Matt Chapman has two home runs as Blue Jays fend off Tigers 5-3

Matt Chapman had a two-run homer and added a solo shot as the Toronto Blue Jays held on for a 5-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.

Alejandro Kirk had an RBI single and added a double, going 2-for-3 for Toronto . Danny Jansen added a run with a sacrifice fly.

Adam Cimber, Tim Mayza, Yimi Garcia and Jordan Romano came out of Toronto's bullpen. Mayza and Garcia each gave up a run but Romano got the final four outs of the game for his 23rd save of the year. Castro's home run in the second inning opened the scoring, bouncing the ball off the top of the wall in centre-right field. Pitchers in the nearby Tigers' bullpen threw their hands in the air to celebrate the homer as Castro rounded the bases.

Two innings later Chapman struck again, hitting his second home run of the game. His 18th of the year came off of a 94.5 m.p.h. slider from De Jesus. After a nine-pitch at bat Haase hit a sacrifice fly to deep right field, scoring Victor Reyes from third to cut the Blue Jays' lead to 4-3. That brought Romano out from Toronto's dugout, inducing a groundout to limit the damage for Toronto.

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