto's Daulton Varsho made a leaping catch on
the warning track before slamming into the fence.
Blue Jays right fielder George Springer made a sensational diving catch on Andy
Pages' liner for the first out of the ninth.
Freddie Freeman hit a solo homer for the Dodgers, his second, but Los Angeles
couldn't complete back-to-back sweeps. The NL West leaders won three straight
at Washington last week before crossing the border into Canada.
Varsho and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had run-scoring groundouts for the Blue Jays, who
improved to 4-12 when scoring three or fewer runs.
Gausman (1-3) allowed five hits, including Freeman's two-out homer in the
sixth. The right-hander struck out five and walked none.
Yimi Garca walked ninth-place hitter Austin Barnes to begin the eighth, and
Mookie Betts followed with a double. Garca got Ohtani to pop up and Freeman
was walked intentionally to load the bases before Teoscar Hernndez struck out.
Left-hander Tim Mayza came on and retired Max Muncy on a fly ball to the
warning track in right-center.
Jordan Romano worked the ninth for his fourth save in four chances.
Right-hander Michael Grove (0-1) opened for the Dodgers and exited after
allowing three runs and three hits in the second, including Kirk's two-out
homer.
The three-run frame gave the Blue Jays their first lead since the fifth inning
of Tuesday's loss at Kansas City. For the Dodgers, it marked the first time
they had trailed by multiple runs since a 6-4 loss to the Mets on April 20.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: LHP James Paxton (2-0, 2.61 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday as Los
Angeles opens a three-game series at Arizona.
Blue Jays: RHP Yariel Rodrguez (0-1, 3.86 ERA) is expected to start Monday as
Toronto hosts Kansas City.
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