Danny Jansen drives in five, Blue Jays overpower White Sox

Field Level Media|published: Mon 20th May, 18:02 2024

MLB: Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays

May 17, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen (9) hits a single against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports

Danny Jansen went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run and five RBIs, Daulton Varsho also had a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Chicago White Sox 9-3 Monday afternoon.

Bo Bichette was 4-for-4 with three doubles and an RBI for Toronto in the opener of a three-game series.

Paul DeJong was 3-for-4 with a solo home run and an RBI single for the White Sox, who have lost four straight. Nicky Lopez also went 3-for-4.

Toronto right-hander Jose Berrios (5-3) allowed three runs, eight hits and two walks while striking out six in six-plus innings.

Chicago right-hander Erick Fedde (4-1) allowed five runs, seven hits and one walk with two strikeouts in six innings.

Chicago overcame a double-play grounder in the second to score the game's first run. DeJong singled with two outs, stole second and scored on Korey Lee's single. Lee took third on Lopez's single but was thrown out at home on an attempted double steal to end the inning.

The Blue Jays scored twice in the bottom of the second to end Fedde's streak of 14 consecutive scoreless innings. Bichette blooped a leadoff double to left to end an 0-for-12 drought. With two outs, Varsho drove a changeup to right for his eighth home run of the season.

Toronto scored two more in the third. Kevin Kiermaier hustled a double to center and scored on Jansen's one-out double. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. stroked an RBI single to right to make it 4-1.

Gavin Sheets led off the fourth for Chicago by lining a double to right that skipped past a diving George Springer. Two outs later, DeJong hit an RBI single.

Guerrero led off the home sixth with a walk and scored on Bichette's double to center.

DeJong led off the seventh with his seventh home run of the season, hitting a 1-0 slider to right center to cut Chicago's deficit to 5-3. After Lee walked, Yimi Garcia replaced Berrios.

Dominic Leone allowed a two-out double by Davis Schneider in the home seventh. Jansen followed with a blast to left off Jordan Leasure for his fifth homer of the season.

Jansen added on in the eighth against Tim Hill, who allowed two walks and a single before Jansen's two-run single to left.

--Field Level Media

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