Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a first-inning grand slam, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. slugged his thirty first homer of the season, and George Springer and Randal Grichuk additionally went deep for Toronto because the Blue Jays cruised to a 10-0 win over the Texas Rangers and a sweep of their doubleheader on Sunday.
It was the primary time the Rangers have been shut out twice in a day because the crew moved to Texas. On Might 23, 1971, the Washington Senators have been swept at Detroit by 5-0 and 11-0 scores.
Gurriel’s homer, his eleventh of the season, capped a six-run first inning. With two out within the second, Guerrero and Springer went deep on consecutive pitches, and after a stroll to Teoscar Hernandez, Grichuk hit his 18th residence run.
Matz (8-4) allowed three hits in 5 innings. Rafael Dolis and Tayler Saucedo labored an inning apiece.
Ryu (9-5) went the total seven innings within the first recreation, placing out 4 and strolling one in his first shutout since Might 7, 2019 with the Los Angeles Dodgers in opposition to Atlanta.
The Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead within the third inning on an RBI groundout by Marcus Semien and a run-scoring single by Bo Bichette. Jansen led off the fifth inning along with his fifth homer and Grichuk added a sixth-inning sacrifice fly to supply insurance coverage.
Kolby Allard (2-6) allowed 5 runs, seven hits and a stroll over 5 1/3 innings for Texas.
Ryu escaped bother within the second inning with the sport nonetheless scoreless. He allowed a leadoff triple to Joey Gallo however struck out John Hicks and induced a smooth infield popout by Eli White earlier than fanning David Dahl to finish the risk.
The Blue Jays and Rangers performed the second recreation in 1:51.
2-WAY RELATIONSHIP
The Blue Jays, who obtained approval Friday from the Canadian federal authorities to return residence later this month, modified the paint scheme on the dugouts at their momentary residence to learn “Thank You Buffalo” and embody the brand of the Buffalo Bisons, the Triple-A affiliate they displaced this season.
Buffalo followers turned out in file numbers, with the 12,335 in attendance comprising the most important crowd of the Blue Jays’ tenure at Sahlen Area. The Jays’ earlier largest residence crowd of the season was 10,100 on Friday evening.
