Gausman pitches 8 innings and Varsho homers as Blue Jays

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)– Kevin Gausman set out six over eight strong innings, Daulton Varsho had a solo homer among his 3 hits and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Monday.Gausman (5-4)tossed 72 of his 96 pitches for strikes, including his first 14, and didn’t stroll a batter. He quit one run and five hits.Advertisement Jeff Hoffman worked a best ninth for his 11th save in 14 chances.Jacob deGrom(4-2 )lost for the very first time in his last seven starts, and didn’t have a strikeout in 5 1/3 innings. It was the very first time in his 229 career games(all starts)that the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner didn’t tape-record a strikeout. He walked 2 and enabled 5 hits.Varsho’s 8th homer can be found in the very first inning for the Blue Jays, who were coming off a 13-0 loss at Tampa Bay on Sunday that wrapped up a three-game sweep in which they scored only two runs.Alejandro Kirk included a sacrifice fly in the fourth for a 2-0 lead before Varsho, who had actually doubled, was thrown away attempting to score on Anthony Santander

‘s grounder to first.Advertisement Wyatt Langford homered in the Texas fourth, when Gausman had actually tossed 25 of 29 pitches for strikes and didn’t yet have a punchout. The right-hander got through the first 2 innings on just 12 pitches

, all strikes.Key minute The only time Texas had multiple runners on base sought successive songs to start the fifth by Jonah Heim and rookie Alejandro Osuna, the very first hit of his big league career. Gausman left the inning with a strikeout,

a flyball and another strikeout.Key stat Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s leadoff single in the 4th extended his on-base streak to 26 games, a brand-new profession high and the longest active streak in the majors. He had a 25-game streak in 2021. Ad Up next RHP Nathan Eovaldi(4-3, 1.60 AGE),

who has actually enabled just three made runs over 36 2/3 innings in his last six starts, pitches Tuesday for Texas. RHP Bowden Francis (2-6, 5.54) chooses heaven Jays. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB