TORONTO — — Max Scherzer gave up 4 hits in six strong innings to win his first begin of the season, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base 4 occasions, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 on Tuesday night time.
Scherzer (1-0) allowed one run, walked one and struck out 4. The three-time Cy Young Award winner has 3,493 profession strikeouts.
Mason Fluharty received two outs, Brayon Fisher went 1 1/3 innings and Jeff Hoffman pitched the ninth.
Hunter Goodman hit a solo dwelling run off Scherzer within the sixth however the Rockies misplaced for the fourth time in 5 video games.
Colorado is 2-12 in franchise historical past in Toronto.
Toronto’s Jesús Sánchez hit an RBI single off Jaden Hill within the fifth and Guerrero adopted with a bases-loaded stroll.
Guerrero went 2 for 3 with two walks. He drove in a run and scored as soon as.
Rockies right-hander Ryan Feltner exited two batters after he was struck by a 106 mph line drive within the third inning. Colorado mentioned Feltner left due to a proper glute contusion.
Feltner retired the primary eight batters so as earlier than he was struck by Andrés Giménez’s liner close to his hip. The ball bounced away for a single.
Manager Warren Schaeffer and the coach checked on Feltner, who remained within the recreation. George Springer adopted with a stroll however Feltner retired Sánchez on the primary pitch.
Feltner struck out 4 in three innings. Juan Mejia (0-1) took over within the fourth.
Kazuma Okamoto, Nathan Lukes and Ernie Clement all had RBI hits off Zach Agnos within the backside of the seventh.
Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (0-0, 1.50 ERA) is scheduled to begin Wednesday’s sequence finale in opposition to Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (0-1, 4.15).
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