Toronto never trailed. A run in the third held up, another followed in the fourth, and by the time the Blue Jays put together a three-run seventh, the outcome was settled in every way but the final line. Toronto beat St. Louis 5-1 at Rogers Centre.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| TOR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 |
George Springer set the tone. He singled in the third inning to score Davis Schneider and put Toronto ahead for good, then doubled in the seventh to drive in Andres Giménez as part of that decisive frame. He finished 2-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI, part of a Toronto attack that spread nine hits around the lineup. Alejandro Kirk added a two-RBI single in the same seventh-inning burst, going 1-for-2 with two walks.
The seventh inning turned a close game into a comfortable one. Springer's double brought home Giménez to make it 1-3, and two batters later Kirk singled in both Vladimir Guerrero and Springer to push the score to 1-5. Toronto's other runs came earlier: Springer's third-inning single scored Schneider for the game's first run, and Luis Urías added a sacrifice fly in the fourth to score Ernie Clement.
St. Louis got its only run in the sixth, when Masyn Winn doubled to center to score Ivan Herrera. Winn finished 1-for-3 with the RBI, and Herrera added a double of his own but was otherwise held in check. St. Louis managed 11 hits overall but stranded too many baserunners to keep pace, and the bullpen allowed 3 runs (3 earned) over 3.0 innings as Toronto's seventh put the game away.
Kevin Gausman worked 5.2 innings for Toronto, allowing 1 run on 9 hits with 4 strikeouts, and picked up the win to move to 5-10 on the season with a 4.38 ERA. Toronto's bullpen closed it out with four relievers covering 3.1 scoreless innings. The win was Toronto's third straight, improving the Blue Jays to 52-59, while St. Louis dropped its third in a row to fall to 54-57.