DETROIT — Kevin Gausman struck out a season-high 10 in six innings, Daulton Varsho hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers 9-1 on Thursday. who are living a bad time.
Dominican Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Isiah Kiner-Falefa also hit homers for the Blue Jays (23-26), who won for the fourth time in five games. Bo Bichette had three hits.
Detroit (23-27) has lost five straight.
Gausman (3-3) allowed one run and three hits in a duel that was played almost entirely without video review due to an electrical failure that also interrupted the transmission of both teams.
There was no call that appeared to warrant a managerial challenge before the replay system was reinstated in the seventh inning.
Jack Flaherty (1-4) allowed three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out nine.
For the Blue Jays, Dominican Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was 2-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
For the Tigers, Cuban Andy Ibáñez 1-1. Dominican Wenceel Pérez went 1 for 4 with an RBI. Colombian Gio Urshela 3-0. Puerto Rican Javier Báez 3-1 with one scored.
