Kevin Gausman delivered an outstanding performance, allowing just one hit and striking out 10 batters over six shutout innings, securing a 6-1 win for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers' pitcher, Tarik Skubal, also performed well with five hits surrendered across six scoreless innings. Bo Bichette broke the scoring tie with a two-run single in the eighth, followed by three home runs from teammates in the ninth. The Blue Jays won their fourth consecutive game, while the Tigers suffered their sixth straight defeat, examining their lack of offensive production.
Kevin Gausman allowed one hit and one walk while striking out 10 in six shutout innings, outdueling the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, Tarik Skubal.
Bo Bichette's two-run single broke a scoreless tie in the eighth inning, and then Nathan Lukes, Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered in a four-run ninth.
Skubal allowed five hits in six scoreless innings, while walking three and striking out seven.
Toronto manager John Schneider said of Gausman, 'He was just dominating where he wanted to go with the ball and his splitter was a difference maker.'
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