Sánchez homer lifts Blue Jays past Guardians 4‑2
TORONTO (Interstat) — Jesús Sánchez hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-2 on Sunday at Rogers Centre.
Sánchez’s 355-foot blast to right field scored Guerrero, who led off the inning with a double, breaking a 2-2 tie. It was Sánchez’s fourth homer. Toronto won the series two games to one, its second straight series victory after dropping six in a row.
Toronto took a 2-0 lead in the first on Guerrero’s RBI single and a sacrifice fly by Sánchez. Cleveland tied it in the fifth on a run-scoring single by Brayan Rocchio and a double by Angel Martínez.
Patrick Corbin allowed two runs over 4 2/3 innings for Toronto. Braydon Fisher (1-0) earned the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Louis Varland struck out two in a perfect ninth for his third save.
Slade Cecconi (0-4) took the loss, giving up four runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five.
Attendance was 41,136. The game lasted 2 hours, 35 minutes. Cleveland fell to 15-14; Toronto improved to 12-15.