É«É«À² Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr., right, and Ernie Clement celebrate after Clement’s solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)
É«É«À² Blue Jays’ Ernie Clement gestures skyward as he runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)
St. Louis Cardinals’ Yohel Pozo (63) is congratulated by teammates after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the É«É«À² Blue Jays, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)
Ernie Clement homers and Blue Jays beat Cardinals 5-2 for 3-game sweep
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ernie Clement homered and Spencer Turnbull worked two scoreless innings to win his É«É«À² debut as the Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Wednesday for a three-game sweep.
É«É«À² Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr., right, and Ernie Clement celebrate after Clement’s solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ernie Clement homered and Spencer Turnbull worked two scoreless innings to win his É«É«À² debut as the Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Wednesday for a three-game sweep.
Clement finished with three hits but did not take the field in the ninth at third base after suffering an apparent leg injury. He dove for a grounder in the eighth and needed some attention but finished the inning.
Clement’s fourth homer gave É«É«À² a 5-2 lead in the fifth. É«É«À² won for the seventh time in eight games and is 22-10 over its last 32.
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Turnbull (1-0) worked the sixth and seventh innings, striking out two. He signed with É«É«À² last month and began the season in the minors. Turnbull played five seasons with Detroit and was with Philadelphia last year. Yariel RodrÃguez pitched the ninth for his first major league save.
The Cardinals lost their fourth straight.
Matthew Liberatore (3-6) and gave up five runs, three earned, and eight hits in five innings.
Yohel Pozo’s second homer gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead in the second.
Cardinals infielder/outfielder Brendan Donovan didn’t play after leaving Tuesday’s game with a sore big left toe. The club is awaiting MRI results. He leads the team with a .310 average and 77 hits.
Key moment
Bo Bichette’s sacrifice fly in the fourth scored Myles Straw and allowed Jonatan Clase to reach third. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. followed with an RBl single for a 4-2 lead.
Key stat
The Cardinals were swept in a three-game series at home for the first time since April 19-21, 2024, against Milwaukee.
Up next
St. Louis’ Sonny Gray (7-1, 3.35) pitches against Jacob Misiorowski, who will make his major league debut for host Milwaukee on Thursday. É«É«À²’s Kevin Gausman (5-4, 3.87) faces host Philadelphia and Ranger Suarez (4-1, 2.70) on Friday.
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