Guardians defeat Blue Jays, Bichette and Chapman injured

(Toronto) The Toronto Blue Jays lost two players midway through Sunday’s game and gave up a little more ground in their pursuit of the American League playoffs.

Kole Calhoun broke the tie with a two-run double in 11^{It is} set in favor of the Cleveland Guardians, who defeated the Blue Jays 10-7.

Calhoun put the ball behind outside fielder George Springer with two outs at the expense of Jay Jackson (3-1). Ramon Laureano followed with a two-run homer to give the Guardians a four-run lead.

The victory gave the Guardians (62-69) a three-game victory over the Blue Jays (71-60) in front of 41,978 fans at the Rogers Centre. The hometown team is down 2.5 games from bottom of the American League playoffs with 31 games left to play.

They may now be without Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman for a while as both players have left the game.

Bichette’s situation will be reassessed daily. Blue Jays head coach John Schneider did not know after the game whether the new injury was related to tendonitis in his right knee, which caused his player to miss 16 games earlier this season.

” [Bichette] is already better and played despite the injury, he explained. So we just wanted to be careful. I don’t think he’s really hurt, it’s just a precaution. »

The Blue Jays star dropped to second base in the fifth and didn’t run to first base. He was struck out on three hits in that game, which started American-leading 152 hits.

Bichette returned on 19 August. The Toronto club went 8-8 without him.

Chapman was also pulled from the game with swelling in his right middle finger. He was supposed to have an MRI scan that night.

” [Chapman] made several strikes during a presence [en sixième] in particular,” said Schneider.

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Blue Jays rookie Davis Schneider had another strong game. He gave his team the lead with a two-run long pass in the sixth. He also scored a double in the eighth.

After his double, he was replaced by running back Kevin Kiermaier, who leveled the game at 6-6 on a Daulton Varsho single moments later.

Early in the eighth, Andres Gimenez gave the Guardians a points lead with a double against Tim Mayza.

The Blue Jays started the game with two runs in the first as Vladimir Guerrero Jr.^{It is} season route.

The Guardians, however, brought both teams back at 21^{It is} long pass by Jose Ramirez in third. They added two runs in the next innings.

George Springer also sent the ball into the stands.

Endgame specialist Emmanuel Clase (2-7) scored the winner, despite the final point awarded due to a Whit Merrifield sacrifice ball.

Blue Jays starter Yusei Kikuchi gave up four runs, six hits and two walks in six innings. He also struck out eight batters.

In the other clan, Noah Syndergaard also worked the mound for six rounds. He conceded four safe-place hits, including three home runs and three free passes.

The Blue Jays begin a three-game series on Monday against the Washington Nationals in Toronto. Kevin Gausman (9-8) is expected to start for the home favorites and Josiah Gray (7-10) for the visitors.