The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Aug 9, 2023 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- George Springer went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Kevin Gausman pitched 7.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Kole Calhoun went 2-for-3 for the Guardians.
- Sam Hentges pitched 1.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
Toronto Blue Jays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Springer | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Chapman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Jansen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Davis Schneider | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Gausman | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Erik Swanson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Mayza | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Hicks | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Cleveland Guardians box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kole Calhoun | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Laureano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabriel Arias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bo Naylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Before and after
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous Aug 8, 2023: TOR 0, CLE 1 · Next Aug 10, 2023: TOR 3, CLE 4
- Guardians · 2023 season · Previous Aug 8, 2023: TOR 0, CLE 1 · Next Aug 10, 2023: TOR 3, CLE 4