Toronto starter Kevin Gausman strikes out seven as Blue Jays thump Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1
Starter Kevin Gausman pitched 3⅓ sharp innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 Wednesday in spring training baseball action.Whit Merrifield and Phil Clarke each drove in two runs and L.J. Talley had a solo homer for the Jays.
Pirates starter J.T. Brubaker gave up four runs on four hits and struck out five over 4⅓ innings to get tagged with the loss. Merrifield opened the scoring with a run-scoring double in the third inning, then came around to score on a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. double. The Jays added two more runs in the fifth inning. Nathan Lukes drove in Cavan Biggio with a triple then crossed the plate on a Merrifield sacrifice fly.
Pittsburgh got on the board in the top of the seventh with Travis Swaggerty’s run-scoring single, but Clarke answered in the bottom of the inning with a two-run single.The Blue Jays take on Baltimore on Thursday at Sarasota, Fla.
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