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The Cubs avoided a sweep of the three-game series, and the Blue
Jays finished a 2-4 homestand.
Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run homer for Toronto, and Cavan
Biggio added a two-run blast.
Toronto right-hander Mitch White (1-5) allowed six runs, eight
hits and one walk with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Chicago opener Luke Farrell allowed two runs and two hits with
two strikeouts in two-plus innings.
Seiya Suzuki doubled with one out in the first and scored on Ian
Happ's two-out single.
Yan Gomes singled with one out in the second, and Alfonso Rivas
walked. Gomes took third on a flyout to center and scored before
Rivas was tagged out in a rundown after being caught stealing.
Zach McKinstry led off the third with a triple but was cut down
at the plate on Reyes' grounder to second. Happ then doubled,
and both runners scored on Hoerner's double. Rafael Ortega
blooped an RBI single to shallow left but was thrown out trying
for a double.
Teoscar Hernandez led off the bottom of the third with a single
and Biggio hit his fourth homer of the season, chasing Farrell
in favor of Manuel Rodriguez (1-0).
Reyes hit his 13th homer of the season to right field with two
out in the fifth.
Rodriguez retired six straight batters before Mark Leiter Jr.
took over in the bottom of the fifth and worked around a single.
In the sixth, Erich Uelmen allowed a one-out double to Vladimir
Guerrero Jr., hit Lourdes Gurriel Jr. with a pitch and gave up
Kirk's 13th homer of the season.
Rivas led off the top of the seventh with a double against David
Phelps and scored on a single by McKinstry, who took second on
the throw home.
Michael Rucker allowed Guerrero's two-out single in the bottom
of the seventh and was replaced by Brandon Hughes, who also
pitched the eighth.
Rowan Wick pitched around a walk in the ninth for his ninth
save.
--Field Level Media
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