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04/25 16:51 CDT Okamoto homers for second straight game, drives in two as Blue
Jays beat Guardians 5-3
Okamoto homers for second straight game, drives in two as Blue Jays beat
Guardians 5-3
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Kazuma Okamoto homered for the second straight game, Andrs
Gimnez hit a two-run single and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland
Guardians 5-3 on Saturday.
Daulton Varsho had the tiebreaking hit in Toronto's three-run sixth inning as
the Blue Jays won for just the second time in eight games against AL Central
opponents.
Kevin Gausman (2-1) allowed two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings to win his
second straight start as the Blue Jays bounced back from Friday's 8-6 loss.
Mason Fluharty got one out, Tyler Rogers worked the eighth and Louis Varland
survived a rocky ninth inning for his second save in two chances despite
allowing pinch hitter Kyle Manzardo's RBI double. Varland struck out Brayan
Rocchio for the final out, leaving the bases loaded.
Okamoto went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and scored twice. He homered in the fourth,
singled and scored in the sixth and drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk in
the seventh.
David Fry hit a solo home run, his first, but Cleveland couldn't manage to win
back-to-back games for the fourth time. The Guardians have yet to win three
straight in 2026.
Cleveland opened the scoring in the third on Rocchio's RBI grounder.
Okamoto tied it with a 425-foot drive to center off Joey Cantillo to begin the
fourth, his fifth.
Cantillo (1-1) allowed three runs and six hits in five-plus innings, leaving
after back-to-back singles by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Okamoto to begin the
sixth.
Matt Festa came on and struck out pinch hitter Jess Snchez but Varsho
grounded an RBI single past second baseman Brito.
One out later, Gimnez blooped a two-run double that landed on the left field
foul line and skipped past a sliding George Valera.
Up next LHP Patrick Corbin (0-0, 3.68 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays on Sunday against Guardians RHP Slade Cecconi (0-3, 6.20). __ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Up next LHP Patrick Corbin (0-0, 3.68 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays on Sunday against Guardians RHP Slade Cecconi (0-3, 6.20). __ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
