The first of three games between the Miami Marlins and the Toronto Blue Jays appeared to favor the reigning American League champions on paper, with young star right-hander Trey Yesavage taking the mound. However, fresh off a sweep of the New York Mets, Clayton McCullough‘s club came in with plenty of confidence. Yesavage surrendered a season-high five runs, which was more than enough as the Marlins defeated the Blue Jays 8-2, extending their winning streak to a season-best four games.
“It was tough, but big to get one early and give [Janson] Junk a run to work with,” McCullough said postgame. “Then we just put together some good at-bats there…We did some little things very well when given some opportunities to put a crooked number up.”
Owen Caissie, a native of Ontario, Canada, laced an RBI double in the the fifth inning to drive in Javier Sanoja from second to extend the lead. Caissie capped off the night for Miami in the top of the eighth with an RBI single off lefty Adam Macko.
Junk had struggled in his last two starts against two of baseball’s best offenses. He bounced back against the Blue Jays lineup that did not have Vladimir Guerrero Jr. He went five innings of one-run ball with three strikeouts, but allowed eight hits. The lone run he allowed came in the bottom of the fifth inning when Piñango drove in Lenyn Sosa on an RBI single, making it 2-1.
With the win, the Marlins are now 26-29 on the season and will have Sandy Alcantara on the mound Tuesday night at 7:07 p.m. The Blue Jays have yet to announce a starter for that game, but it does seem as if they will be going with a bullpen game.
