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09/15 22:59 CDT Spencer Torkelson hits 3-run homer as Tigers thump Blue Jays
10-1 to win 6th straight
Spencer Torkelson hits 3-run homer as Tigers thump Blue Jays 10-1 to win 6th
straight
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer, Drew Anderson pitched
five shutout innings and the Detroit Tigers won their sixth straight game by
thumping the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Tuesday night.
The Blue Jays have lost six of nine. Toronto fell two games behind Cleveland in
the race for the final American League wild card after the Guardians rallied in
the ninth to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-6.
The Tigers are 4 1/2 games behind Cleveland, with three teams in between.
Anderson (5-6) allowed two hits, both singles. He struck out four and walked
three for his first win since beating Kansas City in relief on July 23.
Torkelson went 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBIs. He stole a base and scored
three runs.
Torkelson's 24th homer was a 379-foot drive off Michael Lorenzen (3-13) in the
fourth. Lorenzen permitted five runs and four hits in two innings.
Max Clark had two hits and two RBIs, and Kevin McGonigle drew three of
Detroit's eight walks.
Tigers infielder Hao-Yu Lee hit a solo homer, his ninth, off Joe Mantiply in
the ninth.
Torkelson doubled off Spencer Arrighetti in the eighth and scored from second
base when Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk made an errant pickoff throw to
third. Clark scored ahead of Torkelson.
Braydon Fisher opened for Toronto and got four outs, pitching around a pair of
walks in the first. Brendan Cellucci followed by striking out three over 1 2/3
innings in his major league debut.
Lorenzen got two quick outs in the fourth before walking Riley Greene and
Eduardo Valencia. Clark hit an RBI double before Torkelson homered into the
left-field bullpen.
Up next RHP Max Scherzer (2-8, 6.38 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays on Wednesday against Tigers RHP Keider Montero (9-8, 3.55). ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
Up next RHP Max Scherzer (2-8, 6.38 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays on Wednesday against Tigers RHP Keider Montero (9-8, 3.55). ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
