Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a go-ahead RBI double in the ninth inning, leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the New York Mets 2-1 on Saturday.
NEW YORK - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a go-ahead RBI double in the ninth inning, leading the Toronto BlueJays
manager John Schneider was ejected for arguing balls and strikes. Home plate umpire Charlie Ramos called the first pitch of Guerrero's at-bat, which appeared to land low and out of the strike zone, a strike. Schneider shouted at Ramos from the dugout and was tossed before coming out and arguing at the plate.' star doubled down the left-field line to score George Springer, who singled with one out and stole second base.
Nate Pearson struck out two in a hitless eighth and Erik Swanson worked around a one-out single by Mark Canha in the ninth to earn his first save.Toronto almost took the lead in the eighth, but Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor threw out pinch-runner Cavan Biggio trying to score from third on a grounder by Whit Merrifield.Daniel Vogelbach hit an RBI double in the second for the Mets. Brandon Nimmo had a pair of singles.starter Jose Berrios allowed one run and struck out six in six innings.
Johnson ranks third in team history with 202 stolen bases and fourth in both homers and RBIs . Leiter is sixth in wins and starts and eighth in strikeouts . The quintet threw out ceremonial first pitches. Jack Leiter, a Texas Rangers pitching prospect, surprised his father by attending the ceremony and caught Al's pitch.Chris Bassitt tweeted early Saturday that his wife Jessica was still in labour as the couple awaits the birth of their second child. Bassitt tossed 7 2/3 scoreless innings and earned the win in Friday's 3-0 victory before flying home to Toronto. He was placed on the paternity list Saturday morning.
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