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“He was dominating areas up and down and out,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “He is who he is for a reason.” Scherzer claimed his first victory since July 25 last year when he pitched for Texas and the Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1.
The red-hot Blue Jays poured it on Sox starter Aaron Civale for five runs in the third inning, and Toronto pitcher Chris Bassitt had stymied his one-time team except for a solo homer by Sox infielder Josh Rojas in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Jays have won 10 in a row.
Chicago White Sox starter Sean Burke surrendered back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning and a two-run home run in the sixth in an 8-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Mike Tauchman had three hits and two RBIs for the last-place White Sox, who won two of three at Toronto last month.
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