(Toronto) Carter Kieboom and Keibert Ruiz hit long balls for the Washington Nationals, who beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 Tuesday night at the Rogers Centre.
Kieboom hit a two-run homer in the second inning off Jays pitcher Jose Berrios, while Ruiz added a three-run homer in the fifth.
Davis Schneider was honored by the Blue Jays, who started the day 2.5 games behind the last American playoff spot.
The team is chasing the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers for a draft spot.
The Blue Jays loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth inning, but couldn’t do better than a run.
Nationals starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore (7-10) allowed one run and six hits in five innings of work. He had two strikeouts and conceded two walks.
Kyle Finnegan got his 25It is ninth-inning save for the Nationals (62-71), who won for the sixth time in nine games. The Jays (72-61) have lost five of their last seven games.
In the fifth, Berrios (9-10) was a strikeout on a scoreless inning, but Joey Meneses scored with bases loaded, and Ruiz then hit 16It is long ball of the season.
Berrios gave up five runs and six hits in six innings of work. He struck out two batters, conceding two bases on walks.
Jacob Young of the Nationals hit his first hit in major league baseball with a single in the seventh inning against Bowden Francis.
Earlier in the day, shortstop Bo Bichette was placed on the Blue Jays’ 10-day disabled list. Bichette has a strained right quadriceps.
He was retroactively sidelined on 28 August.
