Blue Jays win third in a row, beat A's 3-1

Brandon Drury socked his first home run of the season in the Toronto Blue Jays’ 10-1 win over the Oakland A’s on Saturday. Photo: Jay Blue (file photo)

April 20, 2019

By Jay Blue

Blue Jays from Away

The Toronto Blue Jays won their third game in a row, getting stellar pitching and three home runs in a 10-1 drubbing of the Oakland Athletics on Saturday afternoon.

The Jays were led by Rowdy Tellez and Brandon Drury who went back-to-back with home runs in the fourth and each had three hits (including a double each)and scored twice with Rowdy driving in three runs on the day and Brandon Drury driving in two. Billy McKinney was 2/4 with a double and an RBI and a run while Justin Smoak was 2/4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs. Teoscar Hernandez was 1/3 with a walk and a run while Freddy Galvis was 2/5 with an RBI and a run. Eric Sogard was 2/6 with an RBI and a stolen base.

Matt Shoemaker didn't give up a run through three innings, allowing three hits and striking out one but looked like he twisted his knee on a rundown play to end the third inning. Sam Gaviglio was stellar in relief, mowing down the A's with five strikeouts over four hitless and walk-less innings. Elvis Luciano came on for the final two innings, giving up a run on three hits and two walks with one strikeout.

The Jays finish their series in Oakland with Aaron Sanchez on the mound to face Brett Anderson at 4:07 p.m. E.T. on Sunday.

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