Lukes has winning hit in 11th as Blue Jays win
TORONTO (AP)– Nathan Lukes struck a game-winning single in the 11th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Padres 7-6 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep, extending San Diego’s season-worst losing streak to six.Gavin Sheets struck two crowning achievement and had 5 RBIs for San Diego, but the Padres couldn’t hold on after two times taking the lead in additional innings.Advertisement Luis Arraez gave San Diego a 5-4 lead with a two-out
RBI single to focus
off Brendon Little in the 10th, but Toronto’s Jonatan Clase led off the bottom half with a game-tying single off Robert Suarez, who blew his second save opportunity in 17 chances.Sheets hit an RBI single off Brendon Little in the 11th, however Daulton Varsho led off the bottom half with an RBI triple off Jeremiah Estrada( 1-3). San Diego intentionally strolled Addison Barger and Ernie Clement flied out before Lukes grounded the winning hit through a drawn-in infield.Toronto’s Braydon Fisher(1-0)got one out for the win.Sheets went 3 for 5 with 5 RBIs. He struck a two-run home run in the second and included a game-tying, two-run blast off Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman in the ninth.Advertisement The blown save was Hoffman’s third in 13 chances.It was the third multi-homer game of Sheets’ profession and his very first since 2022. The homers were his seventh and eighth.Toronto’s Anthony Santander was held out of the starting lineup. Santander left Wednesday’s game in the seventh because of
left hip inflammation.Key minute Lukes picked up his first hit of the game with a ground ball single in the 11th, scoring Varsho from third.Key stat Arraez’s 10th-inning single offered the Padres their very first hit with a runner
in scoring position in more than five games. San Diego went 0 for 38 in such circumstances before Arraez’s hit.Advertisement Up next Padres: San Diego had not announced a starter for Friday’s game at
Atlanta.Blue Jays: LHP Eric Lauer( 1-0, 2.25 ERA) is set up to start Friday’s game at Tampa Bay. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb