TORONTO – Toronto starter Easton Lucas lastly gave up his first earned run of the season on Monday evening.
The issue for the Blue Jays left-hander was as soon as the Atlanta Braves began scoring, they didn’t let up.
Austin Riley drove in 5 runs with a pair of homers and Sean Murphy hit a two-run blast to energy the Braves to an 8-4 victory over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
“Walks and homers,” mentioned Toronto supervisor John Schneider. “(Lucas) wasn’t actually finding. I believe his off-speed stuff particularly was up within the zone and he paid the worth.”
Murphy went deep within the first inning and Riley doubled Atlanta’s lead within the third. Riley added a three-run shot within the Braves’ four-run fifth inning.
“Days like at this time occur,” Schneider mentioned. “You make some robust pitches and guys (make you) pay the worth. That is the large leagues and people are good hitters. However I believe that he’s accomplished an excellent job general.”
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Lucas (2-1), who has been filling in for injured right-hander Max Scherzer, was robust over his first two big-league begins. His earned-run common jumped from 0.00 to 4.70 after giving up eight earned runs over his five-inning look.
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“I didn’t actually change something,” Lucas mentioned. “I used to be able to go and simply didn’t execute.”
Starter Grant Holmes retired the primary 12 batters he confronted for Atlanta (5-11) earlier than issuing a stroll to Andres Gimenez within the fifth. Myles Straw led off the sixth inning with a solo homer for Toronto’s first hit.
Holmes (1-1) allowed two hits, three earned runs and two walks over a career-high 7 2/3 innings. He had 4 strikeouts.
Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tipped his helmet whereas receiving an ovation from the group of 21,595 earlier than his first plate look. It was his first house sport since signing a 14-year contract extension value US$500 million.
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Atlanta’s Ozzie Albies doubled within the fifth inning to increase his hitting streak to seven video games. The Braves outhit the Blue Jays 6-5.
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Jacob Barnes and Yariel Rodriguez every threw two innings in aid for Toronto (9-8). Tyler Heineman hit a two-run double within the eighth inning off Braves reliever Aaron Bummer and Ernie Clement had an RBI single within the ninth.
The opener of the three-game interleague sequence took two hours 16 minutes to play.
Scherzer is about to make one other go to to a hand specialist this week, Schneider mentioned earlier than the sport. The proper-hander acquired a cortisone injection in his proper thumb throughout a March 31 go to with Dr. Thomas Graham.
Toronto outfielder George Springer sat out after leaving early in Toronto’s 7-6 win over Baltimore on Sunday after experiencing some discomfort in his left wrist throughout an at-bat.
Outcomes from an X-ray and MRI examination have been regular and Springer was listed as day-to-day, Schneider mentioned.
Kevin Gausman (1-1, 2.33 ERA) was tabbed to start out for the Blue Jays on Tuesday evening in opposition to fellow right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach (1-0, 0.45).
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed April 14, 2025.
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