Okamoto, Giménez lead Blue Jays past Guardians 5‑3
TORONTO (Interstat) — Kazuma Okamoto homered for the second straight game, Andrés Giménez drove in two runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre.
Kevin Gausman (2-1) allowed two runs and six hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out three, to win his second consecutive start. Louis Varland earned his second save despite allowing one run in the ninth.
Cleveland grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third on a Brayan Rocchio groundout. Okamoto tied it with a solo homer in the fourth. Toronto erupted for three runs in the sixth on a Daulton Varsho single and Giménez’s two-run double, taking a 4-1 lead.
David Fry homered for Cleveland in the seventh, but Toronto answered in the bottom half when Okamoto walked with the bases loaded, pushing the lead to 5-3. Kyle Manzardo doubled in a run in the ninth for Cleveland, but Varland stranded two runners.
Joey Cantillo (1-1) took the loss, allowing three earned runs in five innings. Attendance was 41,543, and the game lasted 2:35. Toronto improved to 11-15, while Cleveland dropped to 15-13.