Atlanta Braves at Toronto Blue Jays

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Atlanta Braves

5-13, 2-11 Away

Final
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Toronto Blue Jays

11-8, 7-3 Home

Guerrero hits first HR of season as Blue Jays spoil Strider's return with 3-1 win

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s solo HR pads Blue Jays' lead

Chris Bassitt (2-0) struck out a season-high 10 and allowed three hits, all singles. The right-hander lowered his ERA to 0.77 through four starts.

The Blue Jays set a single-game, nine-inning record with 19 strikeouts.

Jeff Hoffman gave up Drake Baldwin's first career home run in the ninth inning, but finished for his fourth save in four opportunities.

Strider (0-1) allowed two runs and five hits in five innings. Making his first big league appearance in 376 days because of surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the right-hander struck out five, walked one, and hit a batter. He threw 97 pitches, 58 for strikes.

Bo Bichette had two doubles, scored a run and drove in a run as Toronto took two of three from Atlanta.

Bichette doubled to begin the third inning and Guerrero followed with an RBI single to drive in the game’s first run.

Bassitt finished his outing by striking out Braves slugger Austin Riley to strand runners at second and third.

After homering three times in the first two games of the series, Riley went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts in the finale.

The Braves are 2-11 on the road.

Key moment Guerrero began the sixth with a 412-foot homer into the second deck on a 3-2 slider from Strider.

Key stat Strider’s hardest pitch of the game was a 98 mph fastball to Guerrero in the first.

Up next Braves: RHP Bryce Elder (0-1, 7.20 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday as Atlanta hosts Minnesota. RHP Chris Paddack (0-2, 9.49) goes for the Twins.

Blue Jays: RHP Bowden Francis (1-2, 3.71 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday when Toronto hosts Seattle. The Mariners had not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	White struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kelenic popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Baldwin homered to left (345 feet).
	9th Inning	Albies lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved García
	9th Inning	Springer in right field.

Statistics

ATL		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
5	Ground Balls	7
19	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
8	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
160	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	12
35	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
1.6	Runs Created	4.0
.156	Batting Average	.214
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.429
.188	Secondary Average	.393
.229	On Base Percentage	.333
.479	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.762
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
12.0	Batter Rating	29.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
4.57	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.73
.094	Isolated Power	.214
0.16	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.179
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
63.3	MLB Rating	77.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0