Spencer Torkelson Lifts Tigers in 3-2 Win — Toronto Blue Jays Vs Detroit Tigers Match Player Stats

Spencer Torkelson ended toronto blue jays vs detroit tigers match player stats with a ninth-inning single that gave the Detroit Tigers a 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. The loss left Toronto at 19-25 and back six games below.500, matching its season low.

Torkelson Seals It For Detroit

Jeff Hoffman headed back to the visitors' dugout head down after the walk-off hit, while Detroit finished the night with the only run that mattered in the ninth. The Tigers had been working through a bullpen day after Ty Madden left when a line drive hit his forearm, and they still found the last swing.

Riley Greene tied the game with an RBI double in the sixth, keeping Detroit alive after Toronto had already taken a turn through the middle innings. That set up the late at-bat for Torkelson, who turned a one-run game into a walk-off finish.

Yesavage Works Six Innings

Trey Yesavage took the loss for Toronto after six innings and 88 pitches. He allowed four hits, walked three batters and threw three wild pitches, and one of those wild pitches brought in the Tigers' first run.

Yesavage also missed bats, finishing with 18 swinging strikes and six strikeouts. After the game, John Schneider said, "He's full go" and added, "Not really worried about pitch count or ups or things like that... the training wheels are off."

Guerrero Jr. Comes Up Empty

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went hitless in four plate appearances, and he still did not get his first extra-base hit of the month. Toronto scored two runs against a Tigers bullpen day, but that was not enough to protect the lead once the game reached the ninth.

Yesavage was blunt about his own line. "Wasn't great," he said. "Kind of sprayed the heater and bounced the splitter. The slider was the really only pitch I could rely on." His own words matched the stat line: six innings, four hits, three walks and three wild pitches in a game Toronto could not finish.

The Blue Jays leave Friday night with a record that has them six games below.500, and the result puts more weight on the next stretch of games without changing the basic math in the standings. For Toronto, the issue is now as simple as the score in Detroit: one swing decided it.