Guerrero Drives in Five as Blue Jays Blank Guardians 11‑0
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Interstat) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in five runs with a double and a three-run homer, sending the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday at Progressive Field.
Guerrero finished 3-for-4 as Toronto scored single runs in the first, third, eighth and ninth innings, erupted for five in the second and added two in the sixth. The Blue Jays collected 15 hits while Cleveland managed six.
Dylan Cease (10-5) earned the win, allowing four hits and no earned runs while striking out four over six innings. Joey Cantillo (9-8) took the loss. Brendon Little, Paul Sewald and Braydon Fisher each pitched an inning of relief; Little struck out two and Sewald struck out one, while Fisher allowed two hits but no runs.
Josh Smith homered in the eighth for Toronto, and Myles Straw had two hits and an RBI. Cleveland’s Chase DeLauter went 3-for-4, but the Guardians grounded into two double plays. Attendance was 17,248. Game time was 2:40. Toronto improved to 69-71; Cleveland fell to 70-69.