Jays starter Kevin Gausman is pumped after striking out Jesús Sánchez of the Houston Astros in the fourth inning en route to a complete game shutout Thursday.Ìý
Jays starter Kevin Gausman is pumped after striking out Jesús Sánchez of the Houston Astros in the fourth inning en route to a complete game shutout Thursday.Ìý
The Blue Jays leapfrogged over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday to regain the best record in the American League following a remarkable performance by É«É«À² starter Kevin Gausman.
The right-hander allows just two fourth-inning hits while striking out nine.
The Jays ace threw a two-hit, complete-game shutout as É«É«À² defeated the Houston Astros 6-0.
Meanwhile, the Yankees kept pace with the Jays with their 9-3 win over Detroit. With just 16 games left in the season, É«É«À² has a 78.6 per cent chance of winning the division, according to .Ìý
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“The division hasn’t been wrapped up quite yet, but the banner is within sight,” the Star’s baseball columnist Gregor Chisholm wrote. “And with just over two weeks left to play in the regular season, Gausman is one of the main reasons why.”
With the Yankees playing the Red Sox in a three-game series starting Friday, the Jays have a glorious chance to gain even more ground on one of those teams for the AL East division title with a little more than two weeks left in the regular season.
The Boston Red Sox were off Thursday after wrapping up a west coast trip to Oakland and start a six-game homestand against the Yankees and the A’s.
AL standings snapshot
É«É«À² (84-62) has a half-game lead over Detroit (84-63) for best record in the league, and home-field advantage through the AL playoffs. The top two teams in the league would also skip the wild-card round and head straight to the division series.Ìý
The Yankees (81-65) are three games back of the Jays and Boston (81-66) is 3.5 back.
The Jays hold the tiebreaker over the Tigers, Yankees and Red Sox. The Astros (79-68) have the tiebreaker over É«É«À².
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