Jays’ Stroman tames Tigers’ bats for 1st win of season

Justin Smoak hit a two-run homer and Marcus Stroman earned his first victory of the season because the Toronto Blue Jays edged the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Friday evening. Seunghwan Oh struck out the facet within the eighth inning and Tyler Clippard labored the ninth for his fifth save because the Blue Jays took the opener of the four-game collection at Rogers Centre. Randal Grichuk had two of Toronto’s eight hits. The Blue Jays (38-43) have gained 9 of their final 10 residence video games. Detroit (36-47), which prolonged its dropping streak to a season-high 10 video games, managed six hits in all. Stroman (1-5) was in kind in his second begin since a 39-game stint on the disabled checklist as a result of proper shoulder fatigue. He allowed 5 hits and two earned runs over seven innings whereas placing out 4. Detroit opened the scoring with a single run within the third inning. Jacoby Jones reached base after third baseman Yangervis Solarte double-clutched a grounder and was late with the throw. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/detroit-tigers-toronto-blue-jays-marcus-stroman-win-1.4728759?cmp=rss