Clement and Varsho homer as the Blue Jays reach 70 wins with a 5-1
victory over the Cubs
[August 13, 2025]
By IAN HARRISON
TORONTO (AP) — Ernie Clement and Daulton Varsho
homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays became the first AL team to reach 70
wins by beating the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits as the AL East-leading Blue Jays
(70-50) improved to 23-11 against NL opponents.
The Cubs have dropped five of seven. In those five losses, they scored a
total of six runs. Toronto right-hander José Berríos
(9-4) allowed two hits, both singles, in 5 1/3 scoreless innings. He
walked four and struck out three. |
Chicago Cubs' Carson Kelly (15) reacts after striking out with the bases
loaded against the Toronto Blue Jays during third inning MLB baseball
action in Toronto on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The
Canadian Press via AP) |
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Pitching in front of a season-high crowd of
43,003, Berríos won his fourth straight decision. He is 7-1 with
a 3.62 ERA in his past 10 starts.
Starting for the first time since Sept. 25, 2024, at
Philadelphia, Cubs right-hander Javier Assad (0-1) allowed four
runs and eight hits in four innings.
The Cubs reinstated Assad off the 60-day injured list. He had
been sidelined by an oblique injury.
Alejandro Kirk’s RBI single was one of three Blue Jays hits in
the first inning.
Clement hit a three-run drive off Assad in the fourth. Varsho
extended Toronto’s advantage with a leadoff blast against Ben
Brown in the eighth. It was Varsho's 12th homer.
Chicago’s Michael Busch hit an RBI single off Tommy Nance in the
seventh. Brendon Little came on and struck out Pete
Crow-Armstrong to strand runners at second and third.
Blue Jays infielder Andrés Giménez went 1 for 3 with a walk in
his return from a sprained left ankle. Giménez last played July
4.
Key moment
Varsho singled to begin the fourth and Ty France was hit by a
pitch before Clement’s first-pitch drive to left.
Key stat
The Blue Jays are 31-31 on the road and 39-19 at home.
Up next
Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (8-8, 3.85 ERA) is scheduled to
start Wednesday against Cubs RHP Cade Horton (6-3, 3.18 ERA).
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