The game was decided before the first inning was over. Dylan Cease then made sure it stayed that way. The Toronto Blue Jays rolled to a 10-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday at Oracle Park, with Cease delivering an eight-inning masterpiece and the offense doing all its damage early and late.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Cease was untouchable. He allowed just one hit over eight innings, struck out 11, walked three, and threw 118 pitches — all without surrendering a run. It was the kind of start that renders the rest of the game a formality. He earned his sixth win of the season against four losses, carrying a 2.56 ERA.
Five Runs Before the Dust Settled
Toronto needed only one inning to build an insurmountable cushion. Daulton Varsho singled to right to score Ernie Clement and put the Blue Jays ahead 1-0. Then Kazuma Okamoto cleared the bases with a home run to right, a 328-foot shot that scored Nathan Lukes, George Springer, and Varsho — making it 5-0 before San Francisco had recorded a single out in the field. Okamoto finished 2-for-5 with 4 RBI and a home run on the night. The Blue Jays added two more in the eighth, with Varsho scoring on a fielder's choice and Okamoto later crossing the plate on an infield single by Giménez. Vladimir Guerrero hit a two-run homer to center in the ninth — 419 feet — and Springer added a solo shot at 415 feet to close out the scoring at 10-0.
Logan Webb absorbed the loss, allowing 5 runs on 5 hits over 7 innings with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks on 106 pitches. He fell to 5-7 with a 3.86 ERA. San Francisco's bullpen allowed 5 more runs over the final two innings, with the Giants committing three errors on the night and managing just one hit as a team.
Toronto extended its winning streak to two games and improved to 44-49. The Giants dropped to 38-54 with their second consecutive loss. Logan Webb is 4 games away from 200 career appearances.