Arias sparks 3-run inning as Guardians beat Jays

TORONTO – Gabriel Arias’s two-run azygous was portion of a three-run 4th inning arsenic the Cleveland Guardians bushed the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 Sunday successful the rubber lucifer of a three-game series.

The Blue Jays (16-18) replied with 3 runs of their ain successful the bottommost fractional of the fourth, but their bats past went soundless for their 2nd consecutive nonaccomplishment earlier 30,641 astatine Rogers Centre.

After Daniel Schneemann, who deed the game-winning expansive slam connected Saturday, doubled successful a run, Arias sharply singled to close to people Carlos Santana and Schneeman.

Arias scored the game’s archetypal tally successful the 3rd inning acknowledgment to an Angel Martinez basal deed disconnected starter Bowden Francis (2-5).

Francis lasted 4 ⅓ innings, surrendering 4 runs connected six hits and a locomotion with 2 strikeouts.

Guardians (20-14) starter Tanner Bibee (3-2) departed during his warmup pitches for the sixth inning with limb cramps. He yielded 2 earned runs connected 5 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts.

After a Jose Ramirez mistake ignited the Blue Jays’ fourth-inning rally, Andres Gimenez delivered the large stroke with a two-run single.

Reliever Brendon Little walked 3 Guardians successful the ninth to pb to a last run. Emmanuel Clase earned his seventh prevention contempt a throwing mistake and sacrifice alert to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. successful the ninth.

TAKEAWAYS

Guardians: Steven Kwan made a good moving drawback successful the left-field spread connected Bo Bichette with 1 retired and 1 connected to prevention a tally successful the 3rd inning.

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Blue Jays: The location broadside lone had 2 hits successful the last 5 innings successful the bid finale aft being no-hit successful the last 4 innings connected Saturday.

KEY MOMENT

Anthony Santander worked Bibee for a 12-pitch locomotion to load the bases successful the 3rd inning. But George Springer smacked a alert shot to centre tract for the 3rd out.

KEY STAT

Kwan belted 7 hits and drew a locomotion successful the series.

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The Blue Jays person Monday disconnected earlier hitting the roadworthy for three-game sets against the Los Angeles Angels connected Tuesday and the Seattle Mariners connected Friday.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published May 4, 2025.