Blue Jays pound Mets 9‑3 behind two four-run innings
TORONTO (Interstat) — Spencer Miles pitched three scoreless innings and Patrick Corbin earned his first save as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Mets 9-3 on Wednesday afternoon at Rogers Centre.
Toronto scored one run in the first inning, then erupted for four runs in both the third and seventh innings. Sean Keys hit a three-run homer and Myles Straw added a pinch-hit three-run shot in the seventh. Ernie Clement had two hits and an RBI. Carson Benge homered for the Mets in the eighth inning with two RBIs.
Miles (3-1) allowed one hit and struck out five in three innings. Corbin worked five innings, allowing four hits and three runs with five strikeouts for the save. Freddy Peralta (5-7) took the loss.
The Blue Jays outhit the Mets 12-5. Attendance was 41,842, and the game lasted 2 hours, 39 minutes. Toronto improves to 41-46, while New York falls to 36-51.