MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — In a wild, back-and-forth affair that defied pregame projections, the Toronto Blue Jays outlasted the Milwaukee Brewers 9-7 in 10 innings on Tuesday night at American Family Field.

A game that was projected to be a low-scoring pitchers’ duel saw 16 runs, 25 hits and a dramatic late-inning rally by the home team that forced extra innings before Toronto finally secured the win. The victory snapped a two-game skid for the Blue Jays, improving their record to 7-9, while the Brewers fell to .500 at 8-8.

The contest turned into a battle of bullpens and clutch hits after both starters delivered solid but not dominant outings. Toronto’s Kevin Gausman went five innings, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out five. Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski was sharper, giving up two runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings with five strikeouts.

For the first three innings, the game lived up to its low-scoring billing, with both lineups stifled. The silence was broken emphatically in the bottom of the fourth by Milwaukee’s Jake Bauers. With Brice Turang and Gary Sánchez aboard via a single and a walk, Bauers launched a three-run homer to center field off Gausman, giving the Brewers a 3-0 lead.

Toronto methodically chipped away. Andrés Giménez led off the fifth inning with a solo home run to right field. An inning later, Daulton Varsho connected for a solo shot of his own to right-center, cutting the deficit to 3-2.

Milwaukee got a run back in the seventh on a solo homer from Gary Sánchez, making it 4-2, but Toronto tied it in the eighth. A challenged single by Varsho and a productive groundout from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. plated a run. The Blue Jays then erupted for three runs in the top of the ninth to seemingly take command. Pinch-runner Myles Straw scored on a Kazuma Okamoto single, Davis Schneider came home on a Giménez groundout, and Okamoto scored on an Ernie Clement single to make it 7-4.

The most important part of the game came in the bottom of the ninth, as Milwaukee staged a stunning two-out rally against Toronto reliever Jeff Hoffman to force extra innings. After a walk and a groundout put a runner on third, Turang delivered an RBI single. Hoffman then intentionally walked Bauers before Brandon Lockridge ripped a two-run double to left, scoring Turang and moving Bauers to third as the tying run. A walk to Garrett Mitchell loaded the bases, but Hoffman escaped further damage by striking out Joey Ortiz on a foul tip, leaving the score tied 7-7.

Undeterred, the Blue Jays responded immediately in the 10th against Brewers reliever Grant Anderson. The automatic runner, Clement, scored on a Guerrero Jr. double. After an intentional walk, Myles Straw, staying in the game as the designated hitter, delivered the decisive blow—a two-run double to left that scored Guerrero and Jesús Sánchez.

Louis Varland earned the win for Toronto, navigating a tense bottom of the 10th. He allowed the automatic runner to score on a William Contreras single, bringing the tying run to the plate, but struck out Gary Sánchez to end the game with the potential winning run at the plate. Varland improved to 1-1. Anderson took the loss, falling to 0-1.

The teams combined for 13 pitchers, 25 walks, and left 21 runners on base in a game that lasted 3 hours and 21 minutes in front of 25,143 fans. The 16 total runs sailed over a pregame over/under line of 7, and the result flipped the script on pregame analytics, as Interstat’s simulator had projected a 3-2 Brewers win and gave Milwaukee a 56.3% probability of victory.

Toronto’s offense was led by multi-hit games from Varsho, Guerrero Jr., Okamoto, and Clement. Guerrero and Straw each drove in two runs. For Milwaukee, Turang had three hits and Contreras and Luis Matos each had two, with Bauers’ three RBIs leading the team.

The Blue Jays and Brewers continue their three-game series on Wednesday.